輕松日記商務(wù)職場(chǎng)篇第189期:抓鬮決定

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How about drawing straws to decide?

我們來(lái)抓鬮兒決定怎么樣?

draw straws 是指：“抽簽，抓鬮兒”的意思，以前人們不能決定某事時(shí)，就會(huì)用不同長(zhǎng)度的稻草來(lái)抽簽，一個(gè)人將長(zhǎng)長(zhǎng)短短的稻草攥在手中，露出相同長(zhǎng)度的一截，當(dāng)然現(xiàn)在還有拋硬幣或猜拳來(lái)決定的方式。因此，當(dāng)美國(guó)人說(shuō)"How about drawing straws to decide?"時(shí)，他/她要表達(dá)的意思就是:"Shall we make the decision by drawing lots?"、"Can we decide it by tossing a coin?"。

情景對(duì)白：

Shirley: Both of them perform well, and I can hardly decide which one should stay.

雪莉：他們倆表現(xiàn)都不錯(cuò)，我很難決定留用哪一個(gè)。

Jane: How about drawing straws to decide?

簡(jiǎn)：我們來(lái)抓鬮兒決定怎么樣?

搭配句積累：

①Can you be serious for once?

你就不能嚴(yán)肅點(diǎn)嗎?

②Come on. This is not an ordinary incident.

拜托，這可不是什么小事。

③Since neither could convince the other, I think this is a solution.

既然雙方爭(zhēng)執(zhí)不下，我想這是個(gè)辦法。

④Anyway, it's not something vital.

反正也不是什么重要的事情。

單詞：

1. draw lots 抽簽，抓鬮兒

Draw lots for the order half an hour before the preliminary competition.

預(yù)賽前半小時(shí)進(jìn)行比賽順序的抽簽。

If still same, , with draw lots the decision.

如仍然相同,則以抽簽決定。

2. toss vt. 拋，投

He screwed the paper into a ball and tossed it into the fire.

他把紙揉成一團(tuán)扔進(jìn)火里。

We tossed a coin to decide who would go out and buy the buns.

我們擲硬幣決定誰(shuí)出去買小圓面包。

3. vital adj. 至關(guān)重要的

The port is vital to supply relief to millions of drought victims.

這個(gè)港口對(duì)向數(shù)百萬(wàn)旱災(zāi)災(zāi)民提供救援物資是至關(guān)重要的。

After her release she was able to give vital information about her kidnapper.

獲釋之后，她提供了一些有關(guān)綁架她的人的關(guān)鍵信息。