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
2-propanol
acher
agreement to transfer
alimentary albuminuria
ammunitionless
amplifying head
antifighting
augmenting operator
benefaction
body-beautiful
breadth over fenders
by-matter
campsotrichum circinatum berk. et curt.
carpoclonicum
China Ocean Shipping Tally Company
circumferential prestressing
closures by compartment
complex-amplitude distribution
counter-indemnity
crustalactea
crystal seeds
ctia
cure activating agent
cut into operation
direct broadcasting satellite (dbs)
direct recorder
discontinuous load
drum pallet
duration of peak value of rectangular impulse current
eco-homes
edge-thickness coefficient
efficiency of transformer
emergency contracting brake
ethnophilia
fine needle
finite element model
flesh colour
floating display
flying drum printer
gastroepiloic vein
generic number
genus thalassomas
hash table method
Helicteres obtusa
howlets
IBATAL
ill-at-ease
infuse new life into
inking wheel
instantaneoussound particle velocity
iodine azide
karpovs
law of labour relations
lift the needle
lukoil
match plate molding machine
mcgarrett
microdissector
model tectonics
morphine-scopolamine anesthesia
multicaulis
municipal heating systems
net gross margin variance
nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories
on flote
open resource
opercular layer
orthophyre
pancake motor
Petrovskaya
preformationist
preupsilon
principal agrometeorological station
prism alignment
production scale
propylpyrazoletriol
Pushkin
rampions
Ribes fasciculatum
Robert Ranke Graves
rostislav
simplified covering table
solid coating
sorbus sitchenses
spiral polymer
standardized name
steam-power
subclass tree
superindividual crystal
sylvane
table pan torsion balance
take steps
tax assessors
the way of life
traffic mode
triticum boeoticum boiss.t.aegilopoides bal.
twofold frequency system
undergrounder
ungraded
vinsanity
vulvorectal
workers' autonomy