-
heads up
例句
-1
：
I
want to give you all a heads up that some big
shots from New York will be here next Monday
to see how we're doing. So let's make
sure our desks are clean and that we show them
what we're
doing - we want to put on a
good show for them.
face time
例句
-2
：
This guy Joe is the best
salesman I ever saw. If he can get 20 minutes of
face time with a buyer
for a department
store he'll walk out with a nice big fat order.
I'll bet Joe could sell bathing suits at the
North Pole.
Think outside the box
：
例句
-3
：
A lot
of everyday things we take for granted. Take
windshield wipers on cars for example. The
earliest autos didn't have wipers
cleaning rain off so drivers could see. But
somebody happened to
think outside the
box and now all cars have them.
bait and switch
例句
-1
：
The ad claimed the shop
was selling the videos at a price so low it was
hard to believe. So I
hurried there but
it was a case of bait and switch - the clerk said
the cheap ones were all sold out and
he
tried to sell me other videos at a much higher
price.
strictly from hunger
例句
-2
：
My
sister told me the music was good but the guys who
were there were strictly from hunger.
She said she didn't meet a single guy
she would ever want to date.
like gangbusters
例句
-3
：
Mr. Martin came in like
gangbusters - he fired half our people and
organized the rest of us into
work
teams with longer hours than before. We had a hard
time for a while but at least these days the
firm is making money for a change.
rhubarb
例句
-1
：
When I talked to the neighbor
about his dogs, we got into a nasty rhubarb and
ended up yelling
at each other. But I
guess it did some good - since we had the rhubarb
he's done a better job of
keeping his
dogs away from our yard.
hassle
例句
-2
：
It was a real hassle.
The stores were jammed, the sales clerks were
overworked and
short-tempered and most
of the best items were already sold. Next year I
won't wait until the day
before
Christmas to shop for presents.
donnybrook
例句
-3
：
Our two schools
don't like each other. It was a very close game
but we finally won at the last
minute,
and students from both sides poured out of their
seats and got into a real donnybrook until the
police got there and started arresting
people.
今天我们要讲的三个习惯用语都是在过去十
年内先后出现的。现在美国人在日常生活中经常用这几个习惯用语。
我们先来讲第一个：
heads u
p
。
Head
就是头，是人身体上很重
要的一部分。在这个习惯用语里，
head
是多数，
所以在
head
后面要加
s, heads. Heads
up
就是在一件事发生前先告诉某人，或者是先警告某人。
<
/p>
比如说，
纽约一家大公司在旧金山有个分公司。
< br>分公司的经理听说纽约总部的总裁和总经理要来旧金山检查工作。
于
是，旧金山分公司的经理就召开了一个职工会议，他对工作人员说：这位经理说：我要预先告诉你们，
纽约的几位重
要人物星期一要到这儿来检查我们的工作。
所以，
我们一定要把桌子弄干净，
让他们看看我们在做什么
-
我们要做得
好一点给他们看看。
这位经理一开始说：
I want to give you
all a heads up. A-heads-
up
，在
heads up
前面有一个
不定冠词
a
，所
以很明显，
heads up
在这里是用做一个名词。
******
现在我们来讲第二个习惯用语：
face
time
。
这两个单词都很简单，<
/p>
face
就是脸，
time
就是时间。那么，这两个词
合在一起又是什么意思呢？
Face time
的意思是面对面跟一个人谈话，因为你
有求与他，例如你要他同意和你签订
一个商业合同，或者是要他给你一份工作，或者其他
任何他能帮你忙的事。
下面是一个人在说他非常羡慕他的一个
朋友。这个朋友是一家服装公司的推销员，由于他很能干，所以赚了不少钱，
生活得很舒
适。你听听他是怎么说他的朋友的。
这句话的中文意思是：
我从来还没有
见到过象
Joe
那么好的销售员。要是他能够和一个百货公司的
采购员面谈二十
分钟，他一定会得到一大笔订货。我可以打赌，
Joe
即便到北极去都能推销游泳衣。
这最后一句话当然是有点过份，只是为了强调而已。在北极穿游泳衣的人恐怕不多。
******
现在我们来讲最后一个习惯用语。
Think outside the
box
。
Think
就是想；
box
就是一个盒子。
Think outside
the
box
按字面解释就是：在盒子外面想。
这好象没有什么意思。但是，别忘了，我们讲的是习惯用语。
Think
outside the box
作为一个习惯用语，它的意
思
是一个人富有想象力，他能超越一般的范围提出崭新的想法。
我们都知道达尔文和爱因斯坦等伟大科学家。
他们都是因为有特殊的创新而闻名世界。<
/p>
但是，
还有许多没有名气的人
也利用他们
的想象力创造出一些几乎每个人都需要用的东西。
下面就是一个例子这句话的意思是：<
/p>
我们对许多日常用
的东西都已经习以为常。
汽车上的挡风玻璃刮水器就是一个例子。
最早的汽车上没有那能够刮掉雨水，
让司机能看清
楚的刮水器。但是某一个人发挥了创新精神，现在所有汽车
上都有刮水器。
今天我们要讲的第一个习惯用语是：
bait and swi
tch
。
Bait
就是钓鱼时用的鱼饵
，或者是一种引诱。在这个习惯用
语里，
bait
就是引诱一个顾客上圈套，付高价来买不值这个价钱的东西。
Switch<
/p>
就是很快用一样东西来替代另一样
东西。
把这两个词合在一起，
bait and switch
就成了一个习惯用语，意思是用欺骗的方法来高价出售货物。例如，一个商
店做广告说他们正在出售许多价钱特别便宜的货品。
可是当顾客来买的时候，
他们就说那样东西已经卖完，
他们建议
顾客买
别的，价钱很高的东西。
下面例句里讲话的人告诉我们，
他在报上看到广告说一家店里在出售最新电影的录像带，
价钱非常便
宜。
结果怎么样
呢？