BE 635: 如何利用“搭便车”策略提升你的工作表现

这里是商务英语播客第635集，如何通过借力提升你的工作表现。

This is the Business English Podcast episode six thirty five, how piggybacking can boost your performance at work.

欢迎收听来自All Ears English的商务英语播客。

Welcome to the Business English Podcast from All Ears English.

获取你在全球商务中实现梦想所需的英语技能。

Get the English skills you need to achieve your dreams in global business.

无论是做演示、开会，还是参加办公室派对，这里是真实商务英语，由你最喜欢的美国主持人Lindsay和Aubrey带来，她们分别来自美国亚利桑那州和科罗拉多州。

For a presentation, a meeting, or your office party, this is Real Business English with your favorite American hosts, Lindsay and Aubrey, coming to you from Arizona and Colorado, USA.

流利并不是说得完美无缺。

Fluency is not about speaking perfectly.

而是能够自如地交流。

It's about communicating comfortably.

能够毫无压力地分享你的想法，在对话中自然反应，并用英语展现你的个性。

Being able to share your ideas without stress, react naturally in conversations, and express your personality in English.

如果英语仍然让你觉得需要小心翼翼地去应对，那你可能离下一个流利水平很近了。

If English still feels like something you have to manage carefully, you're probably very close to the next level of fluency.

但一旦你清楚自己的水平，进步就会快得多。

But progress becomes much faster once you know exactly where you stand.

来做个免费的2分钟流利度测试，今天就了解你的英语水平吧。

Take our free two minute fluency quiz and discover your English level today.

访问 all ears english 点 com 斜杠 fluency score。

Go to all ears english dot com slash fluency score.

就是 allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore。

That's allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore.

你好，Aubrey。

Hello there, Aubrey.

今天怎么样？

How's it going today?

我很好。

I'm great.

你呢，Lindsay？

How are you, Lindsay?

我感觉很好，但我有个问题想问你。

I'm feeling great, but I have a question for you.

准备好了吗？

You ready?

是的，对，跟工作没关系。

Yes, yeah, not related to business.

有点不一样。

A little bit different.

你小时候经常让人背你吗？

Did you often get piggyback rides when you were a kid?

可能是你妈妈、爸爸或者朋友背你。

Maybe from your mom or your dad or friends

或者年纪大一点的，比如哥哥姐姐？

or older maybe or like brothers?

是的，对。

Yes, Yeah.

而且挺有意思的，因为我看到这个测试是YouTube上的一个问题，我就想了想，我的孩子们经常互相背着玩，但我现在更担心了，因为他们要么差不多大，要么跳上去的那个更大。

And it's funny when because I saw this quiz is a question from YouTube we got and I was thinking about it and my kids will often give each other piggyback rides, but I'm more worried now because they'll either be like the same size or the one jumping on is like bigger.

我就说，小心点，别摔了。

I'm like, be careful, don't fall.

对，别摔了。

Yeah, don't fall.

别把背弄坏了。

Don't break your back.

对，肯定的。

Yeah, for sure.

没错。

Exactly.

对，我也记得小时候跟朋友和父母这么玩过。

Yeah, remember doing this too with friends and parents.

就是那种事。

That kind of thing.

小时候玩这个真的很有意思。

Really fun when you're a kid

确实。

for sure.

但有意思的是，我们在工作中用“piggybacking”这个词，意思完全不一样，对吧？

But it's interesting because we use piggybacking at work in a very different way, right?

它不只是那种背人的游戏，通常是一个小孩，比较小的孩子，被背在背上，胳膊搂着肩膀，对吧？

It's not just that piggyback ride where someone usually a child someone smaller is carried on someone's back their arms around their shoulders, right?

我们会说，比如小孩睡着了，妈妈就把他背到车上去。

We say that, you'll say like the toddler fell asleep so his mom gave him a piggyback ride to the car.

但我们也会把它当动词用，而且工作中经常用。

But we also use this as a verb and we use it a lot at work.

是的，所以这期节目会非常实用。

Yes, so this episode is going to be really applicable.

这对我们的听众来说会特别重要，尤其是再次强调，要提升你在工作中的形象，还有你发言时的表达水平。

It's going be super important for our listeners, especially again, to address your reputation at work, how eloquent you are when you speak up.

非常重要。

Very important.

这个问题来自Silva10OLI。

The question comes from Silva10OLI.

奥布里，我可以直接读出来吗？

And shall I go ahead and read it, Aubrey?

好，我们开始吧。

Yeah, let's do it.

好的，他们说学习新习语可以连接文化和外语。

Alright, so they say learning new idioms can link culture and foreign languages.

我的建议是，希望你们All Ears English的姑娘们能把这个想法“背”起来，做一期关于“piggyback”的英语节目。

My suggestion is to see you girls from All Ears English piggyback this idea and create a piggyback English episode.

就像小孩子喜欢让爸爸妈妈在家里背着玩一样。

As any child who likes to get a piggyback ride from dad or mom inside the house.

这个习语会非常实用。

The idiom is going to be so useful.

好的。

Okay.

