英語(yǔ)四級(jí)閱讀關(guān)鍵句：219. The board ultimately picked Bru

219. The board ultimately picked Bruce Benson, a 69-year-old Colorado businessman and political activist（活動(dòng)家）who is likely to do well in the main task of modern university presidents: fund-raising.

譯文

最后，董事會(huì)決定聘用69歲的科羅拉多商人和政治活動(dòng)家布魯斯·本森，因?yàn)樗芎芎玫赝瓿涩F(xiàn)代高校校長(zhǎng)的主要任務(wù)——籌集資金。

點(diǎn)睛

本句的主干是board picked Bruce Benson。Bruce Benson之后的內(nèi)容皆為其同位語(yǔ)；who引導(dǎo)的是以businessman and political activist為先行詞的定語(yǔ)從句；冒號(hào)之后的內(nèi)容fund-raising是對(duì)main task of modern university presidents的解釋說(shuō)明。

be likely to do sth.的意思是“可能做某事”，likely也可用在be likely that的結(jié)構(gòu)中。如：

It's very likely that he'll ring me tomorrow. 他很可能明天給我打電話。

do well in的意思是“在……方面做得很好”。如：

John does well in maths. 約翰的數(shù)學(xué)成績(jī)很好。

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意為“在……方面做得很好，擅長(zhǎng)……”的常見表達(dá)除do well in之外，還有：

be good at。如：

She is good at painting. 她擅長(zhǎng)繪畫。

be expert at/in。如：

She's expert at making stylish clothes. 她做時(shí)裝很在行。

be skilled at/in。如：

He is skilled at making furniture. 他做家具很有一手。