迷你对话学地道口语地740期:有什么奥妙?
日期:2014-11-07 19:02

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Subject: Can you tell me what is the gag?

迷你对话

A: Jane, you really do a good job. Can you tell me what is the gag?

Jane,你工作真出色,你能告诉我这里面有什么奥妙吗?

B: Well, I always smile to the customers to win their trust.

恩,我总是对顾客微笑来赢得他们的信任。

地道表达

What is the gag?

1. 解词释义

Gag一词做为俚语,其意思为“笑话和滑稽故事”,相当于“joke or sunny story”。例如: Jane was telling a few rather feeble gags this afternoon. (Jane在今天下午说了几个没什么生趣的笑话。)对话中“What is the gag?”是美国人常用的俚语,意思是询问对方做成功某事的奥妙或者是诡计,计谋,也可以说为“What is the trick?”

2. 拓展范例

A: Your are good at English. What is the gag?

你的英语真好,有什么奥妙吗?

B: I do not know.

我不知道呀。

Ps 1:do a great job的意思是“做得非常出色”,表示“把某件事情做得很好”,可以说do a great job of it 。例如:

I trust you to do a great job for Stan's sake.

我拜托你看在斯坦的份上干得非常出色。

If we don't do a great job now, all the work we've done will be wasted.

倘若我们弄得不好,就会全功尽弃。

We don't doubt that he can do a good job of it.

我们并不怀疑他能把这事做得很好。

Ps 2:win one’s trust的意思是“赢得某人的信任,取得某人的信任”。

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