视频文本如下:
Welcome to English in a Minute.
欢迎来到《一分钟英语》栏目。
Some phrases in American English like to get all the attention!
美语中的一些短语希望得到普遍关注!
In The Spotlight
成为公众焦点
Let's see if Anna and Jonathan can shed some light on this expression.
让我们看看是否安娜和乔纳森能解释这个表达的含义。
How'd your party go last night?
昨晚的派对怎么样?
It was pretty fun.
非常有趣。
Jake went crazy though!
杰克居然玩疯了。
Oh no, what did he do?!
哦不会吧,他做什么了?!
There must have been too much sugar in the punch bowl because he started dancing all over the furniture, Jake does love being in the spotlight.
酒杯里一定是放了太多的糖,因为他开始在桌子上跳舞,杰克的确喜欢让自己成为公众焦点。
Totally.
完全没错。
And then he jumped into my swimming pool!
紧接着他跳进了我的泳池!
"In the spotlight" means to be at the center of attention.
“成为公众焦点”指处在公众注意力的中心。
It comes from someone actually being in a spotlight on stage.
它用于描述真正在舞台上处于公众注意中心的人们。
In our example, Jake loves to be the center of attention, which explains his wild behavior.
在我们所举的这个例子中,杰克喜欢成为公众焦点,这也就解释了他疯狂的举动。
And that's English in a Minute!
以上就是今天的《一分钟英语》栏目!