轻松日记商务职场篇97:百闻不如一见

 　　核心句型：

　　Seeing is believing.

　　百闻不如一见。

　　Seeing is believing是一句家喻户晓的谚语，其出处现已无法考证，是代代普通民众长期积累流传下来的思想。这个谚语用一个中国的成语来对照就是：“眼见为实”，意译过来就是：“百闻不如一见”。因此，当美国人说"Seeing is believing."时，他/她要表达的意思就是"What you see is true."、"One eyewitness¹ is better than ten hearsays."、"A picture is worth a thousand words."。

　　情景对白：

　　Terry: Oh, Ben. I was assigned to see that captious³ client this afternoon. He is really the most ticklish⁴ client I have ever met. Seeing is believing!

　　泰瑞：噢，本，今天指派我去会见那个吹毛求疵的客户，他真是我见过最难对付的客户了，真是百闻不如一见啊！

　　Benjamin: Really? Who would have the power to daunt⁵ our hero?

　　本杰明：真的吗？是谁居然能打倒我们的英雄？

　　搭配句积累：

　　①You'd better come and see it by yourself.

　　你还是来亲自看一下吧。

　　②He is a resourceful leader indeed.

　　他确实是一位足智多谋的领导。

　　③What you heard might not be true.

　　你听到的不一定是真的。

　　④You should not place too much credit in hearsay².

　　你不应该过于相信道听途说。

　　单词：

　　1. hearsay n. 传闻，谣言

　　Much of what was reported to them was hearsay...

　　向他们汇报的消息中很多都是道听途说。

　　Rumour⁶, myth and hearsay obscure the truth after months of bloodshed.

　　杀戮持续了数月后，真相在谣言、谎话和传闻的遮掩下变得模糊不清。

　　2. a picture really is worth a thousand words 【俚语】百闻不如一见，画能达万意

　　A picture is worth a thousand words, and we really wanted parents and professionals to be able see what the early warning signs look like.

　　一个画面值千个言语，我们真的想要家长们和专家，能够看到自闭症早期的症状，他们有阅读能力，不过要等到行为出现才知道，很难了解较细微的症状。

　　It is said that “a picture is worth a thousand words”. But aside from slides and charts, you can also offer metaphors⁷, similes⁸, and anecdotes⁹ to better engage your audience.

　　有句话说：“一张照片胜如一千个文字描述。”但除了幻灯片跟图表以外，你也可以提供一些隐喻、明喻与小典故来更好地引起听众的兴趣。

　　3.daunt vt. 使畏缩

　　I'm somewhat daunted¹⁰ by the size of the task.

　　我有点儿被这项任务的规模吓着了。

　　Even a greater natural calamity¹¹ cannot daunt us.

　　再大的自然灾害也压不垮我们。

　　4. resourceful adj. 足智多谋的

　　He was amazingly inventive and resourceful, and played a major role in my career...

　　他极具创造力，而且足智多谋，在我的职业生涯中起到了重要的作用。

　　Her mother was a resourceful and energetic woman.

　　她母亲是一个足智多谋、精力充沛的女人。

1 eyewitness   

n.目击者，见证人

参考例句：

• The police questioned several eyewitness to the murder.警察询问了谋杀案的几位目击者。
• He was the only eyewitness of the robbery.他是那起抢劫案的唯一目击者。

2 hearsay   

n.谣传，风闻

参考例句：

• They started to piece the story together from hearsay.他们开始根据传闻把事情的经过一点点拼湊起来。
• You are only supposing this on hearsay.You have no proof.你只是根据传闻想像而已，并没有证据。

3 captious   

adj.难讨好的，吹毛求疵的

参考例句：

• There is no captious client but faulty product and service.没有挑剔的客户，只有不完善的产品和服务。
• His criticisms were always captious and frivolous,never offering constructive suggestions.他的评论一向轻率并爱吹毛求疵，从不提出有建设性的建议。

4 ticklish   

adj.怕痒的；问题棘手的；adv.怕痒地；n.怕痒，小心处理

参考例句：

• This massage method is not recommended for anyone who is very ticklish.这种按摩法不推荐给怕痒的人使用。
• The news is quite ticklish to the ear,这消息听起来使人觉得有些难办。

5 daunt   

vt.使胆怯，使气馁

参考例句：

• Danger did not daunt the hero.危险并没有吓倒这位英雄。
• Even a greater natural calamity cannot daunt us.再大的自然灾害也压不垮我们。

6 rumour   

n.谣言，谣传，传闻

参考例句：

• I should like to know who put that rumour about.我想知道是谁散布了那谣言。
• There has been a rumour mill on him for years.几年来，一直有谣言产生，对他进行中伤。

7 metaphors   

隐喻( metaphor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• I can only represent it to you by metaphors. 我只能用隐喻来向你描述它。
• Thus, She's an angel and He's a lion in battle are metaphors. 因此她是天使，他是雄狮都是比喻说法。

8 similes   

（使用like或as等词语的）明喻( simile的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Similes usually start with "like" or "as". 明喻通常以like或as开头。
• All similes and allegories concerning her began and ended with birds. 要比仿她，要模拟她，总得以鸟类始，还得以鸟类终。

9 anecdotes   

n.掌故，趣闻，轶事( anecdote的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• amusing anecdotes about his brief career as an actor 关于他短暂演员生涯的趣闻逸事
• He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman. 他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 daunted   

使（某人）气馁，威吓( daunt的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She was a brave woman but she felt daunted by the task ahead. 她是一个勇敢的女人，但对面前的任务却感到信心不足。
• He was daunted by the high quality of work they expected. 他被他们对工作的高品质的要求吓倒了。

11 calamity   

n.灾害，祸患，不幸事件

参考例句：

• Even a greater natural calamity cannot daunt us. 再大的自然灾害也压不垮我们。
• The attack on Pearl Harbor was a crushing calamity.偷袭珍珠港(对美军来说)是一场毁灭性的灾难。