轻松日记商务职场篇170:不行(在线收听

   核心句型:

  No dice!
  不行!
  no dice 起源于20世纪初,当时赌博在美国的许多州是非法的,而骰子是赌博的重要工具,也是警察抓赌的关键证据。因此当警察抓赌的时候,赌徒们总是要想尽办法把骰子藏起来。法院甚至会因为警察在现场没有找到骰子而不受理案件,或因证据不足而判赌徒无罪。后来人们就用这个俚语来表示不同意、不可能等否定意思,即:“不行,不可以”。因此,当美国人说"No Dice!"时,他/她要表达的意思就是:"I disapprove you!"、"It is impossible!"、"no way!"。
  情景对白:
  Adolph: Let's meet for a drink after work.
  阿道夫:下班后一起喝一杯吧。
  Benjamin: No dice! Do you forget that we're going to visit a client this evening?
  本杰明:不行,你难道忘了我们晚上要约见客户吗?
  搭配句积累:
  ①It's good indeed, but not practical.
  确实很好,但是不实际。
  ②We don't have so much money to train them.
  我们没有足够的预算去培训他们。
  ③I have the final say here.
  在这儿,我说了算。
  ④We should consider it from an overall perspective.
  我们必须从全局角度来考虑。
  单词:
  1. dice n. 骰子
  The other half were asked to participate in a game of dice.
  另一半人参与一种掷骰子游戏。
  It's your turn to throw the dice.
  轮到你掷骰子了。
  2. perspective n. 角度
  So let's try to look at it from a different perspective.
  那么就让我们试着换个角度再看看这个问题。
  He says the death of his father 18 months ago has given him a new perspective on life.
  他说18个月前父亲的去世让他对人生有了新的认识。
  Most literature on the subject of immigrants in France has been written from the perspective of the French themselves.
  大多数有关法国外来移民的文学作品都是从法国人的视角写的。
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