情景對話：

A: How was today's lecture?

今天的講座怎么樣？

B: It was so boring at first but then the speaker suddenly shifted gears. The lecture became so exciting.

剛開始非常無聊，但講話的人突然改變了方式，使講座變得讓人興奮不已。

A: And he won the praise of everybody at last?

他最終獲得了大家的贊賞？

B: You said it.

你說得對。

第一， 詞海拾貝

shift gears

e.g. To quickly or abruptly change what one is doing or discussing. （迅速或突然地改變方式）

e.g. With that out of the way, let's shift gears and discuss our strategy for the third quarter.

這個問題解決了以后，我們來換個話題，討論一下第三季度的策略。

第二， 語匯積累

win the praise：得到表揚，得到稱贊

e.g. His honesty won the praise of his friends.

他的誠實得到了朋友們的贊揚。

e.g. He has won the praise for his excellent work.

他因工作出色得到了高度的贊揚。