W1-Wed神句神詞組
神句組:
1.On various
occasions she haspersuaded me to dothings for her, just as she hasenlistedthousands of others.
在各種情況下她都能勸誘我為她做事兒,正如她總能獲得無數(shù)人的幫助那樣。
2.WhywouldI give up a Saturdayon the basis ofwatching a clip ofa similar conference a year earlier?
我為毛要花周六的時(shí)間看去年大會(huì)的影片?。?/p>
3.There is no danger
of everlaying it on too thick. There is no level at which flattery stops working, according
toa studyby Jennifer Chatman of the University of California,Berkeley.
奉承永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)嫌多。奉承的作用可沒有上限,加州理工伯克利分校的珍妮弗·話癆的研究如是指出。
4.In addition to
being flattering, the perfect please has to make you feelnot only wanted, but also needed. I read the email and said yes at once. I knew howmanipulativeit was, but Icould not help myself.
除了起到奉承作用,完美的“請(qǐng)求”必須讓你不僅感到被需要,還是必不可少的。讀完她的電郵我就立刻答應(yīng)了。我也知道自己有被操縱之嫌,但就是控制不住寄幾。
5.Andrather than askif I had enjoyed
it,it would have been bettertoattesthow much they hadenjoyed having
me.
并不應(yīng)該問我是不是享受其中,更好的辦法是證明因?yàn)橛辛宋?,他們是多么沉浸其中?/p>
6.If only you wouldjoin our panel on xxx. We have a
lot of clever but worthy people talking, andwe need your genius to liven it up. Please say yes.
要是你能加入我們xx項(xiàng)目的團(tuán)隊(duì)就好啦。我們這兒有一群聰明又值得尊敬的人進(jìn)行交流,然而還需要你的才智錦上添花。請(qǐng)一定要答應(yīng)啊。
7.Thank you forbringing the evening to lifeand foryour scorching wit and
sense. You are our own Tina Fey.
感謝你讓昨夜如此精彩,特別是你高超口才與捷思。你就是我們的女神!
神詞組:
1.go on at length長篇宏論
2.cut to the chase開門見山
3.butter people up取悅?cè)藗儚亩@得幫助
4.singularly
ungratifying令人很不愉快
5.get sb to do
sth/make sb do sth(通過某種手段)讓別人做某事
6.run into sb邂逅
7.incline to do sth傾向做
8.too vague to be
convincing說的太含糊,難以取信于人
9.be done with doing
sth受夠了做某事
10.rattle on滔滔不絕
11.fail to do its job毫無成效