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1、LECTURESeptember 26th 2019Linsey : Native expressions : Ted: Culture points1. status quoMeaning：the existing conditionExamples:他们之间的情况情况不会比现状现状好多少，所以尝试其他任何事情都是浪费时间浪费时间。1. status quoMeaning：the existing conditionExamples:他们之间的情况不会比现状好多少，所以尝试其他任何事情都是浪费时间。The situation between them is not going to get

2、any better than a status quo so it will be a waste of your time to try anything else.2. zero toleranceMeaning：to have prescribed and strict punishments for specific behaviour which will not even take justifying circumstances into consideration, usually used as a policy.Examples:这家公司对任何性别偏见性别偏见都是零容忍的

3、。我对对那些工作不诚实的人工作不诚实的人采取零容忍政策。2. zero toleranceMeaning：to have prescribed and strict punishments for specific behaviour which will not even take justifying circumstances into consideration, usually used as a policy.Examples:这家公司对任何性别偏见都是零容忍的。There is zero tolerance towards any gender bias in this comp

4、any.我对那些工作不诚实的人采取零容忍政策。I have a zero tolerance policy towards people that are dishonest with their work.3. skid rowalso, skid roadMeaning:a bad locality which houses flophouses, run down hotels and cheap salonsExamples:我走过走过一个贫民窟贫民窟，现在知道为什么不安全了。到处都是衣冠不整衣冠不整的人，你会觉得他们在窥探并抓住窥探并抓住你。3. skid rowalso, skid

5、 roadMeaning:a bad locality which houses flophouses, run down hotels and cheap salonsExamples:我走过一个贫民窟，现在知道为什么不安全了。到处都是衣冠不整的人，他们觉得自己会窥探并抓住你。I was walking through a skid row and now know why it is not safe. There are dishevelled people everywhere who feel like they would snoop and catch you.4. smack

6、dabMeaning:exactlypreciselyExamples:他想把我按住想把我按住，那个猥亵者猥亵者。就在那时，我让他失去了平衡失去了平衡，用拳头正好正好猛击他的鼻子。4. smack dabMeaning:exactlypreciselyExamples:他想把我按住想把我按住，那个猥亵者猥亵者。就在那时，我让他失去了平衡失去了平衡，用拳头正好正好猛击他的鼻子。He was trying to hold me down, that molester. Thats when I got him off balance and punched him smack dab at his

7、 nose.5. hit or missalso, hit and missMeaning：might be good or bad at different timesExamples:“你试过街角那家新开的酒吧吗?”我们已经去过三次了，时好时坏时好时坏。”这家咖啡厅的味道取决于取决于厨师的心情，因为时好时坏的时好时坏的。5. hit or missalso, hit and missExamples:“你试过街角那家新开的酒吧吗?”我们已经去过三次了，有点一般般，时好时坏。”Have you tried the new bar on the corner? Weve been three

8、times and its a bit hit and miss.这家咖啡厅的味道取决于厨师的心情，因为时好时坏的。It depends what mood the chef is in, because the food can be really hit or miss in that caf.6. silver liningThe expression is the shorter version of the famous saying, every cloud has a silver lining.Meaning：the situation may seem bad now but

9、 can turn for the betterExamples:如果这是你人生中最艰难的时刻最艰难的时刻，它也有很多好的一面。永远保持乐观乐观，寻找一线希望一线希望。6. silver liningThe expression is the shorter version of the famous saying, every cloud has a silver lining.Examples:如果这是你人生中最艰难的时刻，它也有很多好的一面。If its the tough time in your life, it comes with many silver linings.永远保持

10、乐观，寻找一线希望。Always be optimistic and look for the silver-lining.7. through thick and thinMeaning;to support someone through good and bad timesExamples:我最好的朋友无论如何无论如何都支持我支持我。如果你真的爱他，你会和他同甘共苦同甘共苦。相反，当事情变得困难时变得困难时，你离开了。7. through thick and thinMeaning;to support someone through good and bad timesExamples

11、:我最好的朋友无论如何无论如何都支持我支持我。My best friend has supported me through thick and thin.如果你真的爱他，你会和他同甘共苦同甘共苦。相反，当事情变得困难时变得困难时，你离开了。If you really loved him you would have stuck by him through thick and thin. Instead, you left when things got hard.8. chew the fatMeaning:a long and informal conversation with som

12、eoneExamples:举办这个活动的目的目的就是让同学们聚在一起聊天。这就是为什么它被称为聚会聚会。8. chew the fatExamples:我一直想和我们这些朋友保持联系。要是我能在聚会以后设法做到这一点的话，我就可以和他们一起到我们经常去的地方去聊天。Ive been meaning to get a hold of my friends from US since quite a while, if I can manage to do that after the party then Ill go and chew the fat with them at our regu

