英语口语练习小对话 地740期:有什么奥妙?

英语口语练习小对话 地740期:有什么奥妙?  

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”。