PETS二级考试语法复习精讲（100）
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He’s definitely not in the running for the job.
Oliver: Do you know who's being considered for the director's job?
Franz: I think one or two senior people in my department may well be.
Oliver: I know for a fact that Margaret Naylor is on the list.
Franz: What about Henry King?
Oliver: He's definitely not in the running for the job because he
hasn't got enough experience yet.
Franz: But I think he should be worth considering for promotion in a couple years' time.
奥立佛：你知道获考虑出任理事职位的人是谁吗？
弗朗茨：我所属部门有一两个高级职员很有可能上榜。
奥立佛：我可以肯定的是，名单上有玛格丽特．内勒。
弗朗茨：亨利．金呢？
奥立佛：他绝对没有机会获聘，因为他还没有足够经验。
弗朗茨：我想，两三年之后，他就应该可以获得晋升了。
He is definitely not in the running for the job一语，假如删去in the二字，意思会有什么分别？Run for是动词词组(phrasal verb)，意思是‘竞逐’，例如：He announced his intention to run for the presidency（他宣布有意竞逐总统职位）。这个意思的run也可作名词，例如:He made a run for the presidency（他竞逐总统职位）。He is definitely not running for the job即‘他绝对没有竞逐这个职位’。成语in the running却是‘很有机会获胜’的意思；‘完全没有机会’或‘被淘汰’，则是out of the running，例如：(1) Only three of the candidates for the teaching post are still in the running（申请教师席位者，只有三人有机会获聘）。(2) Lacking in experience, Henry King knows that he is out of the running for the job（亨利?金缺乏经验，自知没有机会获聘）。
留意今天那段对话里for a fact和may well 这两个说法。For a fact的意思是‘确实’或‘肯定’，用以强调说话者深信某事是真的，I know for a fact等于I am certain，例如：I know for a fact (= I am certain)that she doesn't love you/She doesn't love you. I know it for a fact（她并不喜欢你，这一点我可以肯定）。May 是‘可能’，加上well一字，则是‘很可能’，也作might/could well，例如：He may well know who that woman is（他很可能知道那个女人是谁）。 [NextPage] It really gets up my nose.
Teddy: It's been a pretty tight game so far, don't you think?
Martin:Yes, neither side have looked like scoring a goal so far.
Teddy:Except that one time when our striker was almost through but was fouled by the fullback. The referee didn't see it.
Martin:Yes, it really gets up my nose when something like that happens.
Teddy:Well let's hope that the ref will be looking the right way if that fullback tries playing dirty again.
Martin:And then we'll get a penalty.
泰迪:这场球赛到现在还是难分难解，你说是吗？
马丁:没错，双方至今看来连要射进一球的机会都没有。
泰迪:只有一次我们球队的前锋几乎突破重围，对方的后卫犯规抢救，裁判却视而不见。
马丁:是啊，我看到这样的事就生气。
泰迪: 假如那后卫再使出肮脏手段，希望裁判会看到吧。
马丁:那样，我们就有罚球机会了。
马丁说，看见球赛裁判不处罚犯规者，十分生气；It really gets up my nose。这成语是以‘入鼻痕痒，将打喷嚏’的感觉以喻‘不快’、‘不高兴’，例如：The way he treats his aged parents gets up my nose（他那样对待年长的父母，令我十分生气）。说‘使人生气’，美语还有to tee one off、to get under one's skin这两个说法。To get under one's skin 当是指微生物走到你皮肤下滋生的不快感觉；
to tee off的tee，本是指高尔夫球场开球处，to tee off则是‘开球’，俚语不知为什么借用来说‘生气’，例如：(1) His insolence just tees me off（我看见他那么傲慢就生气）。
(2) It really got under my skin when I realized that she was trying to deceive me（我发觉她要骗我，十分生气）。最后谈谈neither一字。
Neither有‘两者都不’的意思，作形容词，其后用单数形式名词；作代名词，其后接‘of + 复数形式名词’，例如：Neither proposal / Neither of the proposals is acceptable（两个建议都不可接受）。这一句动词用单数形式is，因为neither其实是把‘两者’分开来说。
口头上，neither of 之后常用复数形式动词，例如Neither of the proposals are acceptable，但严格而言这用法并不正确。然则这一课对话中neither side之后为什么用have?按side这里指球队，是集合名词(collective noun)而集合名词常配复数形式动词，例如：Neither team/side play / plays well（两队表现都不好）。
