地道美語(yǔ)聽(tīng)力播客917：能吹牛是怎樣一種體驗(yàn)？

My boss is a complete blowhard. He likes to boast about his accomplishments and acquisitions every chance he gets. Unfortunately, I seem to be his favorite audience.

　　我老板是一個(gè)徹徹底底的吹牛大王。一有機(jī)會(huì)，他就會(huì)夸耀他的豐功偉績(jī)。不幸的是，我似乎成為了他最喜歡的聽(tīng)眾。

　　Boss: You won’t believe what I did over the weekend. I went mountain climbing and skydiving.

　　老板：你肯定不信我周末做了些什么。我去爬了山，還去跳傘了。

　　What I wanted to say was, “Uh, spare me!” But what I said instead was, “Oh, really? How exciting.”It doesn’t take much encouragement to get him going.

　　我想說(shuō)的”“啊，放過(guò)我吧!”可是我說(shuō)的卻是“哦，真的嗎?多刺激啊。”這么說(shuō)不是多鼓勵(lì)他繼續(xù)往下說(shuō)。

　　Boss: And I found time to test-drive the new McQ sports car yesterday. I’m thinking of buying one.

　　老板：昨天我還抽時(shí)間試駕了McQ運(yùn)動(dòng)跑車，我正想著買一輛呢。

　　Do I really look that gullible? I knew that the boss didn’t have that kind of money, but I didn’t let it show on my face and simply said, “That’s a very impressive car.”

　　我真的看起來(lái)那么好騙嗎?我知道老板沒(méi)那么多錢，但我沒(méi)表現(xiàn)出來(lái)，只是說(shuō)，“那是一輛很吸引人的車。”

　　Boss: I have my eye on a luxury vacation condo by the lake. Some lucky girl will get to stay there with me.

　　老板：我還看上了湖邊公寓的一個(gè)奢華游項(xiàng)目，一些幸運(yùn)女孩和我一起呆在那兒。

　　Now I knew he was blowing smoke, but what could I say? I just muttered, “Lucky girl,” and left it at that.

　　現(xiàn)在我知道他在說(shuō)空話蒙人，可是我能說(shuō)什么呢?我知道楠楠地說(shuō)，“幸運(yùn)女孩”， 然后就走了。

　　What was the point of all that, unless…

　　重點(diǎn)是，除非......