迷你對(duì)話：

A:To my surprise, John seems to be very unsatisfied with his wife. I think they are well-off.

約翰對(duì)他的妻子不滿，這可真奇怪。我還以為他們是恩愛(ài)夫妻了。

B:It’s natural. John’s neighbors are in fat city.

這很正常，他們的鄰居生活條件都很好。

A:I see, to catch up with the Johnson’, isn’t it?

原來(lái)是這樣，要趕時(shí)髦啊，不是么？

地道表達(dá)：

fat city：舒適成功的條件

解詞釋義：

fat本義是“油膩的”，引申為“富裕的，茂盛的”，而city是泛指“地方，地域”。fat city原意是“極為舒適的生活環(huán)境，富裕”，后引申為“舒適成功的條件”。

支持范例：

Eg.You can tell that that guy is in fat city .

看得出那個(gè)男孩生活富裕。

Eg.You can tell by their car that they are in fat city.

看他們的車(chē)你就能知道他們生活富裕。

Eg.We used to live a dog's life, but now we are in fat city.

那時(shí)我們過(guò)著豬狗不如的生活，如今大家都富裕起來(lái)了。

Eg.She gathered up the gold coins, carried them away and was in fat city for the rest of her life.

她拾起金幣帶走，從此她一生都過(guò)著非常富裕的生活。

詞海拾貝：

1.to one’s surprise：令人驚奇的是

Eg.To my surprise, he was not hurt in spite of his fall.

使我驚奇的是，他摔了下來(lái)，卻沒(méi)有受傷。

Eg.To my surprise, she drank up the whole bottle of wine

使我驚奇的是她把一瓶酒全喝了。

Eg.To my surprise, he refused to cooperate with us.

令我吃驚的是,他不肯與我們合作。

Eg.I thought he would be angry but to my surprise he smiled.

我想他會(huì)生氣的，但是想不到他微笑了。

2.be satisfied with：對(duì)......滿意，對(duì)......滿足

Eg.I can guarantee that you will be satisfied with the result.

我保證你會(huì)對(duì)這個(gè)結(jié)果滿意。

Eg.I am sorry to say I am not satisfied with your homework.

很遺憾我對(duì)你的家庭作業(yè)不滿意。

Eg.I' m not at all satisfied with the present situation.

我對(duì)現(xiàn)狀一點(diǎn)也不滿足。

Eg.He was not satisfied with the drama critic panning hisnew play.

他不滿于這位戲劇批評(píng)家對(duì)自己新劇本的苛評(píng)。

3.well-off：手頭寬裕的，繁榮昌盛的

Eg.I am well-off for winter clothing.

我的冬衣很充裕。

Eg.On the whole, the people have reached a well-off standard of living.

人民生活總體上達(dá)到小康水平。

Eg.We used to live a dog's life, but now we are all well-off.

那時(shí)我們過(guò)著豬狗不如的生活，如今大家都富裕起來(lái)了。

Eg.Though every one in my family works hard, we are not at all well-off.

雖說(shuō)我家人人都賣(mài)力干活，但是生活卻并不寬裕。

4.catch up with：趕上

Eg.Let's hurry and catch up with the group ahead.

我們快點(diǎn),趕上前面的那一伙人。

Eg.In order to catch up with her comrade, her work hard.

為了趕上她的同志，她努力工作。

Eg.If they arrived early ten minutes, just they catch up with the airliner.

他們要是早十分鐘到的話，他們就趕上班機(jī)了。

Eg.Her evil ways will certainly catch up with her.

她的惡劣行為必將使她自食其果。

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