美國(guó)之音之流行美語(yǔ)lesson310 icy/warm up to
李華來公司找Larry，兩人一起去吃午飯。今天我們要學(xué)兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)： icy和warmed up to.
LH: Larry, 今天上班忙嗎？
LL: Well it has been alright all morning, but I am kind of nervous about this presentation I have to make this afternoon.
LH: 不就是做個(gè)演示嗎，又不是第一次，你有什么好緊張的？
LL: The client who I am presenting to is somewhat icy towards me.
LH: Icy? 你是說那個(gè)客戶對(duì)你特別冷淡？
LL: Yes, she is very cold and icy to me. I hope that I can impress her with my presentation.
LH: 別擔(dān)心，有些人生性冷淡，可能并不是針對(duì)你。上學(xué)期跟我一起做項(xiàng)目的一個(gè)男生就特別icy.
LL: And...in what ways is he icy?
LH: 他從來不笑，就連他在臉譜網(wǎng)頁(yè)上的照片都是一臉苦相，好象別人欠了他的錢。別人跟他說話，他就瞪著別人，沒有一絲表情。
LL: That guy sounds like an icy character. How did you deal with having to work with him?
LH: 還好我們是一組人，不光我們兩個(gè)。大家分配好工作，他用了一個(gè)周末，就把自己份內(nèi)的事情做好了。
LL: That's good. He may have been icy, but he sure was efficient.
LH: 一個(gè)學(xué)期下來，他臉上總算有了笑容，but for a long time he was very icy towards us.
LL: Hopefully my presentation will get through to today's client.
LH: 肯定沒問題。我發(fā)現(xiàn)，有些人對(duì)人冷淡，其實(shí)是因?yàn)樗麄冏约翰簧瞄L(zhǎng)社交。
LL: I hope you're right. The last thing I want to do is offend one of our clients.
LH: 你唯一能做的就是做好份內(nèi)工作，對(duì)客戶格外客氣。這樣，即使她對(duì)人冷淡，可能還是會(huì)對(duì)你有個(gè)好印象。
LL: Thanks, Li Hua, that is great advice. I am going to go now, wish me luck.
LH: 加油！
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MC：李華和Larry晚上一起吃飯。
LH: 你今天下午的展示做得順利嗎？
LL: It went really well! I was nervous that the client would be icy towards me, but she seemed to really enjoy the presentation. I think she really warmed up to me.
LH: Warmed up to you? 你是說那個(gè)客戶已經(jīng)對(duì)你不再冷淡，開始喜歡你了嗎？
LL: Yes, that is exactly right.
LH: 你覺得她逐漸對(duì)你熱情起來，是因?yàn)槟憬裉煜挛绲谋憩F(xiàn)嗎？
LL: I don't know Li Hua. I hope so. I think it went really well. She really seemed to be enjoying it by the end. At first she seemed very icy, but when I was done she had warmed up and was smiling.
LH: 太好了！我就說過吧，她冷淡不是針對(duì)你。就象我們項(xiàng)目小組的那個(gè)男生，經(jīng)過一個(gè)學(xué)期的合作，熟了以后就從冷淡變得熱情了。
LL: Often when someone seems icy, it just takes a little time for them to warm up to you.
LH: 沒錯(cuò)。那個(gè)客戶對(duì)你的表現(xiàn)很滿意，是不是說訂單有戲了？
LL: I hope so. That would definitely make the executives warm up to the idea of me being on the team.
LH: 是啊，沒準(zhǔn)老板一高興，還會(huì)給你漲工資呢！
LL: It's possible. Say, Li Hua, have you seen this show called "The Street"?
LH: 我特別喜歡看。What do you think?
LL: Well at first I didn't really like it, but after watching it a few times, I have warmed up to it.
LH: 這么說，不僅可以warm up to一個(gè)人，還可以warm up to一件事情嘍？
LL: Yes Li Hua, because I gradually came to like the show, I warmed up to it. This is just like how the icy client warmed up to my presentation.
LH: 我明白了。那你開始的時(shí)候?yàn)槭裁磿?huì)覺得這個(gè)劇沒意思呢？
LL: When I first started watching it, I found the characters to be a little bit annoying, especially that one icy man. Over time, though, I have warmed up to them.
LH: 我同意，戲里面的一些角色是不太招人喜歡，可以劇本寫得很棒，扣人心弦。
LL: The plots of the episodes are what caused me to warm up to the show.
LH: 你看，快八點(diǎn)了，今天是星期三，正好要播出一集新的。
LL: Let's watch it then!
今天李華學(xué)了兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)。一個(gè)是 icy, 意思是冷若冰霜。另一個(gè)是warm up to, 意思是逐漸開始接受和喜歡。
