【节目介绍】:大家只要听写出音频中的例句就可以了，本期一共四段例句。听写不需要打引号，句子间也不用编序号。音频中听到的所有习语，提交后都均可在译文部分找到。
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potholes
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Chicago
New York
Ford
Last night Bill drove his girlfriend to a movie and forgot to turn his headlights off. After the movie he found his battery was dead so he had to phone me to come and give him a jump start.
The city didn't have enough money to fix the streets so the mayor borrowed money from the state highway fund to give a jump start to an emergency project to fill the potholes.
This man kept one jump ahead of the law for two years by moving to a new city every two months. But the FBI caught up with him in Chicago and took him back to New York to stand trial.
Hey, we have to find some way to get one jump ahead of that Ford dealer down the street. Maybe we should offer free gas for a year to people who buy a car before the end of the month.Jump显然是个忙碌勤恳的单词，它发展成不少习惯用语，前两次已经讲了好几个。今天还要学两个。第一个习惯用语是： jump start。这里的start原是起动某种机械装置的意思，而jump start原意是如果一辆汽车上的电池没电汽车发动不了了，就可以用两根电缆线把没电的电池和另一辆汽车上的好电池相连，帮助这辆汽车起动这就叫jump start，也就是跨接起动而这两根电线就称为跨接电缆线，英文是jump cables。听个例子吧，里面的 jump start 就是这个意思：
例句-1：Last night Bill drove his girlfriend to a movie and forgot to turn his headlights off. After the movie he found his battery was dead so he had to phone me to come and give him a jump start.
他说：昨晚Bill开车带女朋友去看电影，下车时忘了关车头灯。等到看完电影，发现他汽车的电池没电了，于是他只得打电话叫我开车去给他的车跨接起动。
这里的give him a jump start意思是跨接起动他的车。
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近年来jump start常被借用作比喻意义，而跟汽车的起动无关了。我们听个例子来体会习惯用语jump start究竟是什么意思。这段话说的是一位市长怎样解决市内道路年久失修、路面坑坑洼洼的问题。
例句-2：The city didn't have enough money to fix the streets so the mayor borrowed money from the state highway fund to give a jump start to an emergency project to fill the potholes.
他说：市内没有足够的经费来整修路面，于是市长借用州的高速公路经费来推动开展填补路面凹坑的紧急方案。
这位市长临时借用州内高速公路的经费以便立即动手开展整修市内路面的规划。所以这里的give a jump start to something意思就是利用经费等资源，立即推动某一事情的开展。
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今天要学的第二个习惯用语是： one jump ahead。 Ahead意思是‘在前面’，所以one jump ahead，从字面意思来看就是向前跳一步，但是习惯用语one jump ahead表示什么意思呢？我们听个例子来体会吧。
纽约的一个不老实的生意人，贪污了他公司的四百万美元巨款后携款潜逃。我们来听听他在遭到警方通缉追捕以后，起初一段时间为什么老是漏网之鱼。
例句-3：This man kept one jump ahead of the law for two years by moving to a new city every two months. But the FBI caught up with him in Chicago and took him back to New York to stand trial.
他说：这名逃犯有两年时间老是比追捕他的司法人员领先一步，因为他每两个月就迁往另一个城市。但是联邦调查局终于在芝加哥追踪捕获这名逃犯，于是把他押解回纽约受审。
这人有两年时间得以逍遥法外，是因为他不断赶在警方追捕人员之前转移潜伏地点，可见这段话里的one jump ahead意思是赶在某人或者某组织之前抢先行动而占了上风。
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我们再听个也用了one jump ahead这个习惯用语的例子这段话说的是汽车销售业。在这个行业内竞争的激烈简直达到了你死我活的程度。我们马上要听到一个汽车经销商在对手下的推销员讲话。他的竞争对手抢走了他不少生意。他正告诉手下人自己打算怎样吸引更多的顾客。
例句-4：Hey, we have to find some way to get one jump ahead of that Ford dealer down the street. Maybe we should offer free gas for a year to people who buy a car before the end of the month.
他说：嗨，我们必须想方设法先发制人，抢占这条街上那福特经销商的上风。也许我们应该向在本月底前买车的顾客提供免费加油一整年的优惠。
这里的to get one jump ahead of someone意思也是先发制人、抢占某人的上风。
发表于 2016-8-2 13:31:29