BBC每日短语：存档、获胜和引起注意

　　To file away 存档

　　例句：

　　All my letters are filed away in a big cabinet in my office。

　　On Friday mornings I pay the bills and invoices from the past week, then I file them away。

　　请注意

　　还有一个有趣的俚语表达就是 the circular file. 你知道当我们把某物放进 circular file 后，这样东西去哪儿了吗？答案就是废纸篓。

　　A: What happened to those printouts?

　　B: Oh, they went in the circular file, sorry. I didn't think you needed them。

　　Top of the heap 冠绝群雄/获胜者

　　如果你被形容为 top of the heap 那就是说你在财富、权利和能力上都胜人一筹，冠绝群雄。

　　例句：

　　Minchee is now the CEO at an accountancy firm. I always knew she would get to the top of the heap。

　　When it comes to photographers, Barbara is at the top of the heap. She's won so many awards。

　　请注意

　　如果说某事或某人是 on the scrap heap 意思就是此事或人已经被遗弃。

　　Marco was the first choice goalkeeper at his football club for many years. But when he got old, the manager bought a younger player and Marco ended up on the scrap heap。

　　To flag up 引起注意

　　例句：

　　At the meeting Martin flagged up the issue of late payments. He said that we hadn't paid our suppliers for three months。

　　There are a couple of points that I'd like to flag up today: one is the increasing number of customer complaints and the other is the problem with our computer system。

　　请注意

　　单词 flagging 的意思是体力变若，精力下降。

　　I worked really hard from 7am until lunch, but after lunch I was really flagging!

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