第一、迷你對(duì)話(huà)
    A: Lily thinks that the job takes a back seat to the family after she is married.
    Lily認(rèn)為結(jié)婚后家庭為先，工作處于次要地位。
    B: She must be a good wife.
    她一定是一個(gè)好妻子。
    A: Not necessarily. This is only what she says, not what he does.
    那也未必，說(shuō)歸說(shuō)，做歸做。
    B: I see.
    我明白了。
    第二、 對(duì)話(huà)精講
    【地道表達(dá)】 take a back seat
    【解詞釋義】 to become less important than someone or something else 處于次要地位
    【語(yǔ)法用法】 要以......為主要地位而......為次要地位，在短語(yǔ)的后面加上介詞to，即：take a back seat to something。
    【支持范例】 When the discussion turned to military affairs, the governor had to take a back seat .
    當(dāng)討論到軍事問(wèn)題時(shí)，州長(zhǎng)只好靠邊站了。
    After 30 years in the business it's time for me to take a back seat and make room for younger men.
    干了30年，現(xiàn)在我該退居二線(xiàn)，給較年輕的人讓位了。
    My homework had to take a backseat to football during the playoffs.
    在比賽賽季，我必須以足球危險(xiǎn)，而學(xué)業(yè)功課處于次要地位。
    Jimmy always took a backseat to his older brother, Bill, until Bill went away to college.
    Jimmy總是讓著他的哥哥Bill，知道他上大學(xué)。