是的，我很喜欢这个问题。

Yes, I love this question.

我立刻就觉得，这在商务英语播客里会特别有用，因为我们在工作中经常用这个词来表达借鉴别人的想法。

And I immediately was like, this is going to be especially useful here on the Business English Podcast because this we use it a lot at work to talk about piggybacking on someone else's idea.

而且这其实是给别人认可的好方法。

And it's actually a great way to give someone else credit.

如果某人提出了原创想法或取得了成功，我们就会用这个动词，以及今天要分享的其他几种说法，来表达我们不是最初想出这个主意的人。

If someone had an original idea or a success then we'll use this verb and a few other ways to say this that we're going to share today to share that we weren't the one that came up with the idea originally.

对，这对建立联系非常重要。

Yeah, so important for connection.

在工作中，这就变成了信誉，对吧？

And at work, becomes credibility, right?

给别人他们应得的……

Giving people what...

认可他们，肯定他们的想法，把功劳归给他们。

Acknowledging them, giving them credit for what they've come up with.

这真的很重要。

Really important.

没错。

Exactly.

如果你不这么做呢？

And if you don't do that, right?

如果你把别人的想法当成自己的，那真的会伤害人际关系。

If you do pass someone else's idea off as your own, that can really hurt connections.

如果后来别人发现那不是你的主意，或者那个本该得到认可的同事知道了，那真的会损害你和他们的关系。

If someone finds out later it wasn't your idea or that coworker who should have been given credit, that can really hurt your connection with them.

你和他们的关系，还有你的职业声誉。

Your connection with them and also your professional reputation.

别人对你的看法，你会失去信任。

What people think of you won't be trusted.

你会失去信任。

You won't be trusted.

这不好。

It's not good.

那我们就进入正题吧。

So let's get into these then.

这里的短语是“piggyback on”。

So the or phrase here is to piggyback on.

奥布里，给我们讲讲吧。

Tell us about it Aubrey.

没错。

Exactly right.

这个短语的意思是，利用或建立在已有的想法或机会之上，而不是从头创造全新的东西。

So this means to use or build on an existing idea or opportunity instead of creating something entirely new.

比如在会议上，你可以说：“我很喜欢马克的想法，我想在此基础上补充一点，提个小的修改建议。”

So maybe in a meeting, you could say, I love Mark's idea and I'm going to piggyback on it and add a suggestion for a slight change.

所以你承认这个原始想法不是你的，但你是在补充一些东西。

So you're recognizing the original idea is not your own, but you're adding something.

我们用这个动词piggyback来表达这个意思。

And we use this verb piggyback to do that.

对，没错。

Yeah, exactly.

或者说到公司的发展。

Or talking about the development of a company.

这家初创公司借助其合作伙伴的分销网络，更快地接触到了新客户。

The startup piggybacked on its partner's distribution network to reach new customers more quickly.

对，这很有意思，因为这个动词挺口语化的。

Yeah, is so interesting because this is quite an informal verb.

不过。

Though.

我是说piggyback。

I mean piggyback.

听起来可能对听众来说很随意、很口语化，但在商务英语中我们确实会这么用。

It sounds probably very casual and informal to everyone out there listening, but we do use this in business English.

很有意思的是，即使像这样的非正式短语动词，也会在相当正式的会议场合中出现。

It's really fascinating how even some informal phrasal verbs like this will come up in meetings during, you know, in quite formal scenarios.

是的，这也是我在研究生院经常听到的。

Yeah, it's also something that I heard a lot in graduate school.

研究生生活很大一部分就是大量阅读，对吧？

So, lot of what graduate school is, you do a ton of reading, right?

然后你来上课，分享你对阅读的思考。

Then you come to class and then you're sharing your reflections on the reading.

有点像轮流发言，很多人会说，我要接着艾米的话说，我想补充一点，对吧？

It's kind of popcorn style and a lot of people would say I'm going to piggyback on what Amy said and I'd like to add something, right?

哇，这很有意思，因为如果你只说‘我要补充一点’，那就没有那么多肯定别人的成分了。

Wow, that's interesting because if you just say I'm going to add to that, that isn't giving the credit as much.

说‘我要接着这个说’意味着你需要他们所说或所做的基础，然后在此基础上构建。

To say I'm going to piggyback on that implies that you needed the foundation of what they said or did and you're building from there.

我们用这个动词就是为了表达那种认可。

This verb, we use it in order to give that credit.

对。

Yes.

不过还有其他说法。

But there are other ways to say it though.

不一定非要用piggyback。

We don't have to just use piggyback.

这个词有点特别，你不觉得吗？

It is a little bit of an eccentric verb, don't you think?

是的，同一段对话里你不会反复用它。

Yeah, you wouldn't want to say it over and over in the same conversation.

那是

That's for

当然。

sure.

我不会。

I wouldn't.

不会。

No.

甚至在同一节课上，比如研讨课，四十五分钟里，你还能用别的什么说法？

Or even in the same, let's say seminar class, forty So five minute period or what else could you use?

