第一， 情景对话

A: Where is John studying?

约翰在哪儿上学？

B: He's at the Seals Naval Academy.

席尔斯海军学院。

A: How is he getting along there?

他在那儿混得如何？

B: He's having a hard time. It's survival of the fittest.

可不好混哦，那可是个适者生存的世界。

第二， 词海拾贝

the survial of the fittest

exp. The people or things that can best navigate, adapt to, or compete in a difficult or tricky situation or environment will be much more likely to succeed. （适者生存）

e.g. They always had a mentality of survival of the fittest in that office, putting huge workloads on people and telling those who couldn't cope with the pressure to just find another job.

那个办公室里，他们总是抱着优胜劣汰的心态—— 把巨大的工作量加在人们身上，告诉那些无法承受压力的人去找另一份工作。

With so many different smartphones on the market, it really is the survival of the fittest right now.

如今伴随着市场上不同的智能手机多起来的情况，真是适者生存啊。

e.g. In college, it's the survival of the fittest. You have to keep working in order to survive and graduate.

在大学里，适者生存。为了生存和毕业，你必须继续学习。

I don't give my houseplants very good care, but the ones I have are really flourishing. It's the survival of the fittest, I guess.

我没有精心照顾我的室内植物，但它们真的很茂盛。我想是适者生存吧。

第三， 语汇积累

have a hard time：过得困难；步履艰难

e.g. Do stepparents usually have a hard time winning the confidence of their stepchildren?

继父母要赢得继子女的信赖是不是通常很困难?

e.g. I have a hard time with my wife.

我和我老婆关系不好。（我和我妻子生活得不幸福。）

e.g. I believe we'll have a hard time convincing our clients at your price.

我相信我们要说服我方的客户接受你们的价格很难。