第一，迷你对话

A: Who is the girl in the photo?

照片里的那个女人是谁？

B: Oh, she was my classmate in college.

哦，她是我大学里的同学。

A: She studied French in college.

她在大学学的是法语专业。

B: No. Remember, she was my classmate and we majored in history.

不是，记住她是我的同班同学，学的是历史专业。

A: I read an article about her in the magazine. I think she has risen herself above the crowd.

我在一本杂志里读到了一篇关于她的文章，她现在一定是出人头地了。

第二，地道表达

rise oneself above the crowd

解词释义

Rise oneself above the crowd的字面意思是“升至人群之上”，比喻为“出人头地”。

拓展范例

E.g. I want you to go ahead now and rise yourself above the crowd.

我希望你努力上进，将来出人头地。

E.g. A man has to strike out for himself if he wants to rise himself above the crowd.

一个人要想出人头地，就得自己去打天下。

第三，好词妙语

in college：学院里的

E.g. In college I majored in science. What was your major?

在学院里，我主修自然科学。你主修什么?

E.g. In college I made honors in my studies.

在大学里，我的成绩优异。

in the magazine：在杂志中

E.g. I had been so enthralled by reading the serial stories in the magazine supplement.

我一直迷恋着阅读杂志增刊上的连载小说。

majored in：主修

E.g. She majored in English and minored in education.

她主修英文,副修教育。

in the photo：照片中的

E.g. Squinting her eyes,she smiled at the man in the photo.

她眯起眼睛看着照片，冲着照片里的那个男人笑了。