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Feifei is worried — Rob went for an interview and got a slap in the face. Is he OK? Luckily it's just another English expression he's using and the only thing that's hurt is his pride!

菲菲非常担心，因为罗布去参加面试，但是“挨了一记耳光”。他还好吗？幸运的是，这只是一个英语表达，用来形容他“受到了侮辱”。

Rob: Welcome to The English We Speak with me, Rob.

罗布：欢迎大家收听地道英语节目，我是罗布。

Feifei: And me Feifei. Hello! So how did you interview go?

菲菲：我是菲菲。大家好！你的面试怎么样？

Rob: You know, quite good... ok... well not bad.

罗布：你知道，非常好……嗯……还不错。

Feifei: So did you get the promotion?

菲菲：所以你升职了？

Rob: Well... no. I didn't... it was a bit of a slap in the face actually.

罗布：嗯……没有。我没有升职，实际上有点像挨了一记耳光。

Feifei: A slap in the face? Did they hit you?!

菲菲：挨了一记耳光？他们打你了？

Rob: No, no, no. I mean not getting the job is a bit of an insult — I was the right man for the job — look at all my qualifications and experience.

罗布：不，不，不是这个意思。我的意思是没有得到那份工作有点像受到了侮辱，看看我的资历和经验，我是那个职位的最佳人选。

Feifei: Oh dear. You sound quite offended Rob.

菲菲：哦天哪。罗布，听起来你被冒犯了。

Rob: That's what 'a slap in the face' means — it's an action that can be seen as an insult or cause offence. It can also cause disappointment because you were expecting a more positive outcome.

罗布：这就是“一记耳光”的意思，这是一个可以被视作侮辱或造成伤害的行为。它也可以让人失望，因为你本来期盼着一个更好的结果。

Feifei: Like getting that promotion?

菲菲：比如获得晋升？

Rob: Exactly. Here are some more examples...

罗布：没错。下面再来听几个例句。

Examples

例句

After all the extra work we put in, it was a slap in the face not to win the contract.

我们一直在加班，可是我们没有拿下这份合同，这简直就是一记耳光。

Not being invited on his stag do, was a real slap in the face — I thought I was his best friend!

我没有收到他的晚会邀请，这对我来说真的是一记耳光，我本以为我是他最好的朋友！

Feifei: So 'a slap in the face' is an insult — or an action that causes offence or disappointment. It's not actually a physical slap in the face then?

菲菲：所以“一记耳光”是一种侮辱，或是冒犯他人的行为或引起他人失望的举动。并不是真的在脸上扇一耳光对吧？

Rob: That's right.

罗布：没错。

Feifei: So what are you going to do about getting a promotion?

菲菲：那对于升职这件事，你打算怎么做呢？

Rob: Well to be honest, Feifei, it wasn't much of a promotion anyway — it was quite a boring job role and no more money — an idiot could have done it — I think you would have been good at it...

罗布：说实话，菲菲，这其实并不是多大的晋升，那其实是个很无聊的工作岗位，工资也没有涨，白痴都会做，我觉得你很适合这份工作……

[SLAP]

（耳光声）

, what was that?

哎呀，那是干嘛？

Feifei: That's a real slap in the face!

菲菲：这是一记真正的耳光！

Rob: Was it something I said?

罗布：是我说错话了吗？

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重点讲解：
1. see as 认为；把…看作；
例句：Still the dealers continued to see it as a gimmick.
尽管如此，各承销商仍然把它看作是一种花招。
2. put in 花费，投入（时间或精力）；
例句：He has put in over three years' work on this book.
为这本书，他努力工作了3年。
3. to be honest 老实说；说实在的；
例句：To be honest, she was more of a hindrance than a help.
说实在的，她没帮上忙，反而成了累赘。
4. be good at 擅长的；精通的；能干的；
例句：He is good at making impromptu speech.
他善于发表即席演说。