點滴英語天天學第314期:雅思詞彙(154)
1. Expression：sell like hot cakes
Explanation：To sell very quickly. （賣得很快，暢銷）
Example：We had to order a second shipment of shirts because they have just been selling like hot cakes!
因爲這襯衫一直都很暢銷，所以我們不得不訂購第二批襯衫。
The book sold like hot cakes and we had to print another ten thousand copies.
這本書暢銷，我們勢必要加印一萬冊。
The new product is selling like hot cakes’ll need to produce more to keep up with the demand!
新產品正賣得很火爆，我們需要生產更多來滿足需求！
His new books are just published. And the bookshop started selling them like hot cakes.
他的新書剛一出版，在書店就成了搶手貨。
2. Expression：cakes and ale
Explanation：A time or activity when you enjoy yourself greatly and have no troubles. （快樂，物質享受）
Example：Any reasonable person knows that life is not all cakes and ale.
任何通情達理的人都知道人生不全是吃喝玩樂。
Kids these days think only of cakes and ales—and not of the hard work they need to put in to be successful.
如今的孩子只想着吃喝玩樂，而不去想他們需要投入到艱辛的工作才能獲得成功。
3. Expression：hot number
Explanation：Someone or something that is particularly trendy, popular, or fashionable at the moment. （眼下受歡迎的的人，眼前時髦的、流行的事物，搶手貨，暢銷貨）
Example：The movie star has become a really hot number in the media lately.
這位電影明星最近在媒體上成了炙手可熱的人物。
The new double-cassette recorder was a hot number in the shop.
這種新式的雙卡錄音機成了這家商店的暢銷貨。
The factory managers are delighted to see the products which had been hard to sell months ago but now became hot numbers overnight.
廠長們欣喜地看到：這些產品幾個月前還是滯銷品，可一夜之間就成了搶手貨。
