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間看去年大會的影片啊?
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.
奉承永遠不會嫌多。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.
并不應該問我是不是享受其中,更好的辦法是證明因為有了我,他們是多么沉浸其中。
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項目的團隊就好啦。我們這兒有一群聰明又值得尊敬的人進行交流,然而還需要你的才智錦上添花。請一定要答應啊。
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取悅人們從而獲得幫助
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