Week 1 Wed

W1-Wed神句神词组

神句组：

1.On various

occasions she haspersuaded me to dothings for her, just as she hasenlistedthousands of others.

在各种情况下她都能劝诱我为她做事儿，正如她总能获得无数人的帮助那样。

2.WhywouldI give up a Saturdayon the basis ofwatching a clip ofa similar conference a year earlier?

我为毛要花周六的时间看去年大会的影片啊？

3.There is no danger

of everlaying it on too thick. There is no level at which flattery stops working, according

toa studyby Jennifer Chatman of the University of California,Berkeley.

奉承永远不会嫌多。奉承的作用可没有上限，加州理工伯克利分校的珍妮弗·话痨的研究如是指出。

4.In addition to

being flattering, the perfect please has to make you feelnot only wanted, but also needed. I read the email and said yes at once. I knew howmanipulativeit was, but Icould not help myself.

除了起到奉承作用，完美的“请求”必须让你不仅感到被需要，还是必不可少的。读完她的电邮我就立刻答应了。我也知道自己有被操纵之嫌，但就是控制不住寄几。

5.Andrather than askif I had enjoyed

it,it would have been bettertoattesthow much they hadenjoyed having

me.

并不应该问我是不是享受其中，更好的办法是证明因为有了我，他们是多么沉浸其中。

6.If only you wouldjoin our panel on xxx. We have a

lot of clever but worthy people talking, andwe need your genius to liven it up. Please say yes.

要是你能加入我们xx项目的团队就好啦。我们这儿有一群聪明又值得尊敬的人进行交流，然而还需要你的才智锦上添花。请一定要答应啊。

7.Thank you forbringing the evening to lifeand foryour scorching wit and

sense. You are our own Tina Fey.

感谢你让昨夜如此精彩，特别是你高超口才与捷思。你就是我们的女神！

神词组：

1.go on at length长篇宏论

2.cut to the chase开门见山

3.butter people up取悦人们从而获得帮助

4.singularly

ungratifying令人很不愉快

5.get sb to do

sth/make sb do sth（通过某种手段）让别人做某事

6.run into sb邂逅

7.incline to do sth倾向做

8.too vague to be

convincing说的太含糊，难以取信于人

9.be done with doing

sth受够了做某事

10.rattle on滔滔不绝

11.fail to do its job毫无成效