【句子】So I lean out way over the rail to get the shot. Next thing I know, the police arrive. 【Desperate Housewives S02E04】

【发音】/səʊ/ /aɪ/ /liːn/ /aʊt/ /weɪ/ /ˈəʊ.və(r)/ /ðə/ /reɪl/ /tʊ/ /get/ /ðə/ /ʃɒt/ /ʃɑːt/ /nekst/ /θɪŋ/ /aɪ/ /nəʊ/ /ðə/ /pəˈliːs/ /əˈraɪv/

【发音技巧】lean out连读；get the不完全爆破；next thing不完全爆破；police arrive连读；

【翻译】所以我从栏杆上拼命探出身子，想要拍照。结果，警察来了。

【适用场合】

今天节目当中讲的短语，叫做(the) next thing I know，也可以是(the) next thing sb. knows；

或者这里的know也可以换成是knew，都是一个意思；

那么这样的短语表达什么意思呢？
“突然、没有任何征兆地”，这个短语经常用于讲故事的时候。

all of a sudden; out of nowhere; without warning



eg: I was just walking down the road and the next thing I knew someone was pointing a gun at my face.

我就在路上走着，结果突然，有一个人拿着枪顶着我头。



eg: I was standing in line, minding my own business, when the next thing I know, a gunman runs into the bank and starts screaming at us to get on the ground!

我站在队伍里，想着我自己的事儿，结果下一秒，一个持枪的人冲进了银行，叫喊着让我们都趴到地上。



eg: I must have dozed off on the subway because I got on and, the next thing I knew, we were at the end of the line!

我肯定是在地铁上睡着了。因为我上了地铁，然后下一秒，我们就已经在终点站了。



eg: I fainted, and the next thing I knew I was in the hospital.

我昏倒了，下一秒，我就已经在医院了。



eg: You leave school at sixteen and next thing you know, you're married with three kids.

你十六岁离开学校，结果没过多久，你就已经已婚带着三个孩子了。

（感叹时间飞逝）



eg: I slipped, and the next thing I knew, I was lying face up on the ground.

我滑了一跤，结果下一秒，我就已经仰天躺在地上了。



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Tina had only been on a few dates with Mark, but this one had been going smoothly. Next thing she knew, he got on one knee and proposed to her.