A: My daughter won the first prize in the novel contest.
B: That's wonderful!
A: My wife is really excited about it.
B: I can imagine. She's always saying your daughter is talented.
A: 小女赢得小说比赛的首奖。
B: 太棒了!
A: 内人兴奋极了。
B: 可想而知。她常说你女儿很有天分。
重点解说:
★ win「赢得」一词可接种种宾语,如win the game [race, championship, prize, match, etc.]。打败或胜过某人的场合常用beat一词,如We beat them by the score of 10 to 5.「我们以10比5打败他们。」另外, overwhelm一词的意思是「大胜」,如We overwhelmed our opponent in the final game.「我们在决赛中大胜对方。」
★ I can imagine.「可想而知。」此语用于表示自己跟对方颇有同感。对方所谈内容所指涉的情感与情景,彷佛历历在目。
★talented「有天分的(=gifted)」