英语小达人 218 First Name Is OK

 　　First Name Is OK

　　名字也好啦

　　The boss of a large company noticed a new employee one day and told him to come into his office.

　　一天，一家大公司的老板注意到一个新来的雇员，于是把他叫到办公室来。

　　"What is your name?" was the first thing the boss asked the new guy.

　　“你叫什么名字？”老板先问道。

　　"John," the new guy replied.

　　“约翰，”新来的答道。

　　The boss scowled¹, "Look, I don't mind what kind of a place you worked at before, but I don't call anyone by their first name! It breeds familiarity and that leads to a breakdown² in authority."

　　老板皱着眉头说：“听着，我不管你以前在什么样的地方工作，可是我们这不会用名字称呼一个人！那样叫法是会有亲切感，但是会导致权威的丧失。”

　　"I refer to my employees by their last name only--Smith, James, Henry--that's all."

　　“我只以姓氏来称呼我的员工——史密斯、詹姆斯、亨利——就是这样，没什么可说的。”

　　"I am to be referred to only as Mr. Hilton."

　　“你要称呼我为希尔顿先生。”

　　"Now that we got that straight, what is your last name?"

　　“现在告诉我你的姓氏是什么？”

　　The new guy sighed and said, "Darling. My name is John Darling."

　　新来的叹了一口气说：“我姓达林。我叫约翰·达林。”

　　"Okay, John, the next thing I want to tell you is..."

　　“好吧，约翰，下面我要说的是……”

　　重点讲解：

　　1. tell sb. to do sth.

　　叫；命令；吩咐；建议某人做某事；

　　eg. A passer-by told the driver to move his car so that it was not causing an obstruction³.

　　一个过路人叫那个司机把他的车挪一挪，免得挡道。

　　eg. She told me on the telephone to come help clean the house.

　　她在电话里叫我过去帮忙打扫屋子。

　　2. refer to

　　谈及；提到；提及；涉及；称…（为）；

　　eg. He simply referred to him as Ronnie.

　　他就叫他龙尼。

　　eg. Marcia had referred to him as a dear friend.

　　马西娅把他称作好朋友。

　　eg. n his speech, he referred to a recent trip to Canada.

　　他在讲演中提到了前不久的加拿大之行。

　　3. get straight

　　把…弄清楚；明确；

　　eg. You need to get your facts straight.

　　你需要讲清楚你的情况。

　　eg. There's a lot of things we've got to get straight.

　　有许多事情我们需要搞清楚。

1 scowled   

怒视，生气地皱眉( scowl的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He scowled his displeasure. 他满脸嗔色。
• The teacher scowled at his noisy class. 老师对他那喧闹的课堂板着脸。

2 breakdown   

n.垮，衰竭；损坏，故障，倒塌

参考例句：

• She suffered a nervous breakdown.她患神经衰弱。
• The plane had a breakdown in the air,but it was fortunately removed by the ace pilot.飞机在空中发生了故障，但幸运的是被王牌驾驶员排除了。

3 obstruction   

n.阻塞，堵塞；障碍物

参考例句：

• She was charged with obstruction of a police officer in the execution of his duty.她被指控妨碍警察执行任务。
• The road was cleared from obstruction.那条路已被清除了障碍。