Jessica在北京學(xué)漢語(yǔ)，她的中國(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)教她。今天是瓊燕要問(wèn)的：能說(shuō)會(huì)道。

Jessica:Hi, Qiong Yan! I heard there was a riot in your office...

QY:Riot? 哈哈，沒(méi)那么嚴(yán)重，其實(shí)就是我們這些小白領(lǐng)一塊兒找經(jīng)理談判，要求漲工資!

Jessica:And did you get the raise?

QY:Yes! I didn't expect management to give in,不過(guò)我們的談判代表是一個(gè)特別能說(shuō)會(huì)道的人，我估計(jì)，經(jīng)理是被他侃暈啦! 哈哈! 對(duì)了，在美語(yǔ)中要怎么形容一個(gè)人能說(shuō)會(huì)道呢？

Jessica:You can say someone has a silver tongue, or someone is silver-tongued. It means a person can clearly and effectively express himself and convince other people.

QY:I see. So, thanks to my silver-tongued co-worker, we got the raise!

Jessica:Congratulations!

QY:其實(shí)，仔細(xì)想想，這次也不全是因?yàn)檫@個(gè)同事能說(shuō)會(huì)道。經(jīng)理以前老說(shuō)大家工作努力，應(yīng)該漲工資，可都是光說(shuō)不練! 所以他這次也自覺(jué)理虧!

Jessica:So he'd been paying lip service to you!

QY:Pay lip service? Lip 不是嘴唇么？我知道了，pay lip service 就是用空話安撫別人，對(duì)么？

Jessica:That's right. Managers at your company must have said how much they appreciated all your hard work, but if they're really impressed by what you've done, they should have given you a raise already! Their insincere appreciation is lip service.

QY:沒(méi)錯(cuò)! 以前經(jīng)理還老說(shuō)公司財(cái)政緊張，所以大家都應(yīng)該支持公司，暫時(shí)不要漲工資，可我聽(tīng)說(shuō)，他自己的工資漲得可帶勁了!

Jessica:Ah! This is a textbook example of "talk the talk, but not walk the walk." 說(shuō)一套，做一套。

QY:真氣人，If they talk the talk, they should walk the walk! 怎么能搞雙重標(biāo)準(zhǔn)呢？

Jessica:Well, I'm just happy you guys got what you wanted. You should be proud of yourselves!

QY:今天我們學(xué)了，形容一個(gè)人能說(shuō)會(huì)道，用silver tongue; 說(shuō)空話是pay lip service; 說(shuō)一套，做一套是talk the talk, but not walk the walk.