轻松日记商务职场篇77:好好琢磨琢磨

 　　核心句型：

　　Put that in your pipe and smoke it.

　　你好好琢磨琢磨吧！

　　Put that in your pipe and smoke it直译过来就是：“把它放入烟袋里然后吸它”，这个短语的正确意思是：“你好好琢磨琢磨、你自己考虑考虑”。因此，当美国人说"Put that in your pipe and smoke it."时，他/她要表达的意思就是:"Take some time to think it over."、"Ponder it over and over again."。

　　情景对白：

　　Boss: What on earth do customers want? Put that in your pipe and smoke it.

　　老板：顾客的需求到底是什么？你好好琢磨琢磨吧！

　　Benjamin: Yeah, uh...I will go into further investigation¹ later.

　　本杰明：恩，好的，稍后我会再做进一步调查的。

　　搭配句积累：

　　①If I were you, I would not make such a foolish decision.

　　如果我是你，我才不会做出这样愚蠢的决定。

　　②How can you betray your colleagues?

　　你怎么可以背叛你的同事呢？

　　③I advise you to give up the idea of job-hopping.

　　我劝你还是放弃跳槽的念头吧。

　　④I just don't want you to abandon yourself to vice².

　　我只是不想看到你自甘堕落。

　　单词：

　　1. pipe n. 烟斗

　　He filled the bowl of his pipe.

　　他把烟斗装满烟。

　　He proceeded to light his pipe.

　　他开始点燃他的烟斗。

　　2. ponder vt. 仔细考虑

　　I found myself constantly pondering the question: 'How could anyone do these things?'.

　　我发现自己总在思考这个问题：“怎么会有人做出这样的事情呢？”

　　I'm continually pondering how to improve the team.

　　我不住地在想如何提高队伍水平。

　　3. vice n. 恶习

　　Knowledge is the mother of all virtue³, all vice proceeds from ignorance.

　　知识是所有美德之本，无知是一切邪恶之源。

　　Prosperity can best discover vice, but adversity can reveal virtue.

　　富足最能显露恶习，而逆境能彰显美德。

1 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

2 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

3 virtue   

n.德行，美德；贞操；优点；功效，效力

参考例句：

• He was considered to be a paragon of virtue.他被认为是品德尽善尽美的典范。
• You need to decorate your mind with virtue.你应该用德行美化心灵。