迷你对话学地道口语第2期:爱指手画脚的人

[00:00:01] How many cleaning ladies does your company hire?
你们公司雇了多少员工？
[00:09:22] We have two cleaning ladies.
雇了2个。
[00:12:18] But both of them have received little education.
但他们都没受过多少教育。
[00:16:34] Most cleaning ladies are illiterate¹.
数清洁工都没文化。
[00:20:09] But some of them do a very nice job.
但是工作干得不错。
[00:23:36] But I actually dislike another lazy.
但我确实不喜欢另一个清洁工。
[00:27:47] She is more capable² and seems to have ideas of her own.
她很能干，似乎也有自己的想法。
[00:33:28] But the trouble is she is a backseat driver with some of us.
可是她爱对我们指手画脚。
[00:39:54] She would tell you what to do and where to put things.
总该告诉我们该做什么，东西该放哪儿。　　

a backseat driver
解析：字面意思是“坐在后排的驾驶员”。本来坐在后排的驾驶员应该是乘客，但是有时候乘客多嘴，告诉司机怎么开车。后来人们就把这样的人说成是“坐在后排的司机”，比喻多嘴多舌的人，多事的人。
例句：To avoid being a backseat driver, I keep my mouth shut.为了避免乱出主意，我只好闭嘴。
I detest³ his grandmother because she is a Backseat driver.我讨厌他的祖母,因为她多管闲事。
情景对话：
A : How many cleaning ladies does your company hire?
B : We have two cleaning ladies. But both of them have received little education.
A : Most cleaning ladies are illiterate. But some of them do a very nice job.
B : But I actually dislike another lazy. She is more capable and seems to have ideas of her own. But the trouble is she isa backseat driverwith some of us. She would tell you what to do and where to put things.
参考翻译：
A : 你们公司雇了多少员工？
B : 雇了2个。但他们都没受过多少教育。
A : 多数清洁工都没文化，但是工作干得不错。
B : 但我确实不喜欢另一个清洁工。她很能干，似乎也有自己的想法。可是她爱对我们指手画脚，总该告诉我们该做什么，东西该放哪儿。

1 illiterate   

adj.文盲的；无知的；n.文盲

参考例句：

• There are still many illiterate people in our country.在我国还有许多文盲。
• I was an illiterate in the old society,but now I can read.我这个旧社会的文盲，今天也认字了。

2 capable   

adj.有能力的，有才能的

参考例句：

• The new woman secretary was extremely clever and capable.这位新来的女秘书很是精明强干。
• Jim is capable at sports.吉姆擅长运动。

3 detest   

vt.痛恨，憎恶

参考例句：

• I detest people who tell lies.我恨说谎的人。
• The workers detest his overbearing manner.工人们很讨厌他那盛气凌人的态度。