William: Hi I'm William and welcome to Authentic Real English. 大家好，我是威廉，欢迎收听我们的地道英语节目。

Feifei: And I'm Feifei. 大家好，我是菲菲。

William: Feifei I'm going to set you up on a date. 菲菲，我帮你安排一场相亲怎么样？

Feifei: What?! Where did that come from? 什么？怎么会说起这个？

William: Listen, I've got the perfect guy for you! 听我说，我认识一个人非常适合你！

Feifei: 我真的不需要你来帮我做媒人找男朋友。

William: Come on Feifei! 拜托啦，菲菲。

Feifei: No! 不行！

William: He's tall, some might say handsome, he has an excellent job, with an amazing car! He even owns his own flat in the City. So he's a bit of a high-flyer. 他很高大，很多人都说他帅气，而且他还有个好工作、一辆好车，甚至在市里还有自己的公寓。他可是个high-flyer哦。

Feifei: High-flyer? Is he on airplanes a lot or something?! 那是什么意思？他在飞机上吗？

William: No that's not what I meant. He's a high-flyer, meaning he's very successful. 不，不是那个意思。He's a high-flyer这句话是说他是个成功人士。

Feifei: A high-flyer 的意思是形容一个人事业非常成功。

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Examples

A: How's Claire getting on? 克莱尔最近怎么样了？

B: Doing really well. She's turning out to be a real high-flyer. 很不错。她已经成为一个成功人士了。

A: Mark has been very successful. He's already one of the youngest people in a management role in the company. 马克可是个成功人士。他已经是公司管理层里很年轻的了。

B: Mark? Really? I never expected him to be a high-flyer! 马克？真的吗？我真没想到他会是成功人士。

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William: High-flyer can also been used as an adjective: high-flying. High-flyer这个词还可以用作形容词：high-flying。

Feifei: High-flyer 这个短语的形容词性是 high-flying. 我们来听例句。

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Examples

A: There are a lot of high-flying bankers in that part of town. 市里的那个区有很多成功的银行家。

B: A lot of my school friends have become high-flying doctors. 我在学校里的很多朋友已经成为了成功的医生。

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William: So Feifei, are you going to go on a date with this high-flying friend of mine? 那么，菲菲，一要不要去跟我这个成功的朋友约会呢？

Feifei: No way. 没门儿。

William: Come on... David will be really disappointed... 拜托，要不然大卫会很失望的。

Feifei: David? You mean, that friend you brought along to the work dinner last week? 大卫？你说的是上周你带来一起参加工作聚餐的那个人？

William: Yes, that's the one. 没错，就是他。

Feifei: Well, you should have said! 你怎么不早点儿说？

William: Great! 太好了！

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