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禮節(jié)美語 Taking up Golf I

Mark在公司門口看見同事Robert.

Mark: Hey Robert...going on vacation? Looks like you're planning on doing some golfing.

Robert: Yes, I will be playing golf, but I'm not going on vacation. I'm meeting up our New York office's senior management team. We'll be playing a few rounds and going over the merger plans.

M: Really? So when did you take up the sport?

R: Around two years ago I began to realize that if I could get on the golf course with other senior executives, it could open a lot of doors for me. At first I didn't really enjoy it, but now I'm almost a golf fanatic.

Robert要跟紐約辦公室的高層主管打高爾夫 play a few rounds，同時討論并購的事。

Mark 問他是什么時候開始打高爾夫球的，這里用的動詞是 take up, to take up sth. 意思是開始做某件事情。Robert說，他兩年前開始覺得，打高爾夫 could open a lot of doors for me. 可以幫助自己打開很多大門，得到更多機會。Robert說，他剛開始打的時候也不太喜歡，但現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)快變成 golf fanatic 了。fanatic is spelled f-a-n-a-t-i-c, fanatic 是指對某件事瘋狂的人，比如，a jazz fanatic 爵士樂迷，a basketball fanatic 籃球迷。Mark 聽后說：

M: I see. So you meet a lot of business executives on the course, huh?

R: Yeah, definitely. It's a good way to network.

M: Isn't golf really expensive?

R: To be perfectly honest, golf is a bit of a status symbol...and yes...it can be an expensive game. There are green fees, caddy fees and charges for renting the golf cart.

M: But the business opportunities are worth it.

R: Absolutely. I read somewhere that a high percentage of senior business executives play golf.

M: It sounds like it's almost mandatory to learn golf if you want to climb the corporate ladder.

Robert 說自己在高爾夫球場上能遇到很多商業(yè)界高層主管。這里說的 on the course 指的就是 golf course. It's a good way to network. 打高爾夫球是認識人，積累人脈的好辦法，network在這里是動詞，意思是建立人際關系。打高爾夫球確實需要錢，要交 green fees球場費;caddy fees球童費，cart rental fees 租車費，但是能認識更多的人，得到更多機會，還是值得的。Mark說，看來，如果想在企業(yè)里升遷 climb the corporate ladder 就必須學打高爾夫球。

R: Networking is a big plus....but I think another reason executives enjoy the golf course is that it gives them an excuse to get out in the fresh air and connect with nature.

M: I can understand that. If you turn off your cell phone or Blackberry you can hear birds chirping and enjoy a fresh breeze. It's a nice break from a hectic office.

R: It is a good way to recharge, but you're right: golf primarily is a social sport. You get a chance to talk and get to know people on a different level on the golf course than you do in the boardroom.

公司高層愿意出去打高爾夫球，除了建立人脈以外，也是為了能離開 hectic office 忙碌的辦公室，投入大自然的懷抱，It's a good way to recharge. 是個充電的好辦法。Robert 覺得，高爾夫主要還是一種 social sport 社交型運動，讓你在董事會議事廳以外，換個環(huán)境，換個層面，在高爾夫球場上去彼此了解。

B: I tried golf once, but I'm not a huge fan. I think it's just SO S-L-O-W.. and plus it's relatively expensive compared to other sports!

A: Maybe you should try again when you are older! You are too young to see the beauty of golf! 好啦，說完高爾夫，咱們再去了解一個體育用語，爆冷門!

Jessica 在北京學漢語，她的中國朋友要是遇到了不知道用美語怎么說的詞，就會來請教她。今天是Jimmy要問的：爆冷門

Jimmy: Jessica, 昨天看學校的足球比賽了嗎?爆了個大冷門兒，法學院居然輸給了商學院，哎，這大冷門怎么說啊?

Jessica：冷門?

Jimmy：哦，對啊，就是鐵定會輸?shù)年?，最后居然打贏了。

Jessica: Oh, in English we call that an upset.

Jimmy: Upset? 那不是不高興的意思嗎?

Jessica: That's true. 做形容詞的時候，重音在后面，是 upset (emphasis on the second syllable), 指不高興，但是做名詞，重音在前面，upset (emphasis on the first syllable), it means an unexpected win.

Jimmy: 哦，我明白了，中文里的爆冷門，在英文里就是 upset. 那原來大家都以為法學院會贏，這種賽前被看好的球隊美語里叫什么?

Jessica: Easy. That team's called the favorite.

Jimmy: 這么說，The law school team was the favorite to win the game. 法學院足球隊本來是被看好的熱門球隊。

Jessica: That's right. You can also refer to the team that was expected to lose as the underdog.

Jimmy: Underdog. under后面加上dog, underdog 就是在比賽里實力比較差的一方。這么說，我們中文系的排球隊，不論跟誰比賽，都是 underdog.

Jessica: Jimmy!Isn't your girlfriend Rachel the team captain?

Jimmy: 唉，別提了...That's why I always cheer for the underdog...

Jessica: hehe.....言歸正傳，What did you learn today?

Jimmy: 第一，爆冷門叫 upset,重音在前面; 第二，賽前被看好的一方叫 favorite，第三，賽前不被看好的一方叫 underdog.

Jessica: 不錯，我也學了個詞兒--upset 叫作“冷門”。

次的“美語怎么說”就到這里結(jié)束了。如果你也有不會說的詞，請寫信給Jessica, 電郵請寄[email protected]

A: 我也來給大家舉個例子。In our kongfu competition, I was the favorite, and Kat was considered the underdog...