时间:2018-12-16 作者:英语课 分类:美国习惯用语


英语课

   今天我们要讲的美国习惯用语是to get one's foot in the door。Foot是一只脚, door是门。要注意的是,to get one's foot in the door说的是某人先把一只脚伸到门里。所以它的含义就是:先获得一个有利于将来发展的地位;也可以说,为进入某个行业或团体走出第一步。


  比如说,很多美国人都很向往好莱坞,很多演艺界人士都渴望能在好莱坞获得一个立足之地。但是,进入好莱坞又谈何容易。下面是一个人在说他是如何开始电影制片生涯的。
  例句-1:I remember when I got my first intern 1 job at a movie studio. I worked forty hour weeks doing odd jobs like answering the phone or picking up lunch and dry cleaning, and I hardly got paid! But I did get my foot in the door of the industry and look where I am now.
  这位制片人说:我还记得我在一个制片厂找到了第一份实习生工作的情景。我每个星期工作40个小时,干的都是杂活,比如接电话、取午餐或是取干洗好的衣服。我得不到什么报酬,可是我进入了制片业, 你看看我现在的地位。
  美国著名导演 Steven Spielberg也在好莱坞的Universal Studio实习过,而且当时也是没有工资的。不过,得到实习的机会就使他进入了制片业的圈子 - he got his foot in the door。后来他就成了一个名导演。
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  To get one's foot in the door你猜得出这个习惯用语是怎么来的吗?有人说,这个习惯用语跟推销员有关。在电脑和信息时代以前,美国公司常雇用推销员挨门挨户地兜售产品。住家的主人一般都不会请推销员进屋,所以他们首先要做到的就是把一只脚伸进门里,got his foot in the door,这样主人就不能关门了。
  下面我们来听听一个一直想当英语老师的人是怎么实现他的梦想的。
  例句-2:My goal is to become a full-time 2 teacher at the University but there aren't any openings at the moment. So, I've decided 3 to register there as a replacement 4 teacher. At least that way I'll get my foot in the door, and maybe down the road I'll be the first in line if there is an opening.
  这个人说:我的目标是当一名全职的大学老师。可是现在没有空缺。我于是决定在那里登记当代课老师。这样我至少先进入大学了,以后如果有空缺的话,我就可能是第一人选了。
  在美国找工作,雇主很看重你的经验。所以很多大学生都会在夏天打工实习,为以后的就业积累经验。

1 intern
v.拘禁,软禁;n.实习生
  • I worked as an intern in that firm last summer.去年夏天我在那家商行实习。
  • The intern bandaged the cut as the nurse looked on.这位实习生在护士的照看下给病人包扎伤口。
2 full-time
adj.满工作日的或工作周的,全时间的
  • A full-time job may be too much for her.全天工作她恐怕吃不消。
  • I don't know how she copes with looking after her family and doing a full-time job.既要照顾家庭又要全天工作,我不知道她是如何对付的。
3 decided
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
4 replacement
n.取代,替换,交换;替代品,代用品
  • We are hard put to find a replacement for our assistant.我们很难找到一个人来代替我们的助手。
  • They put all the students through the replacement examination.他们让所有的学生参加分班考试。
学英语单词
analytical photography
apollos
artificial grinding stone
aspect system
astonie
autocads
automatic time release
avello
beet washing machine
butts out
carro quemado
cellana radiata orientalis
cerer
clit teaser
contract system workers
corydicine
Crane.
creditor's meeting
cylindrocarpon formicarium
d-block
deferrals
dimercaptotoluene
Elf Aquitaine
engraved plate
Estherites
European-American
fachoes
fallow crops
felicie
fishy wishies
freestyler
full crystal
gamma pinch
garden paths
gaussian error function
genetic correlation
gliotoxin
gobiesocids
Guianis
high-risers
homonomous
hue expander
hypophysial infantilism
incomplete entry
infinitive variable gear box
input/output priority
iridisation
isotropic rotation
Jahām, 'Irq
Kovel'
La Colina
LED display
liriomyza brassicae (riley)
marked capacity of passenger train seating
memory switch
mesons and hyperons
minse
motion of the ground
netman
network of burrows
non-standard container
odor inhibitor
optical flow
orange chromide
organogenous sediments
osteoma of chest wall
oxytoluic acid
piezoelectric recorder
pollution-reducing
power rack
Pretushë
primary recrystallization texture
re-state
reauditioning
relict minerals
resonance enhanced multiphoton ionization
retrolaryngeal
reverse interlock of assisting locomotive
Rybno-Slobodskiy Rayon
saved list cloths
screening system
self-protecting
semiweak
sinking bogie
small forward
sprinkler
strength-weld
sweep polygon
symbiotic luminescence
T-man
taxoid
territorial authority
the classics
Tolectin
tooth gage
Tracrium
traction-type dynamometer
uropygis
Vincent's organisms
vuong
white camas
wistaria