Cool Cream really stole the show.
對 話 Gayle: Did you watch the rock concert on TV last night?
Lorna: Yes, wasn't it great? All my favorite bands were playing.
Gayle: But I thought Cool Cream really stole the show.
Lorna: Me too. They're all so good looking.
Gayle: Yes, and their songs were so much better than the other bands.
Lorna: They're such good movers on the stage too. They drove all the girls crazy.
蓋爾：有沒有看昨晚電視播映的搖滾音樂會？
洛娜：有，很精采，對吧？我喜歡的樂隊都有演出。
蓋爾：但我認(rèn)為最搶風(fēng)頭的是庫爾克里姆樂隊。
洛娜：我同意。那些樂手的樣子都很帥。
蓋爾：他們唱的歌也遠(yuǎn)勝過其它樂隊。
洛娜：而且他們舉止優(yōu)美，風(fēng)靡了所有女孩子。
蓋爾看了一場音樂會后說：Cool Cream really stole the show。成語to steal the show直譯是‘偷了這場表演’，意思是‘搶鏡頭’，不限于說舞臺表演，例如：The innocent charm of the bridesmaid stole the show from the bride（那伴娘天真動人，令新娘黯然失色）。To steal the show也作to steal the limelight/spotlight/scene。Limelight、spotlight都是舞臺上照射某演員或某一點的聚光燈，scene則是‘場面’。It was the little known soprano who stole the limelight即‘搶盡風(fēng)頭的，是個鮮為人知的女高音’。In the limelight/spotlight可以用來比喻‘大眾矚目’，例如：Emerging victorious in the 1980 presidential election, Ronald Reagan stepped confidently into the global limelight（里根一九八○年競選總統(tǒng)獲勝，滿懷自信的踏上世界舞臺，舉世矚目）。
論歌手、演員的表演，今天中文有時用‘演繹’一詞，例如‘他演繹這首歌非常出色’等。這‘演繹’顯然脫胎于英文render一字。Render是‘翻譯’，也可解作‘演奏’或‘演出’，例如：(1) This document has to be rendered into Chinese（這份文件須翻譯成中文）。(2) Their rendering of the songs was so much better than the other bands'（他們比其它樂隊更能演出歌曲的神韻）。Render的名詞是rendition；假如不用動名詞(gerund) rendering，可改用名詞：Their rendition of the songs carried all the girls away（他們的演唱，令所有女孩子如醉如癡）。Carry somebody away是動詞詞組(phrasal verb)，有‘使陶醉’的意思。
對 話 Gayle: Did you watch the rock concert on TV last night?
Lorna: Yes, wasn't it great? All my favorite bands were playing.
Gayle: But I thought Cool Cream really stole the show.
Lorna: Me too. They're all so good looking.
Gayle: Yes, and their songs were so much better than the other bands.
Lorna: They're such good movers on the stage too. They drove all the girls crazy.
蓋爾：有沒有看昨晚電視播映的搖滾音樂會？
洛娜：有，很精采，對吧？我喜歡的樂隊都有演出。
蓋爾：但我認(rèn)為最搶風(fēng)頭的是庫爾克里姆樂隊。
洛娜：我同意。那些樂手的樣子都很帥。
蓋爾：他們唱的歌也遠(yuǎn)勝過其它樂隊。
洛娜：而且他們舉止優(yōu)美，風(fēng)靡了所有女孩子。
蓋爾看了一場音樂會后說：Cool Cream really stole the show。成語to steal the show直譯是‘偷了這場表演’，意思是‘搶鏡頭’，不限于說舞臺表演，例如：The innocent charm of the bridesmaid stole the show from the bride（那伴娘天真動人，令新娘黯然失色）。To steal the show也作to steal the limelight/spotlight/scene。Limelight、spotlight都是舞臺上照射某演員或某一點的聚光燈，scene則是‘場面’。It was the little known soprano who stole the limelight即‘搶盡風(fēng)頭的，是個鮮為人知的女高音’。In the limelight/spotlight可以用來比喻‘大眾矚目’，例如：Emerging victorious in the 1980 presidential election, Ronald Reagan stepped confidently into the global limelight（里根一九八○年競選總統(tǒng)獲勝，滿懷自信的踏上世界舞臺，舉世矚目）。
論歌手、演員的表演，今天中文有時用‘演繹’一詞，例如‘他演繹這首歌非常出色’等。這‘演繹’顯然脫胎于英文render一字。Render是‘翻譯’，也可解作‘演奏’或‘演出’，例如：(1) This document has to be rendered into Chinese（這份文件須翻譯成中文）。(2) Their rendering of the songs was so much better than the other bands'（他們比其它樂隊更能演出歌曲的神韻）。Render的名詞是rendition；假如不用動名詞(gerund) rendering，可改用名詞：Their rendition of the songs carried all the girls away（他們的演唱，令所有女孩子如醉如癡）。Carry somebody away是動詞詞組(phrasal verb)，有‘使陶醉’的意思。