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The ability to think on his
feet.
他思想敏捷。
| 對 話 Chairman:I thought every candidate on the shortlist was very impressive. 主席:我覺得，精挑候選的名單上每一位應徵者都很出色。 Panel member 1:Agreed. We would appoint any one of them. 組員甲:我同意。我們聘請任何一個都不會有問題。 Panel member 2:Indeed but I thought the last we interviewed had one outstanding quality. 組員乙:不錯，不過，我認為最後面試那個人有一點很了不起。 Chairman:What is it that particularly struck you about him? 主席:你覺得他特別了不起的是甚麼？ Panel member 2:The ability to think on his feet. He dealt with the most difficult and unexpected questions we threw at him very coolly and intelligently. 組員乙:他思想敏捷，我們的問題無論多難，多出乎意料，他都能冷靜回答，而且很有條理。 Chairman:That's certainly true and it's not a very common quality. 主席:你說得對，那不是一般人做得到的。 |
| 多學一點點
「思想敏捷」和it的用法 面試小組提到一位候選人的優點是：The ability to think on his feet。On one's feet是「站立，和on foot（步行）不同，例如：(1) The accident has brought the traffic to a standstill. It's quicker to go on foot（意外事故使交通完全停頓，步行會快一點）。(2) The guard felt tired : he had been on his feet for hours（那衛兵站了多個小時，感到很疲倦）。辯論或演講者往往都站著發問或答問更必須迅速，所以，to think on one's feet有「思想敏捷」的意思，例如：He can think on his feet, and excels as an orator（他思想敏捷，是個出色的演說家）。本課對話有一句說：What is it that particularly struck you about him? Struck是strike的過去式，意思是「給人某個印象」，例如：It struck me as odd（那使我感到不尋常）。這strike一字不必多說，現在請回答一個問題：對話裡那一句可不可以改為What particularly struck you about him?答案是「可以」，但改寫後語氣較弱。英文常用it字強調某事物，例如Tom was arrested on 3 December for robbery（十二月三日，湯姆因搶劫被捕）這一句，要強調「何人」被捕，可改作It was Tom that was arrested；要強調「何時」被捕，可改作It was on 3 December that Tom was arrested；要強調「為何」被捕，可改作It was for robbery that Tom was arrested。查問上述三點，則可說Who was it that was arrested? (= who was arrested?)以及When/Why was it that Tom was arrested? (= When/Why was Tom arrested?) |