詞匯掌故和背、肩、胸有關(guān)的短語(yǔ)

1、詞匯掌故：和背、肩、胸有關(guān)的短語(yǔ)詞匯掌故：和背、肩、胸有關(guān)的短語(yǔ)NowtheVOASpecialEnglishprogramWDSTHEIRSTIES.現(xiàn)在是美國(guó)之音慢速英語(yǔ)詞匯掌故節(jié)目。TherearemanyAmericanexpressionsthatusepartsofthebody.Theseincludetheeyesearsnosemoutheventheheart.Todaywewilltellyousomeexpres

2、sionsthatuseotherbodyparts–thebackshoulderschest.美語(yǔ)中有許多用到身體部位的短語(yǔ)，其中包括眼睛、耳朵、鼻子、嘴巴乃至心臟。今天我們將講述一些用到身體其它部位的短語(yǔ)背，肩和胸。WhenIamfacingalotofpressureatwkmybackneckwillstarttohurt.Sometimesthistensionistheresultoftoomuchwk.Ihavetoom

3、anythingstodobecausemysupervisisonmybackallthetime.Inotherwdsmyemployerisalwaystellingmetodothings.當(dāng)我在工作中面臨很大壓力時(shí)，我的背部和頸部就會(huì)開始疼。有時(shí)，這些壓力是由于工作太重。我有太多的事情要做，因?yàn)槲业纳纤究傉椅业牟?onmyback)。換句話說，我老板總指揮我干這干那。SometimesIwantmyemployertogeto

4、ffmyback!Iwanthertostopcriticizingmemakingtoomanydemsonmytime.Icannotsaythishowever.Iwouldneverturnmybackonherrefusetohelpwhenthereisaneed.IfIdidrefusetohelpmysupervismightsaybadthingsaboutmebehindmyback.Shemightcriticiz

5、emewhenIamnotpresent.Thiswouldsurelybeastabintheback.Itisneverkindtounfairlyharmsaybadthingsaboutotherpeople.有時(shí)我希望我老板少跟我啰嗦(getoffmyback)。我希望她不要總批評(píng)我，不要總提一堆要求。然而我不能這樣說。我不能對(duì)她置之不理(turnmybackonher)，拒絕在有需要給予幫助。如果我真的拒絕幫忙，我的上司會(huì)在

6、背后說我壞話。她可能在我不在場(chǎng)的時(shí)候批評(píng)我。這絕對(duì)是背后捅刀子(stabintheback)。不公正地傷害或說別人壞話是不厚道的。SometimeswhenIamveryproductiveinmyjobmyemployergivesmeapatontheback.Shepraisesmywk.Shemightevensay“Iwillscratchyourbackifyouwillscratchmine.“Thismeansshewi

7、lldosomethingfmeifIdosomethinghelpfulfherinexchange.Suchanofferusuallycomesstraightfromtheshoulder.Mysupervishasaverydirectopenhonestwayofspeaking.有時(shí)當(dāng)我工作非常富有成效時(shí)，我老板會(huì)表?yè)P(yáng)我(patontheback)。她甚至?xí)f“你敬我一尺，我還你一丈。（或禮尚往來。）”意思是，如果我做一些

8、對(duì)她有幫助的事，她也會(huì)做一些事作為回報(bào)。這種提議通常會(huì)開誠(chéng)布公地（straightfromtheshoulder）提出來。我的上司說話非常直接、開放和真誠(chéng)（即前句提到的開誠(chéng)布公、直截了當(dāng)）。Iknowthatmyemployercarriesalotonhershoulders.Sheisresponsiblefmanythingsattheoffice.becausesheissoimptantshesometimesgetstoru

9、bshoulderswiththetopofficials.Shegetstospendtimewithsomeveryimptantpeople.我知道我老板重任在肩，負(fù)責(zé)辦公室很多事情。因?yàn)樗绱酥匾?，她有時(shí)會(huì)接觸到高層官員。Ibelievethetopofficialvaluesmysuperi.Henevergivesherthecoldshoulder.Heisneverunfriendlytoher.Healwaystrea

10、tsherlikesheisanimptantpartoftheganization.我相信高層官員非常器重我上司。他從不怠慢她(givesherthecoldshoulder)。他總把她當(dāng)成組織中的重要一員。Ialsovaluemysupervis.InfactIthinksheisveryeffectiveinherjob.OfcourseIcouldyellmyopinionatthetopofmylungsasloudlyasI

11、possiblycould.Itmightevenfeelgoodtogetmyemotionsoffmychest.Itisalwayshelpfultotellpeoplehowyoufeelsothatyouremotionsdonottroubleyou.我也很尊重我的上司。實(shí)際上，我認(rèn)為她工作效率很高。當(dāng)然，我可以聲竭力嘶地說出（atthetopofmylungs）我的觀點(diǎn)。把我的想法一吐為快可能會(huì)更好。Butitisnotn

12、ecessaryfmetopraisemysuperi.Mostofmycowkersfeeltheexactsamewayabouther.SoIthinkIwilljustsavemybreath.Iwillkeepsilentbecausetalkingrepeatingmyselfwillnotdoanygood.但我沒必要贊揚(yáng)我的上司。我的同事多數(shù)也和我有一樣的感覺。所以我認(rèn)為我會(huì)默不作聲(savemybreath)，因?yàn)槎嗾f