【Juliet , so many slangs in the dialogue, I've got it but I'm an English beginner. I still cannot catch the whole dialogue completely.】okay, let's go on , Lucy.
A : Do you know Sally?
B : Sally? She's a bachelor girl. She's an excellent designer. Many of the company advertisements are her child trains.
A: Why is she still single? She must have a face that would stop a clock.
B : oh, it's quite the other way round. She is a knock-out. She devotes much of his time to her career.
【關鍵句子講解】
1 She's a bachelor girl.
他是個未婚職業(yè)婦女。
2 She's an excellent designer。
他是一個很棒的設計師。
3 Many of the company advertisements are her child trains.
公司的許多廣告都是她的杰作。
4 She must have a face that would stop a clock.
"Sb has a face that would stop a clock." which is a slang which means "as ugly as sin so that everybody thinks he looks like a perfect fright. 意思是他奇丑無比。
5 It's quite the other way round.
It means "It is quite the reverse" . We have another expression which is : The boot's on the other foot.意思是正好相反。
6 She devotes much of his time to her career.
她太注重事業(yè)了。
這里注意 devote 的用法,devotes是“獻身于;專注于”的意思,通常有個to和它連用,在這里,devote sometime to something, 是把時間專注于某事上。For example: Please devote more time to your work. 請把更多的時間用于工。
【LUCY , now have you got the whole points in the dialogue?】【YA, thank you for your particular explanations and I've gained much this morning.】
All right , everybody , your acquisition is my happiness and consolation, okay, it is time to say goodbye to you , thank you for your listening this time, see you next time.
好,大家的收獲就是我的快樂與慰藉。又要跟大家說再見了,歡迎您的這次收聽,下次再會。