Larry 在告訴李華他公司里發(fā)生的事。李華今天會(huì)學(xué)會(huì)兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)，trash
talking 和make waves.

    LL： So ， Li Hua ， yesterday at the office I heard two of my co-workers
trash talking my boss.

    LH：什么是trash talking ？難道他們?cè)谡劺���，垃圾有什么好談的�?/p>

    LL： No ， it's not. Trash talking is saying really mean things about
someone.

    LH：噢，trash talking 就是說(shuō)別人的壞話。那你的這兩位同事為什么要說(shuō)
老板的壞話呢？

    LL： I think they were upset because he didn't like a proposal they
submitted. They were saying my boss wasn't very smart and didn't make
good decisions for the company.

    LH：就因?yàn)槔习鍥]有接受他們的建議，他們就說(shuō)他笨，作出的決策對(duì)公司不
利？他們也太自負(fù)了吧！ Larry，那你是怎么看的呢？

    LL： I am sure he had his reasons for rejecting their proposal. I
have a lot of respect for my boss ， and that is why their trash talking
him bothers me so much.

    LH：老板拒絕他們的建議總有他的道理。我知道你很尊重你們的老板，所以
聽見別人在背后說(shuō)他壞話就感到很討厭。我那天也聽到兩個(gè)研究生在說(shuō)一個(gè)教授
的壞話。我也覺得很討厭。

    LL： Did you do anything about their trash talk ？

    LH：我當(dāng)時(shí)就為這位教授辯護(hù)。他們不一定會(huì)改變看法，但是我不能聽任他
們誣蔑這位教授。

    LL： Good for you ， Li Hua ！

    LH：后來(lái)別人告訴我那兩個(gè)人又在背后說(shuō)我的壞話 - They trash talked me
.

    LL： I guess you made them mad by bringing attention to their trash
talking. I just don't have the courage to deal with my two co-workers
who talked trash about my boss.

    LH：你沒有勇氣來(lái)對(duì)付他們？這有什么呢？你就對(duì)他們說(shuō)，你們這樣說(shuō)老板
的壞話是不對(duì)的。

    LL： I don't think it is that easy， Li Hua. After all， I still have
to work with these trash talkers.

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    LH：你是不是擔(dān)心他們會(huì)找你的麻煩呀？

    LL： It is not so much that I am afraid of them ， as it is that I
don't want to make waves at work.

    LH：你不是怕他們，而是不想在工作單位make waves. Make waves是什么意
思？你不想興風(fēng)作浪？

    LL： No ， no. Making waves means to cause a disturbance.

    LH：噢，你是不想得罪他們，引起糾紛。

    LL： I know it would make waves at work. These two co-workers are
senior to me， and I know if I talked to them ， they'd just cause trouble
for me.

    LH：這兩個(gè)人資歷都比你深。你要批評(píng)他們，他們就會(huì)給你找麻煩，你實(shí)際
上還是有點(diǎn)怕他們。

    LL： You know ， I also don't want to make waves at home， too.

    LH：公司里的事情怎么會(huì)牽涉到你的家人，又怎么會(huì)給家里制造麻煩呢？

    LL： Well ， my parents just want me to do well and be successful.
It would upset them to know I was having trouble at work.

    LH：我明白了，你不想讓父母擔(dān)心。 Larry，你不愧是個(gè)孝子。我的一個(gè)學(xué)
生可不像你。他暑假回家的時(shí)候，給家里制造了不少麻煩。

    LL： What did he do ？

    LH：他在肚臍上穿了一個(gè)洞，帶上了一個(gè)金屬環(huán)。他要趕新潮�？砂阉�的��
母都快要?dú)獐偭恕?/p>

    LL： Well ， that certainly is one way to make waves. Li Hua， you
don't seem to be able to make waves.

    LH：那你就不了解我了。幾個(gè)月前我也跟我的房東鬧了一場(chǎng)呢。

    LL： Really ， Li Hua ， you didn't tell me about this. What happened？

    LH：我公寓里的浴缸漏水了。我跟老板說(shuō)了好幾次他都不理我。后來(lái)我實(shí)在
忍無(wú)可忍，就去他辦公室問(wèn)他為什么不給修，so I made some waves.

    LL： It is too bad you had to make some waves to get your landlord
to do what he is supposed to do.

    LH：其實(shí)我是不喜歡這樣做的 - I don't like to make waves.他要早派人
修了不就沒事了嘛！

    今天李華學(xué)到了兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)。一個(gè)是trash talking ，意思是說(shuō)別人的壞話。
還有一個(gè)是make waves，意思是制造麻煩或糾紛。