Dialogue：

A: I hear you are looking for a job.

我听说你在找工作。

B: Yeah.

是。

A: There's a job opening in my company. It would suit you very well.

我们公司有个职位室缺，而且对你再合适不过了。

B: That's good news! Do you know anyone who could throw his weight around for me?

好消息！但是你知道谁能帮我使劲吗？

A: You may ask Linda. The general manager is her brother-in-law. Maybe she could put in her two cents. But you should keep it to yourself. Nobody else knows the general manager is her brother-in-law.

你可以去问琳达，总经理是她的姐夫，也许她能为你说句好话。但你要保密，公司里没有其他人知道总经理是她的姐夫。

一， 词海拾贝

put in one’s two cents

exp. To share one's opinion or point of view for whatever it may be worth, generally when it is unasked for. （未经邀请）发表自己的看法，陈述自己的意见

usage：也可以说为：put in one’s two cents worth。

e.g. I find Jeff's husband a bit trying at times. He always insists on putting in his two cents whether we want his opinion or not!

我发现杰夫的丈夫有时有点烦——不管我们想不想听他的意见，他总是坚持要发表他的看法。

e.g. If I can just put in my two cents, I think the staff would really appreciate a bump in their pay.

如果我能发表我的看法的话，我觉得员工会非常感激给他们加薪。

Everyone's expect you to put in your two cents worth.

每个人都在期望你表示自己的意见。

二， 语汇积累

1. look for：寻找

e.g. I want Bill to look for Mr. Jones to talk.

我想要Bill去找Johnes先生谈一谈。

e.g. He thumbed through the directory to look for her number.

他翻阅电话号码簿找寻她的号码。

2. throw one’s weight around：滥用权势，仗势欺人，指手画脚

e.g. Mr. Thomas has been throwing his weight around since he became a supervisor.

托马斯先生自从当了主管以后就一直滥用职权。

e.g. I'm sick of Don coming into these meetings and throwing his weight around. Can't he just leave us to our own devices?

我讨厌Don来参加这些会议，指手画脚的，难道他就不能让我们自行其是吗？

3. keep it to yourself：保密

e.g. I can tell you that but you must keep it to yourself .

我可以告诉你，不过你必须保守秘密。

e.g. I hear that Sandra is going to have a baby, but I don't know if she's told her parents yet, so keep it to yourself.

我听说桑德拉怀孕了，但不知道她是否已告诉了她父母，所以不要告诉别人。

其它：brother-in-law：姐夫

general manager：总经理