第一，迷你對(duì)話

A: The principal just announced that Dr. Smith is going to take over as dean of our department.

校長(zhǎng)宣布了Smith先生將擔(dān)任我們系的系主任。

B: Oh.

哦。

A: Why are you so calm? Are you not surprised to hear this?

你怎么這么冷靜？聽(tīng)到這件事情，你不驚訝嗎？

B: No. I know it all along. He was a obvious choice.

是的，這事情至始至終我都知道。他被選上是很顯然的事情。

A: Do you think he can do well?

你覺(jué)得她能干好嗎？

B: A new broom sweeps clean anyway.

新官上任三四把火嘛。

第二，地道表達(dá)

all along

1. 解詞釋義

All along的意思是“一直，至始至終”，表示伴隨一件事情發(fā)生的始終。

2. 拓展范例

E.g Margaret's team had played cautious all along.

瑪格麗特的班子一直很小心謹(jǐn)慎。

E.g. I thought you must be a humbug all along, from the conceited way you talked.

看你說(shuō)話的那副神氣，我就知道你一定是個(gè)一直吹牛的騙子。

E.g. I have known all along that they are going to win.

我始終認(rèn)為他們會(huì)取勝的。

E.g. .She had known all along he was not insane.

她心里一直很清楚，他不是一個(gè)沒(méi)頭腦的人。

第三，好詞妙語(yǔ)

take over：接管

E.g. Robert tried to take over the business for his wife's sake.

為了他妻子的緣故，羅伯特設(shè)法接管業(yè)務(wù)。

E.g. Knudsen would take over immediately as president at an annual salary of $600,000.

科努森將立即接任總裁之職，年薪六十萬(wàn)美元。

E.g. Lao Wang was sent to the hospital;had to take over his work.

老王住院了，我得接替他的工作。

E.g. Peter will take over as managing director when Bill retires.

比爾退休時(shí)將由彼得接任總經(jīng)理一職。

第四，短句翻譯

中文：新官上任三把火。

翻譯：A new broom sweeps clean.