VOA流行美語 Unit 310:冷若冰霜&開始喜歡

李華來公司找Larry，兩人一起去吃午飯。今天我們要學兩個常用語： icy和warmed up to.

LH: Larry, 今天上班忙嗎？

LL: Well it has been alright all morning, but I am kind of nervous about this presentation I have to make this afternoon.

LH: 不就是做個演示嗎，又不是第一次，你有什麼好緊張的？

LL: The client who I am presenting to is somewhat icy towards me.

LH: Icy? 你是說那個客戶對你特別冷淡？

LL: Yes, she is very cold and icy to me. I hope that I can impress her with my presentation.

LH: 別擔心，有些人生性冷淡，可能並不是針對你。上學期跟我一起做項目的一個男生就特別icy.

LL: what ways is he icy?

LH: 他從來不笑，就連他在臉譜網頁上的照片都是一臉苦相，好象別人欠了他的錢。別人跟他說話，他就瞪着別人，沒有一絲表情。

LL: That guy sounds like an icy character. How did you deal with having to work with him?

LH: 還好我們是一組人，不光我們兩個。大家分配好工作，他用了一個週末，就把自己份內的事情做好了。

LL: That's good. He may have been icy, but he sure was efficient.

LH: 一個學期下來，他臉上總算有了笑容，but for a long time he was very icy towards us.

LL: Hopefully my presentation will get through to today's client.

LH: 肯定沒問題。我發現，有些人對人冷淡，其實是因爲他們自己不擅長社交。

LL: I hope you're right. The last thing I want to do is offend one of our clients.

LH: 你唯一能做的就是做好份內工作，對客戶格外客氣。這樣，即使她對人冷淡，可能還是會對你有個好印象。

LL: Thanks, Li Hua, that is great advice. I am going to go now, wish me luck.

LH: 加油！

MC：李華和Larry晚上一起吃飯。

LH: 你今天下午的展示做得順利嗎？

LL: It went really well! I was nervous that the client would be icy towards me, but she seemed to really enjoy the presentation. I think she really warmed up to me.

LH: Warmed up to you? 你是說那個客戶已經對你不再冷淡，開始喜歡你了嗎？

LL: Yes, that is exactly right.

LH: 你覺得她逐漸對你熱情起來，是因爲你今天下午的表現嗎？

LL: I don't know Li Hua. I hope so. I think it went really well. She really seemed to be enjoying it by the end. At first she seemed very icy, but when I was done she had warmed up and was smiling.

LH: 太好了！我就說過吧，她冷淡不是針對你。就象我們項目小組的那個男生，經過一個學期的合作，熟了以後就從冷淡變得熱情了。

LL: Often when someone seems icy, it just takes a little time for them to warm up to you.

LH: 沒錯。那個客戶對你的表現很滿意，是不是說訂單有戲了？

LL: I hope so. That would definitely make the executives warm up to the idea of me being on the team.

LH: 是啊，沒準老闆一高興，還會給你漲工資呢！

LL: It's possible. Say, Li Hua, have you seen this show called "The Street"?

LH: 我特別喜歡看。What do you think?

LL: Well at first I didn't really like it, but after watching it a few times, I have warmed up to it.

LH: 這麼說，不僅可以warm up to一個人，還可以warm up to一件事情嘍？

LL: Yes Li Hua, because I gradually came to like the show, I warmed up to it. This is just like how the icy client warmed up to my presentation.

LH: 我明白了。那你開始的時候爲什麼會覺得這個劇沒意思呢？

LL: When I first started watching it, I found the characters to be a little bit annoying, especially that one icy man. Over time, though, I have warmed up to them.

LH: 我同意，戲裏面的一些角色是不太招人喜歡，可以劇本寫得很棒，扣人心弦。

LL: The plots of the episodes are what caused me to warm up to the show.

LH: 你看，快八點了，今天是星期三，正好要播出一集新的。

LL: Let's watch it then!

今天李華學了兩個常用語。一個是 icy, 意思是冷若冰霜。另一個是warm up to, 意思是逐漸開始接受和喜歡。