JESSICA在北京學(xué)漢語，她的中國朋友要是遇到了不知道用美語怎么說的詞，就會(huì)來請(qǐng)教她。今天是怡茹要問的：搶風(fēng)頭。

YR:Hey Jessica!! 你聽說那個(gè)大新聞了么?

JESSICA:What? What happened?

YR:就是上禮拜話劇社的演出啊! Anna完全不顧原來話劇的劇本，使勁搶戲，女主角的風(fēng)頭全被她搶去了! 聽說她們倆在后臺(tái)因此大吵了一架! 對(duì)了，這個(gè)“搶風(fēng)頭”用美語要怎么說啊?

JESSICA:Hmm...搶風(fēng)頭就是“steal someone's thunder". Steal is spelled s-t-e-a-l; and thunder, t-h-u-n-d-e-r, thunder. Basically, steal someone's thunder means to do something that takes attention away from what someone else has done.

YR:沒錯(cuò)! Anna 把本來屬於女主角的戲份都搶去了，She totally stole her thunder! 現(xiàn)在學(xué)校里人人都在說這事兒。

JESSICA:Ha! I think Anna is getting her 15 minutes of fame here!

YR:15 minutes of fame? 出名15分鐘?.....這是什么意思?

JESSICA:15 minutes of fame means that she's only famous for a very short period of time.

YR:哦...我明白了，這也就是短暫出名的意思吧! 就像上回電視真人秀單身女郎里的女主角，那會(huì)兒人人都在談?wù)撍F(xiàn)在節(jié)目結(jié)束了，她也就銷聲匿跡了。

JESSICA:Yep! Reality shows definitely give a lot of people a chance to enjoy their 15 minutes of fame!

YR:嗯，沒錯(cuò)! 聽說Anna原來都沒被選進(jìn)劇本，可后來她就一直巴結(jié)男主角Andy，這么才慢慢得到角色的!

JESSICA:Hmm. Sounds like she's riding on Andy's coattails! Coattail is spelled c-o-a-t-t-a-i-l, coattail. To ride on someone's coattails means to use someone else's success to get ahead.

YR:哦，就是趨炎附勢的意思嘍! So, Anna would not get a role in the drama without riding on the leading man's coattails! 這么說對(duì)嗎?

JESSICA:Exactly! Now tell me what you've learned today!

YR:第一：搶風(fēng)頭是steal someone's thunder.

第二，短暫出名可以說15 minutes of fame ;

第三：趨顏附勢叫ride on someone's coattails!