瞬间秒杀听力 第228期:学会直接拒绝别人

 If you don't want to do something for somebody¹,

you should manage² to say "No."

in the first place.

The moment you give in,

you've given³ them the impression⁴

that they can use your time

as⁵ long as they try hard enough.

No "Let me see."”No "Maybe."

Just "No." and a "Sorry."

if you want to be polite⁶.

如果你不想为一个人做什么事情，

你一开始就应该说“不。”

你一旦让步，就会让他们以为

只要多做些努力就能占用你的时间。

不要说“我看看。不要说“可能吧。”直接说“不。”，

如果你想表现得礼貌点就加一个“抱歉。”

1 somebody   

n.重要人物；pron.某人，有人

参考例句：

• Somebody is using the computer.有人在用电脑。
• He seems to be somebody.他似乎是个重要人物。

2 manage   

vt.经营，管理，处理；设法，对付；操纵，运用；vi.处理，办理，设法对付

参考例句：

• He took great pains to manage the factory well.为了管理好工厂，他可真是煞费苦心。
• The work is not much,I can manage it alone.活儿不多，我一个人也忙得过来。

3 given   

adj.赠予的，沉溺的，特定的，假设的；vbl.give的过去分词

参考例句：

• This was given me as a birthday gift.这是给我的生日礼物。
• He was given every chance to try the job.他得到一切可能的机会去试做这件事。

4 impression   

n.印象，感想；印记，压痕

参考例句：

• The impression is so deep that it can hardly ever blow over.印象太深了，忘也忘不了。
• She made a good impression on his mother.她给他母亲留下了很好的印象。

5 as   

conj.按照；如同

参考例句：

• He got work in a hotel as a waiter.他在一家旅馆找到了当服务生的工作。
• In the hotel,the old men were drinking away as usual.在旅馆里，这些老人和往常一样喝个不停。

6 polite   

adj.有礼貌的，客气的；斯文的，有教养的

参考例句：

• It's not polite to stare at a girl in the face.盯着姑娘的脸瞧是不礼貌的。
• She is a polite girl.她是一个文雅的姑娘。