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职场英语每日一句•人物性格篇 第77句

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The orchestra was great, but apparently, everybody and his brother had a cell phone on him. We were just appalled.

那乐队不错,但好像每个听众都带手机来了。简直气坏了。


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everyone and his brother可想而知,一定是指“所有可以想到的人”,常有一种讽刺和不满的口吻。同样的意思,也说成everyone and his kid sister。

弦外之音

在眼下的中国,手机已不再是一种身份象征,而是一种普通的通讯工具了。不过,其使用之广泛,总有一些让人难以理解的地方。比如:有些人,明明坐在办公室里,却不用固定电话,而用手机。开会时,有人竟毫无顾忌地接听或拨打电话。即使是在最不方便的时候(电梯里,饭桌上或是厕所里),也还有人不畏艰难地接听电话。

相反,大部分美国人的手机,都是为“应急”而准备的。坐在办公室里,一般都很少开手机,也经常不带手机,不是搁在车里,便是留在包里,因而办公室里很少听到手机铃声。同事间,也不相互交换手机号码。除非“有急事”,否则,直接打手机找人,还是很唐突的(offensive)。

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1. Once he gets access to these tickets, you can be sure that he’ll pass them out to everyone and his kid sister.

一旦他拿到这些门票,可以肯定,他会送给每一个他所认识的人。



2. The little gadget was such a huge hit that everyone and his brother was talking about it.

那小玩意风靡一时。大街小巷,阿猫阿狗的都在谈论它。


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