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This kid is definitely going places someday. I could see a little Yo Yo Ma in him.
My comments:
Imagine village life in the olden days of China. People seldom venture out of their village or their township. They never have a chance to see the outside world.
In other words, they never get a chance to GO and visit different PLACES.
In our example, by saying the kid is someday going places, the speaker means to say the boy/girl has a future professionally.
By likening the kid to Yo Yo Ma, who, though an ethnic Chinese, was actually born in Paris instead of a small Chinese city in the middle of nowhere.
Anyways, imagine the said kid becoming another cello player of world renown and imagine seeing him/her in New York, where Yo Yo Ma resides.
Or does Yo Yo Ma currently reside in the Big Apple?
I am not sure. With people who are going places, it doesn’t really matter.
So long as you know they’re going places.
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本文僅代表作者本人觀點，與本網(wǎng)立場無關(guān)。歡迎大家討論學(xué)術(shù)問題，尊重他人，禁止人身攻擊和發(fā)布一切違反國家現(xiàn)行法律法規(guī)的內(nèi)容。
About the author:
Zhang Xin（張欣） has been with China Daily since 1988, when he graduated from Beijing Foreign Studies University. Write him at: zhangxin@chinadaily.com.cn, or raise a question for potential use in a future column.
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