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: 欢迎大家来到这期的美语训练班! 我是杨琳! B: 我是Mike! 杨琳，来告诉大家今天都要学什么! A: 好! 今天，我们要一起来聊聊在公司报销都有什么规矩，看看别出心裁的结婚仪式，还要告诉你怎么说捉刀人! B: Yeah, most couples want a special wedding ceremony. Its the kind of memory that will last a lifetime. I wonder what my wedding will be like... A: You got to find someone who is willing to marry you first! B: Ugh... A: Kidding kidding! You will be fine! 咱们等会再来讨论你梦想中的婚礼，现在, 先来进入第一个单元... B: Learn a word! Learn A Word? 1743 ghost writer 今天我们要学的词是 ghost writer. Ghost is spelled g-h-o-s-t, ghost, and writer, w-r-i-t-e-r, writer, ghost writer. Ghost writer 代笔作者，捉刀人。Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is taking heat for hiring Marc Thiessen, who vocally supports enhanced interrogation techniques, as his ghost writer.? 威斯康辛州长沃克因为找马克.泰森代写新书而受到批评，因为泰森公开支持使用强化审讯手段。Michael Malice, the celebrity ghost writer, raised $30,000 to write an autobiography of Kim Jong-il. 著名捉刀人迈克尔.马利斯集资三万美元，准备给金正日写传记。好的，今天我们学习的词是 ghost writer, ghost writer, ghost writer... A: Ghost writer, 代笔作者。 现在是个人就可以出书，最后都不知道书是谁写的! B: Yep, I feel like Internet is the thing to blame. Nowadays a lot of people just go on the Internet, get whatever information that they can find and then start writing a book! A: Yeah, the Internet is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, its so much easier to obtain information now, but on the other, you need to have the ability to identify the useful from the useless. B: Yep, or you can always just march to a different drummer, go back to reading academic papers! A: 没错! 诶，你刚才提到了个很好的短语， march to a different drummer, 让我们来听今天的美国习惯用语，学学这个短语的用法! Words and Idioms? 833 MARCH TO A DIFFERENT DRUMMER 美国习惯用语第833讲 我干广播这一行已经十几年了，以前的编辑都是每星期一早上开会，但是最近刚来的这位领导别出心裁，把小组会议改在了星期五下班以前。这倒让我想起了今天要学的习惯用语，叫 M: March to a different drummer. March is spelled m-a-r-c-h, and drummer; d-r-u-m-m-e-r. March-to-a-different-drummer. March to a different drummer. March to a different drummer. March 是齐步走，行军的意思，drummer 是鼓手。March to a different drummer 按照不同鼓手的节奏前进，意思就是独树一帜，标新立异。这下大家明白了吧，别人一般都是星期一早上开会，但是新来的这位编辑却规定星期五下班前开