学个短语: Like a duck to water

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学个短语: Like a duck to water 如鱼得水 (ZT)

如果你被形容为 take to something like duck to water, 意思就是在你第一次尝试做某件事情时发现自己非常上手,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!

请注意

另一个短语 a sitting duck 意思是容易成为被攻击的目标。

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

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Ye Shiwen winning gold in swimming

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)

双语新闻: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.
中国游泳小将叶诗文在奥运游泳馆里以4分28.43秒的成绩夺得女子400米混合泳的金牌并打破世界纪录。

The 16-year-old took a second off Australian defending champion Stephanie Rice's record set at Beijing 2008.
这位年仅16岁的小姑娘把澳大利亚前奥运冠军 Stephanie Rice 在2008年北京奥运创下的纪录缩短了1秒。

American Elizabeth Beisel won silver and China's Li Xuanxu won bronze.
美国游泳健将 Elizabeth Beisel 位居第二,另一名中国游泳小将李玄旭获得铜牌。

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