美语怎么说：074 能说会道用英语怎么说

 　　Jessica在北京学汉语，她的中国朋友要是遇到了不知道用美语怎么说的词，就会来请教她。今天是琼燕要问的：能说会道。

　　Jessica: Hi, Qiong Yan! I heard there was a riot¹ in your office...

　　QY: Riot? 哈哈，没那么严重，其实就是我们这些小白领一块儿找经理谈判，要求涨工资!

　　Jessica: And did you get the raise?

　　QY: Yes! I didn't expect management to give in,不过我们的谈判代表是一个特别能说会道的人，我估计，经理是被他侃晕啦! 哈哈! 对了，在美语中要怎么形容一个人能说会道呢？

　　Jessica: You can say someone has a silver tongue, or someone is silver-tongued. It means a person can clearly and effectively express himself and convince² other people.

　　QY: I see. So, thanks to my silver-tongued co-worker, we got the raise!

　　Jessica: Congratulations!

　　QY: 其实，仔细想想，这次也不全是因为这个同事能说会道。经理以前老说大家工作努力，应该涨工资，可都是光说不练! 所以他这次也自觉理亏!

　　Jessica: So he'd been paying lip service to you!

　　QY: Pay lip service? Lip 不是嘴唇么？我知道了，pay lip service 就是用空话安抚别人，对么？

　　Jessica: That's right. Managers at your company must have said how much they appreciated all your hard work, but if they're really impressed by what you've done, they should have given you a raise already! Their insincere appreciation³ is lip service.

　　QY: 没错! 以前经理还老说公司财政紧张，所以大家都应该支持公司，暂时不要涨工资，可我听说，他自己的工资涨得可带劲了!

　　Jessica: Ah! This is a textbook example of "talk the talk, but not walk the walk." 说一套，做一套。

　　QY: 真气人，If they talk the talk, they should walk the walk! 怎么能搞双重标准呢？

　　Jessica: Well, I'm just happy you guys got what you wanted. You should be proud of yourselves!

　　QY: 今天我们学了，形容一个人能说会道，用silver tongue; 说空话是pay lip service; 说一套，做一套是talk the talk, but not walk the walk.

1 riot   

n.暴（骚）乱，（色彩等）极度丰富；vi.聚众闹事

参考例句：

• They had to call the police in order to put down the riot.他们只得叫来警察以平定骚乱。
• Flowers of all sorts are blooming in a riot of colour.百花盛开，万紫千红。

2 convince   

vt.使确认，使信服；使认识错误

参考例句：

• It requires a lot of talking to convince him.要说服他很费口舌。
• I have given over trying to convince him.我已经不再试图说服他了。

3 appreciation   

n.评价；欣赏；感谢；领会，理解；价格上涨

参考例句：

• I would like to express my appreciation and thanks to you all.我想对你们所有人表达我的感激和谢意。
• I'll be sending them a donation in appreciation of their help.我将送给他们一笔捐款以感谢他们的帮助。