时间:2018-12-31 作者:英语课 分类:职场社交


英语课


SCENE
A  吉娜去她老板的隔间看他 


【我就不拐弯抹角了】


 


Zina:  Vince. We're both busy, so I'm not going to beat around the bush. I need a 1) raise.


吉娜:         文斯。大家都很忙,我就不拐弯抹角了。我要加薪。


 


Vince:         I can't do that, Zina. You know I can't.


文斯:         办不到,吉娜。你知道我无能为力的。


 


Zina:           2) Bull. I're done my 3) research. I know you still 4) control more than 65 percent of InfoKing 5) options.


吉娜:         胡扯。我做了研究。我知道你仍掌握了资讯王百分之六十五以上的股权。


 


Vince:  Who told you that?


文斯:         谁跟你说的?


 


Zina:  That doesn't matter. I want 6) at least 4 percent.


吉娜:         那不重要。我少说要百分之四。


 


语言详解


 


A: I have done extensive research on the French Revolution.


    我对法国大革命做过广泛的研究。


 


B: Then you must have been to Paris.


    那你一定去过巴黎。


 


beat around the bush拐弯抹角】


 


beat around the bush原意是指猎人在打猎时,先在草丛附近拍打,以让鸟类猎物受惊而现出踪迹,引申出藉由迂回的方式,不针对问题回答,犹如中文里的拐弯抹角


 


A: Stop beating around the bush, and tell me what you want.


     别拐弯抹角,告诉我你要什么。


B: I want a divorce.


     我要离婚。


 


A: What did Tom want to tell you?


     汤姆那时想要跟你说什么?


B: I'm not sure. He kept beating around the bush.


     我不确定。他一直在拐弯抹角。


 


1raise  (n.) 加薪


2)  bull  原意是公牛,这里是用作 bullshit 委婉说法。


3)  research  (n.) 研究


4)  control  (v.) 控制


5)  option (n.) 选择,此指股票选择权


6)  at least  至少,起码



学英语单词
ability of bearing taxation
acacia arabica
Acrochaetium
alantika mts.
amphistomum
anchor pin cam
arch dells
Archeaocidaridae
ball tongue
balser
bar size
butterber
carry oneself
cesurae
colloidal silver iodide
combination frequency
conditional request
connate sea salt
Cooperiapunctata
corresponding points
cost of a building
crest-fallen
differential limen method
doubly connected surfaces
durable goods order
electric rotary hammer
elenhank
encephaloid cancer
erteroceptive conditioned reflex
even integer
exhaust systems
friction reducing agent
genista aspalathoides lam
goobahs
graylings
grubstaker
halbouty
helium compound
heterokurtic
high accuracy centerless grinding machine
impulse circuiv
Information Industry Association
infounded
iris persicas
isolated digital output module
jessor
Juglans mandshurica
lapplands
legitimacy declaration
Leone, Mte.
line damper
linear feedback shift register circuit
low resistance precision potentiometer
low water neaps
Merui
mix and stir
neisler
neurostimulation
New Critic
nnning
non ideal cycle
normalisation
northgates
not-proven
orange-and-brown
out-republican
planimetric air survey
plate-hat
plural pregnancy
Polotskoye
potassium hydrogen sulfite
provided for
Put ratio
railway signaling equipment
sarie
Schottky barrier double rectifier
screen file
selection culture method
separate Stirling cycle refrigerator
Shumskiy
small and weak pulse
small-car
sodium-sulfur
spin-down effect
stalagmitic
Stanley, Freelan
steel-driving belt
straw polls
subclass archaeornithess
sulphurweed
suppressed zero pressure gauge
temperature front
tension board
the shield
unheaven
update access
vertebro-basilar
vinsedine
well-practised
windthrows
work electrode
yeddoes