美語怎么說074講:能說會道

Jessica在北京學(xué)漢語，她的中國朋友要是遇到了不知道用美語怎么說的詞，就會來請教她。今天是瓊燕要問的：能說會道。

Jessica: Hi, Qiong Yan! I heard there was a riot in your office...

QY: Riot? 哈哈，沒那么嚴(yán)重，其實就是我們這些小白領(lǐng)一塊兒找經(jīng)理談判，要求漲工資!

Jessica: And did you get the raise?

QY: Yes! I didn't expect management to give in,不過我們的談判代表是一個特別能說會道的人，我估計，經(jīng)理是被他侃暈啦! 哈哈! 對了，在美語中要怎么形容一個人能說會道呢?

Jessica: You can say someone has a silver tongue, or someone is silver-tongued. It means a person can clearly and effectively express himself and convince other people.

QY: I see. So, thanks to my silver-tongued co-worker, we got the raise!

Jessica: Congratulations!

QY: 其實，仔細想想，這次也不全是因為這個同事能說會道。經(jīng)理以前老說大家工作努力，應(yīng)該漲工資，可都是光說不練! 所以他這次也自覺理虧!

Jessica: So he'd been paying lip service to you!

QY: Pay lip service? Lip 不是嘴唇么?我知道了，pay lip service 就是用空話安撫別人，對么?

Jessica: That's right. Managers at your company must have said how much they appreciated all your hard work, but if they're really impressed by what you've done, they should have given you a raise already! Their insincere appreciation is lip service.

QY: 沒錯! 以前經(jīng)理還老說公司財政緊張，所以大家都應(yīng)該支持公司，暫時不要漲工資，可我聽說，他自己的工資漲得可帶勁了!

Jessica: Ah! This is a textbook example of "talk the talk, but not walk the walk." 說一套，做一套。

QY: 真氣人，If they talk the talk, they should walk the walk! 怎么能搞雙重標(biāo)準(zhǔn)呢?

Jessica: Well, I'm just happy you guys got what you wanted. You should be proud of yourselves!

QY: 今天我們學(xué)了，形容一個人能說會道，用silver tongue; 說空話是pay lip service; 說一套，做一套是talk the talk, but not walk the walk.