Donny在北京學(xué)漢語(yǔ)，他的中國(guó)朋友要是遇到了不知道用美語(yǔ)怎么說(shuō)的詞，就會(huì)來(lái)請(qǐng)教他。今天是方方要問的：人脈。

Donny: 方方，聽說(shuō)你找到一個(gè)特好的實(shí)習(xí)？

FF: 還不錯(cuò)啦! 現(xiàn)在競(jìng)爭(zhēng)激烈，多虧我人脈廣! 對(duì)了，美語(yǔ)里“人脈”怎么說(shuō)啊？

Donny:I think you can use the word "connection". c-o-n-n-e-c-t-i-o-n, connection.

FF: 原來(lái)connection 就是“人脈”。那我說(shuō)自己路子野，人脈廣，就是 I have a lot of connections. 對(duì)么？

Donny:That's right. 你還可以說(shuō)：I'm well-connected. c-o-n-n-e-c-t-e-d, connected。

FF:connected? 這詞兒我知道，意思是“連在一起”，所以well-connected就是和很多人連在一起，也就是人脈廣嘍!

Donny: Right! Connections are important. 有人說(shuō)，找工作時(shí)，What really counts is not what you know, but who you know.

FF: "Not what you know but who you know?" 不是看你知道什么，而是看你認(rèn)識(shí)誰(shuí)？ 我覺得，也不能這么絕對(duì)! 關(guān)系固然重要，但自己還是要有真本事!

Donny:Certainly! So it should be "what you know plus who you know"!

FF:對(duì)，肚子里有學(xué)問，人脈又廣，二者結(jié)合在一起，你就無(wú)敵了。不過，像我這種剛出校門的，社交能力還不行，需要磨煉!

Donny:Don't worry. You'll have plenty of time to work on your networking skills.

FF:哦，networking skills 就是社交技巧。

Donny: Right. With strong networking skills, you'll develop more connections. 到時(shí)候，我找工作可得靠你幫忙了!

FF:哈哈，我期待這一天!

Donny:先別美! Tell me what you've learned today!

FF:第一，"人脈"在美語(yǔ)里就是 connection；第二，形容"人脈廣"用 well-connected；第三，社交技巧， 是 networking skills!