【英语早间课堂】Level with you.

 【主题】

We've learnt many ways to ask somebody to speak out hid words in his bottom heart. Guys, have you remembered? They are: Get is out in the open. Give it to me straight. Truth be told. And this morning I would like to share a new one with you which means¹ "Tell me honestly." Often it's used when the speaker wants to know a person's real feelings. What's it? Please listen to the following dialogue and get the answer from it.

A : Level with me. You don't want to date with me, right?

B : Yeah. I don't think you are attractive².

【答疑解惑】

It is "Level with me. " "Level with somebody." is an idiom which means "to tell somebody the truth and not hide any unpleasant³ facts from them". 意思是：直言相告；对某人说实话。For example: I'll level with you. 我跟您说实话好了。

【视野拓展】

Talking of 说实话，we have much more expressions. They are as follows: 1 I will be honest with you. 我会向您全盘说出的。

2 Let's be honest with each other. 让我们坦诚相待。

3 You have to be honest with me. 你必须和我说实话。

4 To be honest with you. 和您说实话吧。

5 What does your heart tell you? 您跟我说实话。

6 Cough it up. 坦白地都说出来吧。

7 Speaking quite candidly⁴.

I am about to send you some useful idioms relative with "level".

The first one is "on the level"which means "hones or legal⁵". 意思是：合法正当的；诚实的，诚恳的。In north of America it is said as"on the up and up". Both of them are similar to saying "above board" we've learnt before. Look at following sentences: I am not convinced⁶ that he is on the level. 我不相信他是诚恳的。Are you sure this deal is on the level? 你确定这笔交易是合法的吗？

The second is "try or do your level best to do something" which means "to do as much as you can to achieve something". 意思是：尽自己最大的努力，竭尽全力，全力以赴。For example: I tried my level best to get him to increase my salary but it was clearly no go. 我已尽力让他给我增加薪水, 但显然行不通. We did our level best to carry him over and at last succeeded. 我们尽力争取他，到底成功了。 The third one is "a level playing field" which means "a situation in which everyone has the same oppotunity". 意思是：人人均等的机会。For example:Having said all this, I wish to stress that in Hong Kong we remain fully⁷ committed⁸ to a free and fair market and a level playing field. 说到这里，我想强调一点，香港仍然全力确保市场自由开放和维持公平竞争的环境。

 

转自可可英语

1 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

2 attractive   

adj.有吸引力的；引起注意的

参考例句：

• Bright colours are attractive to children.鲜艳的颜色对儿童有吸引力。
• The food has an attractive taste.这食品的味道很诱人。

3 unpleasant   

adj.使人不愉快的，使人厌恶的，煞风景的

参考例句：

• A very unpleasant thing has happened.一件令人很不愉快的事发生了。
• The kind advices are often unpleasant to the ear.好言常常不入耳。

4 candidly   

adv.坦率地，直率而诚恳地

参考例句：

• He has stopped taking heroin now,but admits candidly that he will always be a drug addict.他眼下已经不再吸食海洛因了,不过他坦言自己永远都是个瘾君子。
• Candidly,David,I think you're being unreasonable.大卫，说实话我认为你不讲道理。

5 legal   

adj.法律的，依照法律的，合法的，法定的，正当的

参考例句：

• He is my legal adviser.他是我的法律顾问。
• This is partly a political and partly a legal question.这个问题部分是政治问题，部分是法律问题。

6 convinced   

adj.确信的；深信的；有坚定信仰的v.使确信(convince的过去分词)；说服

参考例句：

• I am convinced of her innocence. 我坚信她是清白无辜的。
• I'm convinced there's a jinx on this car. 我看这辆汽车是灾星。

7 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

8 committed   

a.坚定的，献身的，忠诚的

参考例句：

• They called for assurances that the government is committed to its education policy. 他们要求保证政府切实执行其教育方针。
• He committed the cardinal sin of criticizing his teammates. 他犯了指责队友的大错。