5.10 W1 - Wed 神句神詞組

（忘了計時，誒）

神句組：

1.On various occasions she has persuaded me to do things for her, just as she has enlisted thousands of others.

就像對其他無數人一樣，她也說服我?guī)退k了許多事。

2.WhywouldI give up a Saturdayon the basis of watching a clip of a similar conference a year earlier?

我為什么要把周六耗在去年一個類似的會議視頻上？

3.There is no danger of ever laying it on too thick. There is no level at which flattery stops working, according to a?study by Jennifer Chatman of the University of California, Berkeley.

夸得天花亂墜也不要緊。加利福尼亞大學伯克利分校的珍妮弗·查特曼的一項研究表明（Jennifer Chatman），多大的恭維都會有效。

4.In addition to being flattering, the perfect please has to make you feel not only wanted, but also needed. I read the email and said yes at once. I knew how manipulative it was, but I could not help myself.

除了要會拍馬屁，一個完美的邀請不僅要使對方感到受歡迎，同時也要讓他們感到自己很重要。我看完郵件就立刻答應了。我知道它的伎倆，可就是忍不住上鉤。

5.Andrather than ask if I had enjoyed it,it would have been better to attest how much they hadenjoyed having me.

還有，與其問我高不高興，不如講一講我給他們帶來了多大愉悅。

6.If only you wouldjoin our panel on xxx. We have a lot of clever but worthy people talking, and we need your genius to liven it up. Please say yes.

您是否愿意參加我們的某某研討會呢？我們的演講嘉賓們才華橫溢、德高望重，但還需您的智慧才能更加熠熠生輝。懇請應允。

7.Thank you forbringing the evening to lifeand foryour scorching wit and sense. You are our own Tina Fey.

感謝您的聰明才智和連珠妙語，您為這個晚上增添了無與倫比的光彩。您就是我們的超級明星。

神詞組：

1.go on at length又說了一大堆

2.cut to the chase開門見山

3.butter people up拍人家馬屁

4.singularly ungratifying差強人意的

5.get sb to do sth/make sb do

sth讓某人做某事

6.run into sb碰見/遇上某人

7.incline to do sth想要做某事

8.too vague to be convincing太模棱兩可，沒有信服力

9.be done with doing sth做完了某事

10.rattle on絮絮叨叨

11.fail to do its job失靈，無效