轻松日记商务职场篇123:废话连篇

 　　核心句型：

　　You're just beating your gums.

　　你真是废话连篇。

　　beat one's gums是从五十多年前第二次世界大战期间开始流传的俚语，字面意思是：“碰撞敲击牙床”，想象一下某人的讲话只是单纯的牙床碰击动作，那该是多么的无聊。所以这个俚语的正确意思是：“讲话空洞无物，废话连篇，唠唠叨叨”。因此，当美国人说"You're just beating your gums."时，他/她要表达的意思就是:"You're talking a lot of rubbish."、"Stop chattering¹."。

　　情景对白：

　　Assistant: It seems that our sales target can not be achieved this quarter. Our...

　　助理：看来这个季度销售指标完成不了啊。我们的……

　　Benjamin: You're just beating your gums. Just provide some constructive² suggestions.

　　本杰明：你真是废话连篇。告诉我怎么解决就好。

　　搭配句积累：

　　①Tell us the advantages of your design.

　　告诉我们你的设计有什么优点。

　　②Let's skip the story. Get right to the point.

　　不要讲故事了，直接讲重点。

　　③You're just laboring³ the obvious.

　　你说的地球人都知道。

　　④We should adjust our strategy to the situation.

　　我们应该根据实际情况来调整战略。

　　单词：

　　1. gum n. 牙龈

　　My gum is very sore.

　　我的齿龈很痛。

　　The toothbrush gently removes plaque⁴ without damaging the gums.

　　这种牙刷可以温和去除牙菌斑而不损伤齿龈。

　　2. skip vt. 跳过

　　Skip the details and give me the bottom line.

　　略过细节，给我结论。

　　You might want to skip the exercises in this chapter.

　　你们也许想跳过这一章的练习。

　　She reinvented her own life story, skipping over the war years when she had a German lover.

　　她重新杜撰了自己的生平，略掉了在战争年代有过一个德国情人的经历。

1 chattering   

n. （机器振动发出的）咔嗒声，(鸟等)鸣，啁啾 adj. 喋喋不休的，啾啾声的 动词chatter的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• The teacher told the children to stop chattering in class. 老师叫孩子们在课堂上不要叽叽喳喳讲话。
• I was so cold that my teeth were chattering. 我冷得牙齿直打战。

2 constructive   

adj.建设的，建设性的

参考例句：

• We welcome constructive criticism.我们乐意接受有建设性的批评。
• He is beginning to deal with his anger in a constructive way.他开始用建设性的方法处理自己的怒气。

3 laboring   

n.劳动，操劳v.努力争取(for)( labor的现在分词 )；苦干；详细分析；（指引擎）缓慢而困难地运转

参考例句：

• The young man who said laboring was beneath his dignity finally put his pride in his pocket and got a job as a kitchen porter. 那个说过干活儿有失其身份的年轻人最终只能忍辱，做了厨房搬运工的工作。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• But this knowledge did not keep them from laboring to save him. 然而，这并不妨碍她们尽力挽救他。 来自飘（部分）

4 plaque   

n.饰板，匾，(医)血小板

参考例句：

• There is a commemorative plaque to the artist in the village hall.村公所里有一块纪念该艺术家的牌匾。
• Some Latin words were engraved on the plaque. 牌匾上刻着些拉丁文。