轻松日记商务职场篇107:顺其自然

 　　核心句型：

　　Let a thing slide.

　　顺其自然吧。

　　Let a thing slide直译过来就是：“让事物自然滑动”，这个短语的正确意思是：“让事情顺其自然”。因此，当美国人说"Let a thing slide."时，他/她要表达的意思就是:"Let the thing go as it does."、"Leave it as it is."、"Let it be."。

　　情景对白：

　　Jane: Shirley, I have been working so hard but I can't get a raise or promotion¹. How frustrating²!

　　简：雪莉，我一直这么努力工作，但是我没有加薪也没有晋升。真是郁闷啊！

　　Shirley: Let a thing slide. Everything would be OK.

　　雪莉：顺其自然吧。一切都会好的。

　　搭配句积累：

　　①I'm sorry to hear that you missed the opportunity to get promoted.

　　听说你错过了晋升的机会，我觉得很遗憾。

　　②I have been an editor for over five years without any promotion.

　　我干编辑五年多了都没有晋升过。

　　③I got a pathetic year-end bonus, but half a loaf is better than no bread.

　　我的年终奖少得可怜，不过总比没有好。

　　④He prefers to promote those apple polishers.

　　他喜欢提拔那些马屁精。

　　单词：

　　1. frustrating adj. 令人沮丧的

　　The current situation is very frustrating for us.

　　当前的情形令我们十分灰心。

　　It's really frustrating when everything I try to do fails.

　　我尝试的每件事都失败，真的很让人泄气。

　　2. bonus n. 资金

　　Workers in big firms receive a substantial part of their pay in the form of bonuses and overtime³.

　　大公司的员工有相当一部分薪酬来自奖金和加班费。

　　The bonus represents how much the boss appreciates your hard work .

　　奖金代表老板对你辛勤工作的感谢之意。

　　3. apple polisher 马屁精

　　He was promoted very quickly because he is a real apple polisher.

　　他升职升得很快，因为他是一个十足的马屁精。

　　She is a real apple polisher for the way she's crawling around the boss and making eyes at him.

　　她是一个马屁精，整天围着老板眉来眼去的。

1 promotion   

n.提升，晋级；促销，宣传

参考例句：

• The teacher conferred with the principal about Dick's promotion.教师与校长商谈了迪克的升级问题。
• The clerk was given a promotion and an increase in salary.那个职员升了级，加了薪。

2 frustrating   

adj.产生挫折的，使人沮丧的，令人泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的现在分词 )；挫败；使受挫折；令人沮丧

参考例句：

• It's frustrating to have to wait so long. 要等这么长时间，真令人懊恼。
• It was a demeaning and ultimately frustrating experience. 那是一次有失颜面并且令人沮丧至极的经历。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 overtime   

adj.超时的，加班的；adv.加班地

参考例句：

• They are working overtime to finish the work.为了完成任务他们正在加班加点地工作。
• He was paid for the overtime he worked.他领到了加班费。