13、lar hangout.举办这个活动的目的就是让同学们聚在一起聊天。这就是为什么它被称为团聚。The whole purpose for having this event is so that school friends can come together and chew the fat. That is why it is known as a reunion.9. go with the flowalso, go with the tideMeaning：to do what other people are doing in any particular situationbe s

14、tress-free and adopt any situation, instead of trying to change itExamples:Kevin 不想参加抗议抗议活动，但是他所有的朋友都想要代表代表一些东西，所以他选择随大家一起。Rebecca 想让我们一起去吃饭，而不是去看道奇道奇队的比赛，我不想让她生气不想让她生气，所以我就顺其自然了.9. go with the flowalso, go with the tideExamples:Kevin 不想参加抗议抗议活动，但是他所有的朋友都想要代表代表一些东西，所以他选择随大家一起。Kevin didnt want to be

15、part of the protest, but all his friends wanted to stand for something, so he chose to go with the flow.Rebecca 想让我们一起去吃饭，而不是去看道奇道奇队的比赛，我不想让她生气不想让她生气，所以我就顺其自然了.Rebecca wanted us to go to dinner instead of the dodgers game, I didnt want to upset her, so I just went with the flow.Word Bank of the Day:

16、organizations 集团a wide range of 广范围consistently 经常地flexibility 灵活性cohorts 志同道合的一群人radically 根本地Individualize 个性化specific 具体的stereotypical 典型的crochet blanket 编织毯子 （用钩针）innovation 创新unique 独特retirement list 退休后要做的清单权organizations 集团a wide range of 广范围consistently 经常地So, this is also what Ive learned t

17、alking to organizations that employ a wide range of people of various ages. We are so much more similar than we are different. And were hearing this consistently.所以，这也是我在与雇佣不同年龄的人的组织交谈中所学到的。我们是如此相似而不是如此不同。我们经常听到这种说法。flexibility 灵活性People want work that matters, they want flexibility, they want suppo

18、rt, they want appreciation, they want better coffee. But none of these things are tied to a generation.人们想要重要的工作，他们想要灵活性，他们想要支持，他们想要被欣赏，他们想要更好的咖啡。但这些都与年代无关。Now, sure, we see small differences in what people want. We know 20-year-olds and 60-year-olds go home and do different things. They have differ

19、ent values. At least when it comes to things happening outside of work. 当然，我们在人们的需求上看到了细微的差别。我们知道当然，我们在人们的需求上看到了细微的差别。我们知道2020岁岁和和6060岁的人回家做不同的事情。他们有不同的价值观。至少在岁的人回家做不同的事情。他们有不同的价值观。至少在工作之外的事情上是这样。工作之外的事情上是这样。cohorts 志同道合的一群人But I think whats happened is that this focus on generational cohorts, these

20、 groups of people, has created a space where we just forgot that people are people.And to know who they really are, who we really work with, we have to figure out how to better navigate this multigenerational workplace than ball pits.要想知道他们到底是谁，和我们真正共事的是谁，我们必须弄清楚如何更好地驾驭这个多代同堂的工作环境，而不是去玩球。radically 根

21、本地Call me one of those idealist millennials, but I think we can get there. And I dont think the idea is too terribly difficult. What if we radically, simply, not easily, meet people where they are?称我为理想主义的千禧一代，但我认为我们可以做到。我不认为这个想法太难了。如果我们从根本上，简单地，不容易地，遇见他们在哪里呢?Individualize 个性化specific 具体的Individuali

22、ze our approach. Ive never met a generation. Ive had a lot of conversations with people who happened to identify with a specific generational cohort.个性化我们的方法。我从未见过一代人。我和很多人交谈过，他们碰巧是同某一代人。stereotypical 典型的crochet blanket 编织毯子 （用钩针） I know that 80-year-olds text message and 23-year-olds crochet blanke

23、ts. None of these things are stereotypical of that generation, right? 我知道80岁的人发短信，23岁的人编织毯子。这些都不是那一代人的典型特征，对吧?innovation 创新unique 独特Nilofer Merchant - shes a thought leader in innovation - she tells us we have to meet people in their onlyness, that is, that spot in the world where only we stand, as a function of our unique history, our experiences and our hopes.(她是创新领域的思想领袖), 她告诉我们必须在人们唯一的状态下去见他们，也就是在这个世界上我们真正存在的地方，这是我们独特的历史、经历和希望的结果。But this requires flexibility and curiosity. And what happens when we meet people in their onlyness, only the spot in the worl