美語:office politics&play favorites(音頻)

地道美語:office politics(音頻文字) ZT

Donny在北京學漢語，他的中國朋友要是遇到了不知道用美語怎麽說的詞，就會來請教他。今天是楊琳要問的：拍馬屁。

DN: 楊琳, what are you reading？

YL: 我在看一本暢銷小說，講的是白領們在公司裏奮鬥的事兒。

DN: But you're still a college student. Why are you interested in the life of office workers?

YL: 先學習啊! 我看了這書才知道，這小小的辦公室裏有那麽多明爭暗鬥! 對了，Donny, 用美語怎麽形容辦公室裏的勾心鬥角啊？

DN: You can use the term "office politics."

YL: 哦! Office 是辦公室，politics是政治，office politics辦公室政治，就是指同事之間的勾心鬥角嘍。

DN: Yes. Office politics are very common at the workplace. Some people say the office is like a modern jungle, and only the fittest can survive.

YL: 啊？你說辦公室是現代叢林，適者才能生存？可以想像......雖然我還沒上過班，可即使在學校，處理同學間的關係也是門學問。

DN: For example?

YL: 比如，我們組長就特愛拍老師馬屁，大家都不喜歡她。對了，這拍馬屁美語怎麽說？

DN: You can use the phrase "to suck up to somebody". For example, your team leader sucks up to the teachers, so other students don't like her.

YL: 大家都說，千穿萬穿，馬屁不穿，一點沒錯。老師對我們組長可好了，偏心!

DN: Hmm, teachers are not supposed to play favorites. That's unfair to other students.

YL: 哎？你說的play favorites就是偏心的意思嘛？

DN: That's right.

YL: 可是，上司，家長，老師都難免play favorites, 有偏心的時候。唉! 看來哪裏都有politics啊!

DN: 別感慨了。說說你今天都學了什麽吧!

YL: 第一，辦公室裏的權力鬥爭是 office politics；

第二，拍某人的馬屁是 suck up to someone；

第三：偏心是play favorites.

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