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Part One 你听不懂的

Tell it to the marines 我才不信呢

I don't care how good you think your reason is. Tell it to the marines!

Well, Jerry thinks he can start his own business without having any working experience. Tell it to the marines!

Christine boasts¹ that she always guesses the lottery² numbers right. Tell it to the marines. She never wins!

Steal a march on 比…抢先一步，占优势

Edward steals a march on this English oral test because he lived in New York for nearly ten years.

Lily is a Hello Kitty lover³ and she always steals a march on her friends by buying the latest products first.

Part Two 你说不出的

1．Steal One's Thunder 剧中对白：(第七季第一集) Monica：See，I've been waiting my whole life to be engaged，and unlike⁴ some people I'm only planning on doing this once．So，uh y'know，maybe this is selfish⁵ and I'm sorry about it，but I was kinda hoping tonight could just be about that． 莫尼卡：你知道，我一生都在等订婚的这一刻。不像某些人，我只准备订婚一次。所以，你知道，也许我很自私，我道歉。但是，我希望今晚就只有我订婚的事。 Ross：It is! It is!

罗斯：就是这样的! Monica：No it’s not! No! No! Now it's about you and Ross getting back together! 莫尼卡不是这样的!不是!不是!今晚是你和罗斯重做恋人的日子! Monica：See yeah umm，you kinda stole my thunder! 莫尼卡：这下清楚了，你抢了我的风头I Ross：Okay! Ho-ho! We did not steal your thunder because we are not getting back together! 罗斯：好了!我们没有抢你的风头，因为我们没有恢复恋人关系!与“a kind of”意思相同，即“从某种程度上说”。

2．Make a Big Deal out of It；A Big Deal； 剧中对白：(第七季第一集) Rachel：Okay come on Phoebe，it's nothing! Monica，come on! 瑞秋：好了，菲比，这没有什么!莫尼卡，别这样! Ross：Look let's not make a big deal out of this! It was a one time thing．It doesn't even matter! 罗斯：好吧，我们大家不要对此事大惊小怪了!这只发生了一次，而且一点儿也没什么!

1 boasts   

v.有（引以为荣的事物）( boast的第三人称单数 )；扬言

参考例句：

• She never boasts about her talent. 她从不夸耀自己的才华。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• She boasts of her high grades in school. 她夸耀她的优秀学习成绩。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 lottery   

n.抽彩；碰运气的事，难于算计的事

参考例句：

• He won no less than ￡5000 in the lottery.他居然中了5000英镑的奖券。
• They thought themselves lucky in the lottery of life.他们认为自己是变幻莫测的人生中的幸运者。

3 lover   

n.情人，恋人；爱好者

参考例句：

• Every lover sees a thousand graces in the beloved object.情人眼里出西施。
• Mr.Smith was a lover of poetry.史密斯先生是一名诗歌爱好者。

4 unlike   

adj.不同的，不相似的；prep.不像，和...不同

参考例句：

• She's very unlike her mother.她一点也不像她母亲。
• It's unlike him to be late;he's usually on time.他不是会迟到的那种人，他通常很准时。

5 selfish   

adj.自私的，利己主义的，自我中心的

参考例句：

• You must learn to share and not be so selfish.你一定要学会与他人分享，不要那么自私。
• She is a selfish person.她是一个自私自利的人。