VOA一分鐘英語(yǔ)：Sitting pretty

Sitting pretty 生活優(yōu)渥 勝券在握
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歡迎來(lái)到《一分鐘英語(yǔ)》。
Sitting is a normal thing that we do.
坐著，是我們做的一件很平常的事。
We sit at work, at home, at restaurants.
我們坐在辦公室、家里、餐館里。
Honestly, we probably sit too much.
老實(shí)說(shuō)，我們可能坐得太多了。
But what does it mean to be sitting pretty?
但sitting pretty意味著什么?
Dan,how is your new apartment?
丹，你的新公寓怎么樣?
It's great. It has the best views of DC.
棒極了。它擁有華盛頓最好的景色。
And guess what? My book is selling really well.
而且，你猜怎么著?我的書(shū)賣(mài)得很好。
Wow! You, Dan, you are really sitting pretty.
哇!你，丹，你真是生活優(yōu)渥。
Sorry, Anna,it's my publisher.
對(duì)不起，安娜，我的出版商來(lái)電了。
How much money?
多少錢(qián)?
If you are sitting pretty you are living in comfort.
如果你sitting pretty ，就代表你生活得很舒適。
You are in a good place in your life.
你在生活中處于一個(gè)良好的位置。
We can also use this to describe someone with a good chance at winning a competition.
我們也可以用這個(gè)詞來(lái)形容一個(gè)人在比賽中勝券在握。