李陽瘋狂英語突破口語之突破對話第21課

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11．I Never Know When to Shake Hands
我該什么時候握手

A: I have a real problem when I meet people.
我在和人會面的時候有個問題。

B: What is it? Maybe I can help.
什么疑問？或許我能幫你。

A: I never know when to shake hands and when not to. Can you tell me something about it?
我不知道該在什么時候握手，什么時候不握手。你能不能告訴我有關(guān)這方面的事?

B: Do you come from a country where they shake hands?
你們國家的人握手嗎?

A: Oh yes. Men, women, and children shake hands all the time.
握呀。男人、女人、小孩、時時刻刻都在握手。

B: It’s very simple. Men shake hands, women and children don’t.
那很簡單。男人握手，女人和小孩不握。

A: But some women do shake hands. And now a lot of children have such good manners, they shake hands too.
可是有些女人也握手呀。而且現(xiàn)在很多有禮貌的孩子也握手。

B: Well, a good rule to follow is, for men you hold out your hand, for women and children, you wait and see what they do.
你就遵循這條原則：對男人你先伸手，對女人和孩子就看他們怎么做。

A: That sounds easy enough.
這聽上去再簡單不過了。

B: Sure. Once you get the hang of it, it’s a piece of cake! It’s nothing to worry about.
可不是嘛。你一旦掌握了竅門，那就成了小菜一碟！沒什么可擔心的。

額外成就感

all the time 總是，一直
* They were laughing all the time.
他們一直笑個不停。

hold out 維持; 伸出
* Our food supplies won’t hold out long.
我們的食品供應(yīng)維持不了多久。

get the hang of 掌握竅門
* I’ll get the hang of it pretty soon.
我很快就能掌握它的竅門。