[第189次听写]go downhill是什么意思?

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我们来学习0分13秒的这一句
and where Leonard got his PhD, so it may have gone downhill.

很多童鞋把这一句的gone downhill听成了go down hell, 并且觉得符合上下文语境. 这里一方面是耳朵层面去分辨hill和hell, 但更加重要的, 更加可依赖的是通过词汇搭配积累方面了解到go downhill=走下坡路, 而go down hell不是一个正确的搭配.

由于我们学校里学英语时, 重视单词和语法, 忽视语块和搭配, 并且大家阅读量和输入量普遍比较低, 所以对很多不地道的搭配缺乏感觉. 这个需要大家慢慢去积累. 见得多了, 就知道go down hell这个搭配不对.

这一句就是在调侃Leonard, 意思是Leonard都能从那里得到一个博士学位, 说明在走下坡路了

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从第141篇开始, 我不再放出我自己听写的版本, 而是改为在答案上标记重难点, 大家特别注意一下我加粗的地方.

1 I was offered a summer research fellowship at Princeton.

2 Princeton? A fine institution. The place where Albert Einstein taught,

3 and where Leonard got his PhD, so it may have gone downhill.

4 And just remember, I’m proud of you.

5 And I support you in all that you do.

6 Thank you. That means a lot.

7 Oh, and one last thing.

8 If you find yourself working with a male scientist,

9 who’s as smart as me, as tall as me,and has hair like Thor,

10 well, then, I want you to step away from the situation and call me immediately.