迷你对话学地道口语第674期:重点内容,重要问题

 　　Subject：Let’s concentrate on big pictures.

　　迷你对话

　　A: Let’s concentrate on big pictures.

　　我们来讨论下重点问题吧。

　　B: Then how about the transfer of staff members.

　　那人事调动问题呢？

　　A: It will be discussed next time.

　　这个问题下次再讨论。

　　地道表达

　　big picture

　　1. 解词释义

　　Pictures有两层意思：一是“大局，全局”。如果说He can see the big picture.表示此人并非单单着眼于眼前的蝇头小利，而是可以综观全局，放眼未来，拥有长期规划的能力。二是“事情的主要部分，重点”。在上面的对话中就是第二个意思。

　　2. 拓展例句

　　e.g. Johnnie can't see the big picture. He's unwilling¹ to wait. He wants to get paid now.

　　强尼看不到大局。他不愿意等。他现在就要拿薪水。

　　e.g. Oh, Elvin doesn't know anything. He can't see the big picture.

　　喔，艾文啥都不懂。他看不到大局。

　　Ps：the transfer of staff members：人事调动问题

　　Ps 2：concentrate on的意思是“集中精力于......”。例如：

　　We can skip over the details and concentrate on the general issues.

　　你可略过细节部分，而把精力集中在总则上。

　　Please concentrate on the business at hand and don't drag in irrelevant² issues.

　　不要牵扯其他问题。

　　Having failed my French exams, I decided³ to concentrate on science subjects.

　　我因法语考试不及格而决心专攻理科。

　　He tried to concentrate on Thomson.

　　他尽力把注意力集中到汤姆森身上。

1 unwilling   

adj.不情愿的

参考例句：

• The natives were unwilling to be bent by colonial power.土著居民不愿受殖民势力的摆布。
• His tightfisted employer was unwilling to give him a raise.他那吝啬的雇主不肯给他加薪。

2 irrelevant   

adj.不恰当的，无关系的，不相干的

参考例句：

• That is completely irrelevant to the subject under discussion.这跟讨论的主题完全不相关。
• A question about arithmetic is irrelevant in a music lesson.在音乐课上，一个数学的问题是风马牛不相及的。

3 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。