M:昨天晚上你看決賽了嗎?我最喜歡的歌手取得了最后的勝利。
F:Oh,I love him too. He not only sings well but also shows perseverance when he encounters difficulties in the contest.
F:我也很喜歡他。他不僅唱歌得好,比賽中遇到困難還不屈不撓。
M:Yah,he got booted after his initial performance in the audition,but he did not give up. He then tried at another two auditions.
M:是啊,第一次海選他被淘汰了,但他并沒(méi)有放棄,之后他又參加了兩次海選。
F:He had barely survived the third audition and finally got a chance to advance in the contest. Fortunately, in the third audition,he has won popularity among the audience. And that's when I started to notice him.
F:第三次海選時(shí),他險(xiǎn)遭淘汰,但最終贏得晉級(jí)的機(jī)會(huì)。幸好,第三次海選過(guò)程中,他的人氣大增,我就是那時(shí)候開始注意他的。
M:Me too.
M:我也是。
F:Before he made the top three,I was so nervous. I just fear that he might be knocked out.
F:他進(jìn)人三甲之前我很緊張,怕他被淘汰。
M:Yeah,there're so many excellent candidates out there. Who knows which one will make it to the final?
M:是啊,比賽中有那么多優(yōu)秀的選手,誰(shuí)知道最后誰(shuí)會(huì)勝出呢?
F:Absolutely. That's why when he entered the final,I was so excited.
F:沒(méi)錯(cuò),所以,他進(jìn)人最后一輪比賽的時(shí)候,我很激動(dòng)。
M:He really did a great job in the finale,especially in the PK round. He performed so well that the majority of the audience cast their votes for him.
M:他決賽的表現(xiàn)真的很好,尤其在PK那一輪,很多觀眾都因此給他投了票。
F:And the host announced that he won it all!
F:然后主持人宣布,他最終獲得冠軍!
重點(diǎn)詞匯
final決賽
...the Gold Cup final.…金杯決賽。
perseverance堅(jiān)持不懈;堅(jiān)忍不拔
Perseverance Award 堅(jiān)持不懈獎(jiǎng)
encounter遭遇(敵人);遇到(困難,危險(xiǎn)等)
Every day of our lives we encounter major and minor stresses of one kind or another.生活中的每一天,我們會(huì)遇到或大或小的這樣那樣的壓力。
boot趕走,逐出
She was a disruptive influence, and after a year or two she got the boot.她是個(gè)搗亂分子,一兩年后就被解雇了。
audition試聽;試演
...an audition for a Broadway musical.…一部百老匯歌舞劇的試演。
advance晉級(jí)
in advance of超過(guò);在…前面
popularity普及;流行;大眾化
The new product jumped into popularity.新產(chǎn)品一下子普及開來(lái)。
the top three前三甲
Unless you were in the top three or four in a particular product, forget about it. 除非你在某種特定產(chǎn)品方面排名前三或前四,否則,你 最好還是忘記它。
nervous緊張的
The party has become deeply nervous about its prospects of winning the next election.該黨對(duì)其贏得下一屆大選的前景極其緊張。
knock out淘汰
He got knocked out in the first inning.他在第1局就被淘汰了。
candidate候選人;競(jìng)選人;參選人
He is a candidate for the office of governor.他是州長(zhǎng)的候選人。
finale最后一幕;結(jié)局
How do you feel about the season finale?你對(duì)第二季結(jié)局的感覺(jué)怎樣?
cast a vote投票
I cast a vote for the proposal. 對(duì)那項(xiàng)議案我投了贊成票。
announce宣布
He will announce tonight that he is resigning from office.他今晚將宣布他要辭職。