成人英语三级阅读理解(37)

Ian: I always thought that you and Sam went to the same school.
Ann: No way. He got into Jianzhong. It's the best all-boys school in Taipei.
Ian: I would have never guessed. Sam's not really bent on studying.
Ann: Tell me about it. He did all kinds of extracurricular activities.
Ian: I hear he was a regular sportsman.
Ann: Right. Captain of the rugby team, taekwando class leader. He even learned to play the guitar.
Ian: Wow. Sounds like he was the big man on campus.

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伊恩：我一直以为你跟山姆是上同一所学校。
安：才不。他考进建中。那是台北最好的男校。
伊恩：我根本没料到。山姆不是真的很爱读书。
安：就是说啊。他各式各样的课外活动都参加。
伊恩：我听说他之前是个运动健将。
安：对呀。橄榄球队的队长、跆拳道课的班长。他甚至还去学过吉他。
伊恩：哇。听来他曾经是学校的风云人物呢。


重点解说：

★ bent on... 专心致力于……
★ extracurricular (a.) 课外的
★ sportsman (n.) 运动员，regular sportsman是指‘固定会运动的人’
★ captain (n.) （运动队的）队长
★ rugby (n.) 橄榄球。taekwando (n.) 跆拳道
★ big man 大人物。big man on campus是指‘校园风云人物’