【对话文本】
VICKI: We're going to go back to school.
CALLUM: Because if you want to get ahead, you need a good education!
VICKI: That's right. Well one way to get ahead with English is to use more phrasal verbs. For example:
CALLUM: 'get ahead' education certainly helped me get ahead - it helped me to become more successful than other people
VICKI: It must have done Callum because now you're working with me!
CALLUM: And that really is getting ahead!
VICKI: So what were your school days like, Callum?
CALLUM: Well..I suppose I got on okay.
VICKI: So you were quite successful.
CALLUM: I got on okay, yeah. Sometimes I messed around.
VICKI: Ah, you were sometimes naughty, and just played when you should've been working?
CALLUM: Yes, I messed around sometimes, just like most kids.
【参考译文】
VICKI:我们打算回学校了
CALLUM:因为如果你想再上一个台阶，就需要接受更好的教育。
VICKI:是的，把英语学好的一个好办法就是使用更多的短语动词，例如……
CALLUM:“get ahead”。是的，我接受的教育确实给了我很大的帮助——让我比其他的人更成功
VICKI:这是肯定的，Callum，因为你现在和我一起工作呢。
CALLUM:这确实是一种进步。
VICKI:那么，你的学生生活是怎样的，Calum?
CALLUM:恩，我觉得还不错。
VICKI:这么说，你很成功了
CALLUM:是的，大多数时候都很好，有的时候也比较大意。
VICKI:恩？你有的时候该工作的时候也会很很任性，只顾着玩吗？
CALLUM:是的，我有时候玩心很重，就和小朋友一样。
【口语突破】
ahead
【释义】If you want to get ahead, you want to be successful in your career. 取得进步
【例句】 By doing extra homework, he soon got ahead of his class-mates.
他靠多做家庭作业，很快在班上名列前茅。
He always tries to get ahead of others in everything.
他总是试图处处领先他人。
2. get on
【释义】If you try to get on, you try to be successful in your career 有进展
【例句】 I'm not getting on very fast with this job.
我这份工作进展不太快。
around
【释义】If you mess around or mess about, you spend time doing things without any particular purpose or without achieving anything 浪费时间，瞎混
【例句】Come on, you guys, start doing some work; don't just mess around all day!
得啦，你们这些家伙，开始干点事吧，别整天闲混了。
Be nicer to him. You shouldn't mess around with him like that.
对他好些，你不该对他那麽随便。
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