第一、迷你對話

　　A: Lily thinks that the job takes a back seat to the family after she is married.

　　Lily認為結婚后家庭為先，工作處于次要地位。

　　B: She must be a good wife.

　　她一定是一個好妻子。

　　A: Not necessarily. This is only what she says, not what he does.

　　那也未必，說歸說，做歸做。

　　B: I see.

　　我明白了。

　　第二、 對話精講

　　【地道表達】 take a back seat

　　【解詞釋義】 to become less important than someone or something else 處于次要地位

　　【語法用法】 要以......為主要地位而......為次要地位，在短語的后面加上介詞to，即：take a back seat to something。

　　【支持范例】 When the discussion turned to military affairs, the governor had to take a back seat .

　　當討論到軍事問題時，州長只好靠邊站了。

　　After 30 years in the business it's time for me to take a back seat and make room for younger men.

　　干了30年，現在我該退居二線，給較年輕的人讓位了。

　　My homework had to take a backseat to football during the playoffs.

　　在比賽賽季，我必須以足球危險，而學業功課處于次要地位。

　　Jimmy always took a backseat to his older brother, Bill, until Bill went away to college.

　　Jimmy總是讓著他的哥哥Bill，知道他上大學。

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