【英语时差8,16】谈谈梦想成名

 Mike: I'm so excited, Amanda! I just qualified¹ to participate in a singing contest on TV. I'm going to be a famous singer and everyone is going to be listening to my music and saying my name. Girls will be all over me and people on the street won't be able to keep their hands off!

Amanda: Congratulations, Mike! However, don't get your hopes up－singing contests are contests, after all, and that means only one person can come out on top. Moreover, don't you feel that practically every high school student's dream is to become the next Yoga Lin?

Mike: Sure, I know that there are tons of kids out there whose dream is to become famous either by singing, acting² or modeling, but I'm different. I'm special. I'm better than all those try-hards.

Amanda: Are you sure you're better? You can sing pretty well, but c'mon, I've seen you dance! Your dancing keeps me laughing for weeks on end! Anyway, I just hope you don't give up your day job.

Mike: Bah, you just don't realize the skills that I possess. Don't you know that when I was in kindergarten I got an award for my rendition of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"?

1 qualified   

adj.合格的，有资格的，胜任的，有限制的

参考例句：

• He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。
• We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。

2 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。