轻松日记商务职场篇116:在办公室大喊大叫

 　　核心句型：

　　Why did you yell bloody¹ murder in the office?

　　你干嘛在办公室大吼大叫？

　　yell bloody murder字面意思是：“您看到血腥谋杀一样地叫嚷”，就像汉语中经常使用的那个比喻“杀猪一样的嚎叫”，是一个非常生动的习语，既包含了吵的架势，也包含了闹的色彩。这是个典型的美式口语，在英国则用scream blue murder表达同样的意思。因此，当美国人说"Why did you yell bloody murder in the office?"时，他/她要表达的意思就是:"Why did you scream in the office?"、"Why did you shout in the office?"。

　　情景对白：

　　Jane: What happened?Why did you yell bloody murder in the office? I was in the other room.

　　简：发生什么了？你干嘛在办公室大吼大叫啊？我刚才在另一间办公室。

　　Shirley: Damn it! John has brought a stray cat with him. It fled in all directions in our office.

　　雪莉：该死1约翰带了一只流浪猫来公司，那只猫刚刚在办公室东逃西窜。

　　搭配句积累：

　　①You must apologize at once. You've gone too far.

　　你必须马上道歉，你太过分啦。

　　②Can't you sit down and discuss it in a calm mood?

　　有什么汉有坐下来心平气和地谈谈吗？

　　③I guess I was too impulsive².

　　我想是我太冲动了。

　　④ Your behavior is against the business etiquette³.

　　你的行为有悖商业礼仪。

　　单词：

　　1. stray adj. 迷路的

　　A stray dog came up to him.

　　一条野狗走近他。

　　A stray cat followed me home from the street.

　　迷路的猫从街上跟我回家。

　　2. impulsive adj. 冲动的

　　He is too impulsive to be a responsible prime minister...

　　他容易冲动，很难成为值得依赖的首相。

　　Avoid making an impulsive decision.

　　避免作出草率冲动的决定。

　　3. etiquette n. 礼仪

　　This was such a great breach⁴ of etiquette, he hardly knew what to do.

　　这是严重失礼的行为，他几乎手足无措。

　　Students are presented with ideas and norms on etiquette.

　　将标准礼节规范展示给学生。

1 bloody   

adj.非常的的；流血的；残忍的；adv.很；vt.血染

参考例句：

• He got a bloody nose in the fight.他在打斗中被打得鼻子流血。
• He is a bloody fool.他是一个十足的笨蛋。

2 impulsive   

adj.冲动的，刺激的；有推动力的

参考例句：

• She is impulsive in her actions.她的行为常出于冲动。
• He was neither an impulsive nor an emotional man,but a very honest and sincere one.他不是个一冲动就鲁莽行事的人，也不多愁善感.他为人十分正直、诚恳。

3 etiquette   

n.礼仪，礼节；规矩

参考例句：

• The rules of etiquette are not so strict nowadays.如今的礼仪规则已不那么严格了。
• According to etiquette,you should stand up to meet a guest.按照礼节你应该站起来接待客人。

4 breach   

n.违反，不履行；破裂；vt.冲破，攻破

参考例句：

• We won't have any breach of discipline.我们不允许任何破坏纪律的现象。
• He was sued for breach of contract.他因不履行合同而被起诉。