轻松日记商务职场篇185:坦白交待

 　　核心句型：

　　You'd better come clean.

　　你最好坦白交待。

　　come clean 直译过来就是：“变干净”，所以这个短语的正确意思是：“全盘招供，坦白交待，和盘托出”。因此，当美国人说"You'd better come clean."时，他/她要表达的意思就是:"You'd better tell the truth."、"You'd better not tell lies."、"You'd better be frank."。

　　情景对白：

　　Colleague: The personnel manager doubts about my forged degree. What should I do?

　　同事：人事经理怀疑我的假学历，怎么办？

　　Benjamin: You'd better come clean. Maybe he will keep you in view of your good performance.

　　本杰明：你最好坦白交待，或许他考虑到你的表现很好而留下你。

　　搭配句积累：

　　①I've involuntarily accepted a large amount of rebate¹ from a company.

　　我身不由己，从一家公司收受了一大笔回扣。

　　②I have lost an important document. What shall I do?

　　我弄丢了一份重要的文件，怎么办啊？

　　③I broke our manager's favorite potting. Should I tell him?

　　我打碎了经理钟爱的盆栽。我应该告诉他吗？

　　④I'm afraid that the boss might have known my mistake.

　　恐怕老板已经知道我的过失了。

　　单词：

　　involuntarily adv. 身不由己地

　　Another surge of pain in my ankle caused me to give an involuntary shudder².

　　脚踝突然又一阵疼痛，痛得我直打哆嗦。

　　I shivered involuntarily with an inexplicable³ dread⁴.

　　我怀着莫名其妙的恐惧，身不由己地不寒而栗。

　　Love is not to say that and should not, sometimes involuntarily pay nothing.

　　爱,也不是说该与不该,有时是身不由己的付出罢了。

1 rebate   

v./n.折扣，回扣，退款；vt.给...回扣，给...打折扣

参考例句：

• You can claim a rebate on your tax.你可以要求退回部分税款。
• Customers are to benefit from a rebate on their electricity bills.顾客将从他们的电费退费中得到实惠。

2 shudder   

v.战粟，震动，剧烈地摇晃；n.战粟，抖动

参考例句：

• The sight of the coffin sent a shudder through him.看到那副棺材，他浑身一阵战栗。
• We all shudder at the thought of the dreadful dirty place.我们一想到那可怕的肮脏地方就浑身战惊。

3 inexplicable   

adj.无法解释的，难理解的

参考例句：

• It is now inexplicable how that development was misinterpreted.当时对这一事态发展的错误理解究竟是怎么产生的，现在已经无法说清楚了。
• There are many things which are inexplicable by science.有很多事科学还无法解释。

4 dread   

vt.担忧，忧虑；惧怕，不敢；n.担忧，畏惧

参考例句：

• We all dread to think what will happen if the company closes.我们都不敢去想一旦公司关门我们该怎么办。
• Her heart was relieved of its blankest dread.她极度恐惧的心理消除了。