(单词翻译:单击)
第一，迷你对话
A: He beats the band.他可真厉害。
B: Yeah. Every time he makes the family feel proud of him.
是的！他每次都让自己的家人感到骄傲。
A: Not like us, the black sheep of the family.
不像我们，家里的败家子。
B: You admire him? Don't let me look down upon you.
你羡慕他？别让我瞧不起你。
A: I never think we are inferior to others.
我从来没有想过我们比别人差。
第二，地道表达
beat the band
1. 解词释义
Beat the band的意思为：to a huge or the greatest possible extent or degree，用中文说则是：又急又猛地，起劲地，又快又猛地。
2. 拓展范例
E.g. He's selling computers to beat the band since he started advertising.
自从他开始打广告以来，他销售电脑非常快。
E.g. It's raining to beat the band.
雨下得真猛。
E.g. Don't worry about waking Tom. He can sleep to beat the band.
别担心会吵醒汤姆，他会睡得像头死猪一样。
E.g. The children cheered to beat the band when the holidays arrived.
当假期来临，孩子就高兴地要命。
E.g. I gave the clothes to him and then I lay down and cried to beat the band all the afternoon.
我把衣服给了他，然后我躺到床上号陶大哭了一下午。
第三，视野拓展
1. feel proud of ：为......感到骄傲
E.g. If you are brave, you will feel proud of yourself and walk with your head held high.
但你若勇敢，就会引以为荣昂首阔步。
E.g. Congratulations, all of us feel proud of your remarkable achievements!
祝贺你，我们都为您所取得的巨大成就感到骄傲。
2. the black sheep of the family：害群之马，败家子
E.g. They say I'm the black sheep of the family because I decided to be an actor.
他们说我是家里的败类，因为我决定去当个演员。
E.g. He was the black sheep of the family after he had got involved in the bank robbery.
在他被牵累进银行抢劫案后，就成了全家的败家子。
E.g. After he had been in prison Peter was regarded as the black sheep of the family.
彼得坐过牢之后，被看作是家庭中的不肖子孙。
3. look down upon：看不起......
E.g. You shouldn't look down upon him just because he is a dustman.
你不应该因为他是个清洁工就轻视他。
E.g. We must not look down upon those who have lagged behind.
我们不应该瞧不起后进的人。
E.g. We should never look down upon a person because of what his parents have done.
我们不应该因为一个人的父母所做的事而看不起他本人。
4. inferior to：次于......，差于......
E.g. He is inferior to none.
他是首屈一指的。
E.g. I am inferior to others in many respects.
我在许多方面不如别人。
E.g. Anna's work is so good that the other children feel inferior to her.
安娜的作业做得太好了使别的孩子都感到不如她。
