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(jié)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(xiàn)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(yè)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。