詩特林-sterning

Oral English Training-List of Olympic Sports

1.         Hurdle

1).欄;110m hurdle.

2).障礙：overcome hurdles, face hurdles

2.         Chopping block

1).砧板.put on the chopping block

3.         Cream of the crop

1).the best

2). Cream 被廣泛用于指代事物的精華，cream of the crop解釋成best of the crop應該是非常符合邏輯的，而且這個短語的起源確實和莊稼有關系。1891年10月出版的the Overland Monthly and Out West Magazine上的一段話可以作為證據: "The great and unfailing demand that the canneries have made for California fruit has been largely a moving cause of this change from wheat fields to orchards, for the canneries take the very cream of the crop." 現在，best of the crop已經不僅僅局限于best of the crop的意思了。實際上，用短語bet of the crop來形容畢業生、大學生、政治舞臺上的候選人以及士兵這樣的有不同屆、級之分的群體中的優秀人物是最適合的，例如: "The cream of the college crop is always just around the corner" (摘自《2001年舊金山年鑒》)， 值得注意的是，這個句子的動詞用的是單數形式。

4.         Only Fitting

1).適時的:It’s only fitting that we talk about the olympic games.

2)duly:You should duly provide me with my report.

5.         Second-string player

1).二流的，二等的.

2) 替補后衛

3)second-rate player.

6.         Extension

1)      分機

2)      Extension 117 pls.

7.         Black and white

1)      黑紙白字

2)      明顯的。Black and white result