Jessica 在北京學漢語，她的中國朋友要是遇到了不知道用美語怎麼說的詞，就會來請教她。今天是Jimmy要問的：
普通人。
普通人
Jessica: Jimmy! I heard you got the scholarship from Cambridge University! 你真厲害啊!
Jimmy: 嘿嘿，沒什麼大不了的。
Jessica: But that scholarship is very hard to get. After you graduate from Cambridge, 你就是“精英”啦!
Jimmy: 哪裡! 我也就一普通人，ordinary person!
Jessica: Hmmm.... I wouldn't call a Cambridge graduate an average Joe.
Jimmy: An average Joe? 我知道 average, a-v-e-r-a-g-e, average 是普通，平均的意思，an average Joe 就是指普通人，平頭百姓麼？
Jessica: That's right. I think it's because the name "Joe" is very common in English, just like 張三李四 in Chinese.
Jimmy: 對，我就和張三李四一樣，你把我往人堆裡一放，就找不著啦!
Jessica: Haha! that's a very vivid expression. We have a similar phrase in English. You can say you're "just another face in the crowd".
Jimmy: Just another face in the crowd? 人群中的又一張臉？這個說法好，人海茫茫，你不過就是其中一個而已。對了，說了半天普通人，要是形容那些不同尋常的人，該怎麼說呢？
Jessica: You can use "stand out from the crowd" to describe someone who is unusual.
Jimmy: stand out from the crowd, 比別人都站得高，他就明顯，這就是不尋常!
Jessica: That's right. Now let's see what you've learned today!
Jimmy: “普通人”在美語裡叫 "an average Joe"；還可以說 just another face in the crowd； 不同尋常則叫 stand out from the crowd!
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