地道美語:an average Joe 普通人(音頻文字)

地道美語:an average Joe 普通人(音頻文字) ZT

Jessica 在北京學漢語，她的中國朋友要是遇到了不知道用美語怎麽說的詞，就會來請教她。今天是Jimmy要問的：普通人。

Jessica: Jimmy! I heard you got the scholarship from Cambridge University! 你真厲害啊!

Jimmy: 嘿嘿，沒什麽大不了的。

Jessica: But that scholarship is very hard to get. After you graduate from Cambridge, 你就是“精英”啦!

Jimmy: 哪裏! 我也就一普通人，ordinary person!

Jessica: Hmmm.... I wouldn't call a Cambridge graduate an average Joe.

Jimmy: An average Joe? 我知道 average, a-v-e-r-a-g-e, average 是普通，平均的意思，an average Joe 就是指普通人，平頭百姓麽？

Jessica: That's right. I think it's because the name "Joe" is very common in English, just like 張三李四 in Chinese.

Jimmy: 對，我就和張三李四一樣，你把我往人堆裏一放，就找不著啦!

Jessica: Haha! that's a very vivid expression. We have a similar phrase in English. You can say you're "just another face in the crowd".

Jimmy: Just another face in the crowd? 人群中的又一張臉？這個說法好，人海茫茫，你不過就是其中一個而已。對了，說了半天普通人，要是形容那些不同尋常的人，該怎麽說呢？

Jessica: You can use "stand out from the crowd" to describe someone who is unusual.

Jimmy: stand out from the crowd, 比別人都站得高，他就明顯，這就是不尋常!

Jessica: That's right. Now let's see what you've learned today!

Jimmy: “普通人”在美語裏叫 "an average Joe"；還可以說 just another face in the crowd； 不同尋常則叫 stand out from the crowd!


Words and Phrases


1. 普通人
an average Joe

just another face in the crowd；

2. 不同尋常
stand out from the crowd.