第一， 迷你對(duì)話

A: Congratulations. You have been elected.

祝賀你當(dāng)選。

B: Thank you. I’ll be a good mayor.

謝謝，我會(huì)做一名好市長(zhǎng)的。

A: What should you do for the city.

你應(yīng)該為這座城市做些什么呢？

B: I’ll try to keep an ear to the ground first and then try my best to deal with everything well.

首先，我會(huì)注意人的想法，然后盡力去處理好沒件事情。

第二， 地道表達(dá)

keep an ear to the ground

1. 解詞釋義

Keep an ear to the ground的意思是“保持高度警覺”。

2. 拓展范例

e.g. Every two weeks while the Congress is in session ， I try to get back home to California to talk to people. This doesn't give me much time to relax with my family ， but I have to keep an ear to the ground and hear what voters are thinking about.

當(dāng)國(guó)會(huì)舉行會(huì)議的時(shí)候我每?jī)蓚€(gè)星期設(shè)法抽空回加州一次去和當(dāng)?shù)氐娜诉M(jìn)行交談。我沒有多少時(shí)間可以和家人在一起，但是我得及時(shí)了解選民的想法。

e.g. I try to keep an ear to the ground and what I hear these days is that most people think we spend too much money on building roads and not enough on our schools.

我總是設(shè)法注意人們的想法。最近我聽說，大多數(shù)人認(rèn)為我們?cè)谥贩矫婊ㄥX太多，而用在學(xué)校方面的錢卻不足。

e.g. Reporters keep an ear to the ground so as to know as soon as possible what will happen.

記者們注意輿論的動(dòng)向，以便盡早知道將要發(fā)生的事情。

e.g. When we want to know what the students are thinking about the authorities, we only have to consult Smith, who effectively keeps an ear to the ground.

我們想知道學(xué)生們對(duì)當(dāng)局有何看法時(shí)，只需請(qǐng)教史密斯，他一直在有效地注意著學(xué)生們的動(dòng)向。