英语早间课堂:教您一招说喝彩(4)
演员们精湛的表演技巧，演讲者妙语连珠的讲说.... 会博得满堂彩。反之，差劲低劣的则会招来喝倒彩。对此，有的人既不鼓掌示好也不喝倒彩，而是以沉默的态度来对待。除演出演讲之外，我们心里会抵触那些无用处的，不感兴趣的建议，意见等等。今天，我要抛出的1招说“欢迎”就适于上述情况。
我们先来听2个例子：
抛招-1：Fred's joke went over like a lead balloon. 费雷德的笑话没有引起一丁点儿反应。
抛招-2：I'm afraid my proposal to the committee will go over like a lead balloon. 我给委员会的建议大概是完全不会被接受的。
接招：在上面的2个例句中都用到了同一个词语：go over like a lead balloon。短语中go over是受欢迎的意思。Lead 就是铅，balloon就是气球，lead balloon就是用铅做的气球。作为习惯用语，this idiom is used in order to say that people did not like a remark, idea, joke etc that was supposed to be interesting or funny, or that they did not react at all，意思是指(笑谈，建议等)完全不受欢迎，没有引起人的任何反应。
我们下面再来看2个例子：
When I gave my speech to the club, I started off with a joke to get the audience in a good mood. But my joke went over like a lead balloon - nobody even cracked a smile. And it almost ruined the rest of the speech for me.
当我在俱乐部发表演说的时候，我一开始讲了一个笑话，想在听众当中制造一个好的气氛。但是，我的笑话没有引起任何反应，甚至没有一个人笑一笑。这几乎毁了我的整个演讲。
注解1：give a speech to sb：给......演讲
注解2：start off：开始 start off with：以......开始
Eg. Don't light a cigarette when you meet the boss; you'll start off on the wrong foot. 见老板时不要点烟，要不然，你和他一开始就会处不好。
Eg. If you try to start off in top gear you'll stall. 要是刚一发动就用最高挡，那就会熄火。
注解3：get sb in a good mood：使......心情好
Eg. I failed in the competition, my mother try to get me in a good mood as hard as she could, which was in vain. 我比赛失败了，妈妈想尽一切办法是我心情好起来，可是没有用。
注解3：crack a smile：强作微笑
Eg . Father is a serious person, who seldom cracks a smile.父亲是个严肃的人，他很少露笑脸。
Eg. I'd do anything to see you crack a smile. 为了博得你的一笑，我情愿做任何事情。
I told my kids if they stop watching TV for a week before their final exams, I'll take them to the zoo to see the pandas the first week of their summer vacation. But my suggestion went over like a lead balloon.
我对孩子们说，要是他们在期终考试前一个星期不看电视，那末我就在他们放暑假的第一个星期带他们去动物园看熊猫。但是，孩子们对我的建议毫无反应。
好，亲爱的朋友们，我们今天的这招说“欢迎”——go over like a lead balloon，不受欢迎，不理会，无人过问，我想您一定是接住了，下回我再抛招，抛的招数话题不再是“欢迎”了，那是什么话题呢?您来接招的时候就知道了。好，我们下次再见吧。
