地道美語聽力播客917：能吹牛是怎樣一種體驗？

My boss is a complete blowhard. He likes to boast about his accomplishments and acquisitions every chance he gets. Unfortunately, I seem to be his favorite audience.

　　我老板是一個徹徹底底的吹牛大王。一有機會，他就會夸耀他的豐功偉績。不幸的是，我似乎成為了他最喜歡的聽眾。

　　Boss: You won’t believe what I did over the weekend. I went mountain climbing and skydiving.

　　老板：你肯定不信我周末做了些什么。我去爬了山，還去跳傘了。

　　What I wanted to say was, “Uh, spare me!” But what I said instead was, “Oh, really? How exciting.”It doesn’t take much encouragement to get him going.

　　我想說的”“啊，放過我吧!”可是我說的卻是“哦，真的嗎?多刺激啊。”這么說不是多鼓勵他繼續(xù)往下說。

　　Boss: And I found time to test-drive the new McQ sports car yesterday. I’m thinking of buying one.

　　老板：昨天我還抽時間試駕了McQ運動跑車，我正想著買一輛呢。

　　Do I really look that gullible? I knew that the boss didn’t have that kind of money, but I didn’t let it show on my face and simply said, “That’s a very impressive car.”

　　我真的看起來那么好騙嗎?我知道老板沒那么多錢，但我沒表現(xiàn)出來，只是說，“那是一輛很吸引人的車。”

　　Boss: I have my eye on a luxury vacation condo by the lake. Some lucky girl will get to stay there with me.

　　老板：我還看上了湖邊公寓的一個奢華游項目，一些幸運女孩和我一起呆在那兒。

　　Now I knew he was blowing smoke, but what could I say? I just muttered, “Lucky girl,” and left it at that.

　　現(xiàn)在我知道他在說空話蒙人，可是我能說什么呢?我知道楠楠地說，“幸運女孩”， 然后就走了。

　　What was the point of all that, unless…

　　重點是，除非......