A:How many cleaning ladies does your company hire?
你們公司雇了多少員工?
B:We have two cleaning ladies. But both of them have received little education.
雇了2個。但他們都沒受過多少教育。
A:Most cleaning ladies are illiterate. But some of them do a very nice job.
多數(shù)清潔工都沒文化,但是工作干得不錯。
B:But I actually dislike another lady. She is more capable and seems to have ideas of her own. But the trouble is she is a backseat driver with some of us. She would tell you what to do and where to put things.
但我確實不喜歡另一個清潔工。她很能干,似乎也有自己的想法??墒撬龕蹖ξ覀冎甘之嬆_,總該告訴我們該做什么,東西該放哪兒。
注釋:
a backseat driver,比喻多嘴多舌的人,多事的人。
例句:To avoid being a backseat driver, I keep my mouth shut.為了避免亂出主意,我只好閉嘴。