迷你對(duì)話
A: Jane, you really do a good job. Can you tell mewhat is the gag?
Jane,你工作真出色,你能告訴我這里面有什么奧妙嗎?
B: Well, I always smile to the customers to win theirtrust.
恩,我總是對(duì)顧客微笑來(lái)贏得他們的信任。
地道表達(dá)
What is the gag?
1. 解詞釋義
Gag一詞做為俚語(yǔ),其意思為“笑話和滑稽故事”,相當(dāng)于“joke or sunny story”。例如: Jane was tellinga few rather feeble gags this afternoon. (Jane在今天下午說(shuō)了幾個(gè)沒(méi)什么生趣的笑話。)對(duì)話中“What is the gag?”是美國(guó)人常用的俚語(yǔ),意思是詢問(wèn)對(duì)方做成功某事的奧妙或者是詭計(jì),計(jì)謀,也可以說(shuō)為“What is the trick?”
2. 拓展范例
A: Your are good at English. What is the gag?
你的英語(yǔ)真好,有什么奧妙嗎?
B: I do not know.
我不知道呀。
Ps 1:do a great job的意思是“做得非常出色”,表示“把某件事情做得很好”,可以說(shuō)do a great job of it。例如:
I trust you to do a great job for Stan's sake.
我拜托你看在斯坦的份上干得非常出色。
If we don't do a great job now, all the work we've done will be wasted.
倘若我們弄得不好,就會(huì)全功盡棄。
We don't doubt that he can do a good job of it.
我們并不懷疑他能把這事做得很好。
Ps 2:win one’s trust的意思是“贏得某人的信任,取得某人的信任”。