布兰送干货送干货来了……

前两天瞎编了几期节目，没多大价值，

现在！

我是认认真真的想为大家双手递上一些真正的干货---来自VOA的英语词汇典故

我也是偶然听到这个了，

觉得这几年有许许多多我们平时难以察觉
的地道英语表达，值得我们去听听……

我是地道口语表达的搬运工🚚🚚🚚🚚

真心希望大家能支持我的搬运，一起学习

从今天开始一天一篇……

第一期节目有点啰嗦，因为音频比较长，我为大家先整理出这期的讲解的短语……

⑴your idea did not wash

⑵talk turkey to

330'

关于音频内容问题，我还是第一次做，下面的短文做的很不美观，不方便看，我先在这说声抱歉，我会着手解决这问题的



I'm Susan Clark，
with the Special English program，
WORDS AND THEIR STORIES.
Young Mister Smith，had an idea for his employer.
It was an idea for saving money，for the company，by increasing prices.
At the same time,Smith suggested that the company，sell goods of less value.
If his employer liked the idea,Smith might be given more pay.
Perhaps he might even，get a better job with the company.
Business had been very slow.
So Mister Smith's employer，thought a few minutes，about the idea.
But then she shook her head."I am sorry, Smith,"，his employer said.
"It just will not wash."，
Now, the meaning of，these English words should be,"It will not get clean."，
Yet Smith's idea did not，have anything to do，with making something clean.
So why did his employer say,"It will not wash?"，Most word experts agree that，"it will not wash"，means it will not work.
Eric Partridge wrote that，the saying probably developed，in Britain in the eighteen hundreds.
Charlotte Bronte used it，in a story published，in eighteen forty-nine.
She wrote, "That wiln't wash, miss."，Mizz Bronte seems to have meant that，the dyes used to color，a piece of clothing，were not good.
The colors could not be depended，on to stay in the material.
In nineteenth century England,the expression came to mean，an undependablestatement.
It was used mainly，to describe an idea.
But sometimes it was，used about a person.
A critic once said，of the poet Robert Browning,"He won't wash."，
The critic did not mean that，the poet was not a clean person.
He meant that Browning's poems，could not be depended on to last.
Today, we know that，judgment was wrong.Robert Browning still，is considered a major poet.
But very few people remember，the man who said Browning，would not wash.
Happily for the young employee Smith,his employer wanted him，to do well in the company.
So the employer，"talked turkey" to him.She said,"Your idea would be unfair，to our buyers.
Think of another way to save money."，A century ago,to talk turkey meant，to talk pleasantly.
Turkeys in the barnyard，were thought to be speaking，pleasantly to one another.
In recent years, the saying，has come to mean an attempt，to teach something important.
Word expert Charles Funk tells，how he believes，this change took place.
.He says two men were，shooting turkeys together.One of them was a white man.
The other was an American Indian.
The white man began stating reasons，why he should get，all the turkeys for himself.
But the American Indian，stopped him.He told the white man,"
Now, I talk turkey to you."，
Mister Smith thought of，a better idea after his employer，
talked turkey to him.
He was given an increase in pay.So if your idea "will not wash,"，
try "talking turkey" to yourself，
and come up with a better idea
.(MUSIC)，
This WORDS AND THEIR STORIES program，
was written by Jeri Watson.
I'm Susan Clark。

谢谢大家……😘😘😘