A: The dark house in this year’s football cup wasKorea!

　　這屆足球賽的黑馬是韓國隊。

　　B: You bet! Lots of people thought they would bechampions.

　　那還用說!許多人認為他們可以奪冠了。

　　知識點講解

　　Dark house用來形容令人刮目相看，制造冷門的異軍突起者，也可以指一舉成名的后起之秀，或泛指那些那些沒有名氣而實力難測的競爭者。在俚語詞典中解釋如下：One who achieves unexpected support andsuccess as a political candidate, typically during a party's convention.

　　A: Why are you always out in the field while listening to the news?

　　為什么你聽新聞的時候不專心啊?

　　B: I am listening to the music and I couldn’t help moving my body.

　　我在聽歌，就情不自禁地動了起來。

　　知識點講解

　　Out in the left field的字面意思是“外出到田野左邊去”，比喻為“(做事)不專心”或“(說話)跑題”的意思。

　　A: In order to buy this cool SUV, I’ve tightened mybelt for almost a year.

　　為了買這輛酷的越野車，我節(jié)衣縮食將近一年了。

　　B: That is worth it. Look at those beauties. They loveyou!

　　那也值得，看那邊的美女，她們愛死你了。

　　知識點講解

　　Tighten one’s belt字面意思是“勒緊褲腰帶”，“省吃儉用，節(jié)衣縮食，節(jié)儉度日”的意思。