英語早間課堂:教您一招說喝彩(4)
演員們精湛的表演技巧，演講者妙語連珠的講說.... 會博得滿堂彩。反之，差勁低劣的則會招來喝倒彩。對此，有的人既不鼓掌示好也不喝倒彩，而是以沉默的態(tài)度來對待。除演出演講之外，我們心里會抵觸那些無用處的，不感興趣的建議，意見等等。今天，我要拋出的1招說“歡迎”就適于上述情況。
我們先來聽2個例子：
拋招-1：Fred's joke went over like a lead balloon. 費雷德的笑話沒有引起一丁點兒反應(yīng)。
拋招-2：I'm afraid my proposal to the committee will go over like a lead balloon. 我給委員會的建議大概是完全不會被接受的。
接招：在上面的2個例句中都用到了同一個詞語：go over like a lead balloon。短語中g(shù)o over是受歡迎的意思。Lead 就是鉛，balloon就是氣球，lead balloon就是用鉛做的氣球。作為習(xí)慣用語，this idiom is used in order to say that people did not like a remark, idea, joke etc that was supposed to be interesting or funny, or that they did not react at all，意思是指(笑談，建議等)完全不受歡迎，沒有引起人的任何反應(yīng)。
我們下面再來看2個例子：
When I gave my speech to the club, I started off with a joke to get the audience in a good mood. But my joke went over like a lead balloon - nobody even cracked a smile. And it almost ruined the rest of the speech for me.
當(dāng)我在俱樂部發(fā)表演說的時候，我一開始講了一個笑話，想在聽眾當(dāng)中制造一個好的氣氛。但是，我的笑話沒有引起任何反應(yīng)，甚至沒有一個人笑一笑。這幾乎毀了我的整個演講。
注解1：give a speech to sb：給......演講
注解2：start off：開始 start off with：以......開始
Eg. Don't light a cigarette when you meet the boss; you'll start off on the wrong foot. 見老板時不要點煙，要不然，你和他一開始就會處不好。
Eg. If you try to start off in top gear you'll stall. 要是剛一發(fā)動就用最高擋，那就會熄火。
注解3：get sb in a good mood：使......心情好
Eg. I failed in the competition, my mother try to get me in a good mood as hard as she could, which was in vain. 我比賽失敗了，媽媽想盡一切辦法是我心情好起來，可是沒有用。
注解3：crack a smile：強作微笑
Eg . Father is a serious person, who seldom cracks a smile.父親是個嚴(yán)肅的人，他很少露笑臉。
Eg. I'd do anything to see you crack a smile. 為了博得你的一笑，我情愿做任何事情。
I told my kids if they stop watching TV for a week before their final exams, I'll take them to the zoo to see the pandas the first week of their summer vacation. But my suggestion went over like a lead balloon.
我對孩子們說，要是他們在期終考試前一個星期不看電視，那末我就在他們放暑假的第一個星期帶他們?nèi)游飯@看熊貓。但是，孩子們對我的建議毫無反應(yīng)。
好，親愛的朋友們，我們今天的這招說“歡迎”——go over like a lead balloon，不受歡迎，不理會，無人過問，我想您一定是接住了，下回我再拋招，拋的招數(shù)話題不再是“歡迎”了，那是什么話題呢?您來接招的時候就知道了。好，我們下次再見吧。
