情景对话：

A: How was today's lecture?

今天的讲座怎么样？

B: It was so boring at first but then the speaker suddenly shifted gears. The lecture became so exciting.

刚开始非常无聊，但讲话的人突然改变了方式，使讲座变得让人兴奋不已。

A: And he won the praise of everybody at last?

他最终获得了大家的赞赏？

B: You said it.

你说得对。

第一， 词海拾贝

shift gears

e.g. To quickly or abruptly change what one is doing or discussing. （迅速或突然地改变方式）

e.g. With that out of the way, let's shift gears and discuss our strategy for the third quarter.

这个问题解决了以后，我们来换个话题，讨论一下第三季度的策略。

第二， 语汇积累

win the praise：得到表扬，得到称赞

e.g. His honesty won the praise of his friends.

他的诚实得到了朋友们的赞扬。

e.g. He has won the praise for his excellent work.

他因工作出色得到了高度的赞扬。