Jessica在北京学汉语，她的中国朋友要是遇到了不知道用美语怎么说的词，就会来请教她。今天是怡茹要问的：抢风头。
YR: Hey Jessica! 你听说那个大新闻了么?
JESSICA: What? What happened?
YR: 就是上礼拜话剧社的演出啊! Anna完全不顾原来话剧的剧本，使劲抢戏，女主角的风头全被她抢去了! 听说她们俩在后台因此大吵了一架! 对了，这个“抢风头”用美语要怎么说啊?
JESSICA: Hmm...抢风头就是“steal someone's thunder". Steal is spelled s-t-e-a-l; and thunder, t-h-u-n-d-e-r, thunder. Basically, steal someone's thunder means to do something that takes attention away from what someone else has done.
YR: 没错! Anna 把本来属于女主角的戏份都抢去了，She totally stole her thunder! 现在学校里人人都在说这事儿。
JESSICA: Ha! I think Anna is getting her 15 minutes of fame here!
YR: 15 minutes of fame? 出名15分钟?……这是什么意思?
JESSICA: 15 minutes of fame means that she's only famous for a very short period of time.
YR: 哦……我明白了，这也就是短暂出名的意思吧! 就像上回电视真人秀单身女郎里的女主角，那会儿人人都在谈论她，现在节目结束了，她也就销声匿迹了。
JESSICA: Yep! Reality shows definitely give a lot of people a chance to enjoy their 15 minutes of fame!
YR: 嗯，没错! 听说Anna原来都没被选进剧本，可后来她就一直巴结男主角Andy，这么才慢慢得到角色的!
JESSICA: Hmm. Sounds like she's riding on Andy's coattails! Coattail is spelled c-o-a-t-t-a-i-l, coattail. To ride on someone's coattails means to use someone else's success to get ahead.
YR: 哦，就是趋炎附势的意思喽! So, Anna would not get a role in the drama without riding on the leading man's coattails! 这么说对吗?
JESSICA: Exactly! Now tell me what you've learned today!
YR: 第一，抢风头是steal someone's thunder.
第二，短暂出名可以说15 minutes of fame；
第三，趋炎附势叫ride on someone's coattails!
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