凯瑟琳升职记:职业发展之你说错话了

Tom平时总爱跟同事开玩笑，他自认为幽默感很强，但有时同事觉得他的玩笑有些过分，心里恼火却碍于情面没有讲出来。不过逐渐地同事们都疏远了他。Catherine知道这一情况后就对他说：You put your foot in your mouth.

You put your foot in your mouth.你说错话了。

“把脚放进嘴里？“没错，这是很离谱的事，这里的put可以指过去时也可以指现在时，如果感觉自己说错话了，就可以说I really put my foot in my mouth，这里的put是过去时。表示现在时怎么用呢？请看例句：If you keep your mouth shut¹ you will never put your foot in it. 假使你不开口就决不会说错话了。

【英语情景剧】

Jane：I don't understand why Jenny keeps away from me recently².
简：我不明白为什么Jenny最近疏远我了。

Shirley：Do you remember what you said³ last weekend? You really put your foot in your mouth.
雪莉：你还记得上周末你说的话吗？你真的说错话了。
 

1 shut   

adj.关闭的，合拢的，围绕的；v.关上，闭起，幽禁；vbl.关上，闭起，幽禁

参考例句：

• It's time to shut up shop and go home.该闭店回家了。
• Shut up.I'm trying to think.闭嘴，我在想问题。

2 recently   

adv.近来，最近

参考例句：

• The book was published as recently as last week.这本书上周刚出版。
• The weather has been very snowy recently.近来天气多雪。

3 said   

v.动词say的过去式、过去分词

参考例句：

• He said to me that he could not come.他对我说他不能来。
• He said to his mother that he would do it by himself.他对他的母亲说他将自己独立做那件事。