學個短語: Like a duck to water

學個短語: Like a duck to water 如魚得水 (ZT)

如果你被形容為 take to something like duck to water, 意思就是在你第一次嚐試做某件事情時發現自己非常上手，做得很棒。

例句

He took to golf like a duck to water. He'd never played before but hit a hole in one!

Kate never seemed like the mothering type but when her daughter was born she took to it like a duck to water. She was a real natural!

請注意

另一個短語 a sitting duck 意思是容易成為被攻擊的目標。

Example: The soldiers were left exposed on the hill. They really were sitting ducks for the enemy.

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Ye Shiwen wins gold for China in the London 2012 400m swimming event. The 16-year-old also broke the world record. Photo: David Gray. (ZT)

雙語新聞：Ye Shiwen Set A New World Record In the Women's 400m Medley (ZT)

China's Ye Shiwen stormed to gold and set a new world record in the women's 400m medley with a time of 4 minutes 28.43 seconds at the Aquatics Centre.
中國遊泳小將葉詩文在奧運遊泳館裏以4分28.43秒的成績奪得女子400米混合泳的金牌並打破世界紀錄。

The 16-year-old took a second off Australian defending champion Stephanie Rice's record set at Beijing 2008.
這位年僅16歲的小姑娘把澳大利亞前奧運冠軍 Stephanie Rice 在2008年北京奧運創下的紀錄縮短了1秒。

American Elizabeth Beisel won silver and China's Li Xuanxu won bronze．
美國遊泳健將 Elizabeth Beisel 位居第二，另一名中國遊泳小將李玄旭獲得銅牌。

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奧運項目（中英對照）
來源: 非文學青年 於 2012-07-26 22:43:10
http://bbs.wenxuecity.com/yingyuziliao/155154.html

奧運報道:Olympic hopefuls(音頻文字)
http://bbs.wenxuecity.com/yingyutingli/155168.html

奧運報道: Ye Shiwen breaks medley world record
http://bbs.wenxuecity.com/yingyuziliao/155284.html

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