【英语早间课堂】Let's get it out in the open.

【主题】

Oaky¹, last time we learned² "The cat's out of the bag." which means³ a secret is told by someone carelessly and by mistake so that many people know it . And today I would like to share an expression which means someone means to tell some private informations . Let's listen to a simple situational dialogue and get it.

A : Let's get this out in the open. I am unhappy working here. B : Is there anything we can do to get you stay.

【答疑解惑】

It is "get- this- out -in-the- open". It's a way of saying "I want to tell it honestly. " and it's also a way of saying that the speaker wants to talk about something private. It's similar to saying in Chinese: "打开天窗说亮话"，"敞开了说吧"，"把某事公之于众" and so on.

【视野拓展】

Let's have a further look at this sentence. "Get out"means "become known⁴". 意思是：泄露，被人知道。For example: If this gets out , there'll be trouble. 这事要是被别人知道了，就麻烦了。“Get something out”has two explanations. One means "to produce or publish something". 意思是：生产，出版，发表。Let's look at the following example sentences. It was this factory that got it out. 是这家工厂生产出这个产品的。The pictures taken by me was got out in Guilin Daily Newspaper. 我拍摄的照片在桂林日报上发表了。Will we get this book out by the end of the year. 我们这本书将在年底出版吗？Another means "to say something with difficulty⁵". 意思是：困难的说出，勉强的说出。For example: She managed to get out a few words of thanks. 他终于勉强的说出了几句道谢之话。From the above typical sentences , we can see the use of this phrase⁶. It can be said and written as "get something out" as well as "get out something". "In the open" in this sentence also has two explanations. One equals "in the open aire" which means "in a place outside rather than in a building". 意思是：在户外，在野外，在露天。For example: I once had the good luck to hear old Christopher try his lungs in the open air in Scotland⁷.有一次我有幸听到老克里斯托在苏格兰野外亮嗓子。Another is equal to "openly" which means "without hiding any feelings opinions or information". 意思是：公开地，毫不隐瞒地。For example: Can you talk about sex with you parents in the open. 您能和你的父母公开的谈谈关于性的问题吗？

【总结】

And now it's easy to catch this sentence. Let's get it out in the open. "get out"是泄露被别人知道的意思，in the open是公开的意思。这句话直译就是：我们把这件事泄露出去公开地让别人知道。简而言之，就是“我们将这件事公之于众。”用我们地道的中文说法就是“我们打开天窗说亮话把。”还可以说：“我们把事情放在桌面上说吧。”“我们敞开了说吧。”此外注意的是昨天我们学的“The cat's out of the bag.”是无意中泄露了秘密的事情。而今天学的“Get it out in the open”是有意说出秘密的事情的。

 

转自可可英语

1 oaky   

饼状的，凝固的

参考例句：

• Caky peanut residue is good fertilizer for plant growth. 花生饼对于植物生长是一种很好的肥料。
• Conduce to the success of replantation of severed limb, can stop cut blood premature and caky. 有助于断肢再植的成功，能阻止创口血液过早凝固。

2 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。

3 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

4 known   

adj.大家知道的；知名的，已知的

参考例句：

• He is a known artist.他是一个知名的艺术家。
• He is known both as a painter and as a statesman.他是知名的画家及政治家。

5 difficulty   

n.困难，费劲；难事，难题；麻烦，困境

参考例句：

• If there is any difficulty,please let us know promptly.倘有困难，请迅速通知我们。
• A little difficulty like this is nothing to us.这点困难算不了什么。

6 phrase   

n.短语，词组；成语，习语

参考例句：

• The phrase was caught on and immediately became popular.这个短语被采用后很快就流行了。
• That's exactly the phrase I was looking for.这就是我一直找的那个短语。

7 Scotland   

n.苏格兰

参考例句：

• He has been hiking round Scotland for a month.他围着苏格兰徒步旅行了一个月。
• Scotland is to the north of England.苏格兰在英格兰之北。