【句子】I’m not saying to beg. You just have to step up from time to time. You have to see your opportunity and take it. Nobody respects a shrinking violet. 【Desperate Housewives S1E15】【发音】[aɪm] [nɒt]/[nɑ:t] ['seɪɪŋ] [tʊ] [beg] [ju:] [dʒʌst] [hæv] [tʊ] [step] [ʌp] [frɒm]/[frɑ:m] [taɪm] [tʊ] [taɪm] [ju:] [hæv] [tʊ] [si:] [jɔ:(r)] [ˌɒp.əˈtjuː.nə.ti]/[ ˌɑ:.p.ə(r)ˈtjuː.nə.ti] [ænd] [teɪk] [ɪt] [ˈnəʊ.bə.di]/[ˈnəʊ.bɑ:.di] [rɪ'spekts] [ə] [ʃrɪŋkɪŋ] [ˈvaɪə.lət]【发音技巧】not saying不完全失去爆破；just have不完全失去爆破；step up连读；opportunity美音浊化；take it连读；【翻译】我没说去求他。只是有时候，你需要自己主动点，抓住自己的机会。如果你管理风格太温和，没人尊重你的。【适用场合】I didn’t get the V.P. gig.V.P. 一般来说指的是vice president 副总裁gig [gɪg]本意指的是鱼叉；排钩的意思之前我们节目中也讲过，也可以用来指一次音乐表演eg: The band is going to Atlanta to play a gig at the Fox Theatre.这支乐队将要去亚特兰大的Fox剧院表演一首曲目。但今天视频当中，gig指的是：A job, especially one that is temporary or that has an uncertain future.一份工作（经常指的是临时性质的，前景不明朗）eg: a typing/gardening/writing gig一份打字的工作/一份园丁的工作/一份写作的工作eg: He landed a gig writing a new employee manual.他搞到了一个写新员工指导手册的肥差。（有关land的这个用法，之前节目中提到过，意思是to get or achieve something good, especially in a way which seems easy or unexpected）a shrinking violet 什么意思呢？字面意思：shrink 指的是：收缩；缩小；畏缩；而violet 紫罗兰？其实这种说法经常用来指特别害羞，内向的人a humorous way of describing a very shy person因为紫罗兰本身这种花就有点默默无闻，很低调的。在这部剧这个片段当中，其实Lynette的意思就是Tom的管理风格过于温和，太好说话，过于内向了。【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】Working on the sea and spotting whales seemed like a great gig.
