第571期:听到Big Names, 别再以为自己的名字很炫啦!
时间：2019-02-12 作者：英语课 分类：卡卡课堂早餐英语
英语中有很多简单的单词组合在一起，意思却非常有趣，比如raining dogs and cats，明明是狗和猫，其实是倾盆大雨的意思。而今天所要学习的Big name，其实也不是“大名字”的意思，那究竟是什么呢？学习下下面的句子你就一清二楚啦！
New Words:
look forward to：期待，后接名词/动名词
take some time off: 休息一段时间
collaborate 1 vi. 合作；
Example One:
The big names in American fast food are now well known 2 all over the world. McDonald's, Kentucky Fried 3 Chicken and Burger King sell pizzas, chips, hot dogs, hamburgers and fried chicken from Los Angeles to London and Tokyo to Turin.
美国快餐业的巨头现在全球闻名。从洛杉矶到伦敦，从东京到都灵，都有麦当劳、肯德基和汉堡王出售匹萨饼、薯条、热狗、三明治和炸鸡块。
Example Two:
I was actually looking forward to taking some time off.
我其实想暂时休一段时间的假。
-What? That is the worst idea I've ever heard. You're the biggest name in TV right now.
什么 这真是我听过最蠢的主意。你现在是电视剧界的头号明星。
总结：big name有知名人士；知名品牌或是众所周知的事情的意思
- The work gets done more quickly when we collaborate.我们一旦合作，工作做起来就更快了。
- I would ask you to collaborate with us in this work.我们愿意请你们在这项工作中和我们合作。
- He is a known artist.他是一个知名的艺术家。
- He is known both as a painter and as a statesman.他是知名的画家及政治家。