2016年ESL之商务英语 04 Being Boastful
时间：2018-12-04 作者：英语课 分类：2016年ESL之商务英语
ESL Podcast 1184 – Being Boastful
My boss is a complete blowhard 1. He likes to boast about his accomplishments 2 and acquisitions every chance he gets. Unfortunately, I seem to be his favorite audience.
Boss: You won’t believe what I did over the weekend. I went mountain climbing and skydiving.
What I wanted to say was, “Uh, spare me!” But what I said instead was, “Oh, really? How exciting.”It doesn’t take much encouragement to get him going.
Boss: And I found time to test-drive the new McQ sports car yesterday. I’m thinking of buying one.
Do I really look that gullible 3? I knew that the boss didn’t have that kind of money, but I didn’t let it show on my face and simply said, “That’s a very impressive car.”
Boss: I have my eye on a luxury vacation condo by the lake. Some lucky girl will get to stay there with me.
Now I knew he was blowing smoke, but what could I say? I just muttered, “Lucky girl,” and left it at that.
What was the point of all that, unless…
Script by Dr. Lucy Tse
- I don't want to sit next to that old blowhard.我不想坐在那个爱自吹自擂的老人旁边。
- That blowhard bragged that his car was the fastest.那个吹牛大王说他的汽车是最快的。
- It was one of the President's greatest accomplishments. 那是总统最伟大的成就之一。
- Among her accomplishments were sewing,cooking,playing the piano and dancing. 她的才能包括缝纫、烹调、弹钢琴和跳舞。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》