Dialogue：

A: I hear you are looking for a job.

我聽說你在找工作。

B: Yeah.

是。

A: There's a job opening in my company. It would suit you very well.

我們公司有個職位室缺，而且對你再合適不過了。

B: That's good news! Do you know anyone who could throw his weight around for me?

好消息！但是你知道誰能幫我使勁嗎？

A: You may ask Linda. The general manager is her brother-in-law. Maybe she could put in her two cents. But you should keep it to yourself. Nobody else knows the general manager is her brother-in-law.

你可以去問琳達，總經理是她的姐夫，也許她能為你說句好話。但你要保密，公司里沒有其他人知道總經理是她的姐夫。

一， 詞海拾貝

put in one’s two cents

exp. To share one's opinion or point of view for whatever it may be worth, generally when it is unasked for. （未經邀請）發表自己的看法，陳述自己的意見

usage：也可以說為：put in one’s two cents worth。

e.g. I find Jeff's husband a bit trying at times. He always insists on putting in his two cents whether we want his opinion or not!

我發現杰夫的丈夫有時有點煩——不管我們想不想聽他的意見，他總是堅持要發表他的看法。

e.g. If I can just put in my two cents, I think the staff would really appreciate a bump in their pay.

如果我能發表我的看法的話，我覺得員工會非常感激給他們加薪。

Everyone's expect you to put in your two cents worth.

每個人都在期望你表示自己的意見。

二， 語匯積累

1. look for：尋找

e.g. I want Bill to look for Mr. Jones to talk.

我想要Bill去找Johnes先生談一談。

e.g. He thumbed through the directory to look for her number.

他翻閱電話號碼簿找尋她的號碼。

2. throw one’s weight around：濫用權勢，仗勢欺人，指手畫腳

e.g. Mr. Thomas has been throwing his weight around since he became a supervisor.

托馬斯先生自從當了主管以后就一直濫用職權。

e.g. I'm sick of Don coming into these meetings and throwing his weight around. Can't he just leave us to our own devices?

我討厭Don來參加這些會議，指手畫腳的，難道他就不能讓我們自行其是嗎？

3. keep it to yourself：保密

e.g. I can tell you that but you must keep it to yourself .

我可以告訴你，不過你必須保守秘密。

e.g. I hear that Sandra is going to have a baby, but I don't know if she's told her parents yet, so keep it to yourself.

我聽說桑德拉懷孕了，但不知道她是否已告訴了她父母，所以不要告訴別人。

其它：brother-in-law：姐夫

general manager：總經理