对，你还可以用其他几个短语动词。

Yeah, you can also use a couple of other phrasal verbs.

首先是 build on，意思就是发展或扩展已有的东西。

Build on, first of all, which just means to develop or expand something that already exists.

所以意思是一样的。

So it has the same meaning.

你可以说，我想在珍妮特的想法基础上再发展一下。

You could say, I'd like to build on Janet's idea.

这样也是在肯定她的贡献，表示你在分享。

And that's in the same way giving credit that you're sharing.

这个基础是我做这件事所必需的。

This foundation was necessary for what I'm doing.

我只是在此基础上继续发展。

I'm just building on it.

对，我们只是想承认，用“我想在简的想法基础上继续”这种开头方式挺正式的。

Yeah, just we want to acknowledge that I'd like to build on Jan's idea by starting that way is pretty formal.

所以如果你想让它更随意一点，可以直接说“在简的想法基础上继续”。

So if you want to make it a little more informal, could just say to build on Jan's idea.

对，我

Yeah, I'm

打算在此基础上继续。

going to build on that.

打算

Going to

继续。把那些都省略掉，直接说“在此基础上继续”挺好的。

build That's good to drop everything and just say to build on that.

有些人可能会说‘接着那个话题说’，但奥布里，我们之前做过几期节目，讲的是在开口说话前要小心使用‘就’这个词。

And some people might say just to build on that, but we have done episodes in the past, Aubrey, about being careful about the word just as you open up what you're going to say.

我觉得它可能会……

I think it can...

我肯定在节目里也经常这么说，但它确实会削弱你接下来要说的话的重要性或价值。

I mean, I'm sure I do it all the time on the show here, but it can kind of take away a bit from the importance or the value of what you're about to say, I think.

这有点……

It's a little

有点故意在贬低自己要说的话，免得冒犯别人。

bit It's of a intentionally sort of minimizing what you're going to say in order to not step on toes.

但通常这不是你想要的，因为如果别人觉得‘哦，这没什么重要的’，他们可能就不会听了。

But often that's not what you want to be doing because it could cause people to not listen if they're like, oh, this isn't going to be important.

有时候，在建立良好对话时，这其实是一种连接技巧。

Sometimes it's used as a connection skill when we're building good conversation.

但确实，它带有一点点‘接下来要说的话没那么重要’的意味。

But yeah, it can has a slight connotation of it's a little less important what you're about to say.

所以要注意这一点。

So just be aware of that.

那我们继续

But let's move

往下说。

on.

这个提案是在我们上周会议讨论的基础上提出的。

This proposal builds on the ideas we discussed in last week's meeting.

有意思的是，不一定非得是别人分享了什么，然后你去接话或者在此基础上扩展。

So it's interesting, it doesn't always have to be that like someone has shared something, and you're going to piggyback on it or build on it.

这些短语动词经常被使用。

These phrasal verbs are used all the time.

只要有基础的东西，可以是任何东西，一个项目，之前做过的工作，你都可以用这些。

Whenever you have a foundation of something, it could be anything, a project, work that was done in the past, you could use these.

我很喜欢这个。

Love that.

或者说是进一步展开。

Or expand on.

我喜欢这个说法。

I like this one.

它很直白。

It's very literal.

意思是发展或扩展已经存在的东西。

This means to develop or expand something that already exists.

你可以说，让我们进一步展开玛丽亚提出的想法。

You might say, let's expand on the idea Maria presented.

对。

Yes.

或者在演讲中，CEO通过概述几个关键举措，进一步阐述了她对公司国际扩张的愿景。

Or during the presentation, the CEO expanded on her vision for the company's international expansion by outlining several key initiatives.

是的，没错。

Yeah, exactly.

所以这个稍微正式一点，对吧？

So this is slightly more formal, right?

它的意思和build on差不多。

It has a similar meaning to build on.

但我觉得因为expand这个动词没那么常见，所以听起来会稍微高级一点。

But I think because it's a little bit of a less common verb expand, it feels up leveled just a little bit.

我喜欢这个。

I like it.

对，我绝对推荐这个。

Yeah, I would definitely recommend that one.

好的。

All right.

理解英语和参与英语对话之间有很大的区别。

There's a big difference between understanding English and participating in English.

理解意味着你能跟上对话，而参与则是通过加入你的想法、自然地回应，并让对话继续下去。

Understanding means you follow the conversation, you participate by adding your ideas, reacting naturally, and keeping the conversation moving.

很多英语学习者听力很强，但开口说的时候却犹豫不决。

Many English learners are strong listeners, but hesitant speakers.

一旦你知道了自己目前的流利程度，缩小这个差距就容易多了。

Once you know your current fluency level, it becomes much easier to close that gap.

参加我们免费的2分钟小测验，了解你的水平以及接下来该重点提升什么。

Take our free two minute quiz to discover your level and what to focus on next.

访问 allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore。

Go to allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore.

网址是 allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore。

That's allearsenglish.comfluencyscore.

好的，Aubrey，我们把这些都实际运用一下。

Okay, Aubrey, let's put these all into action here.

在这个场景里，发生了什么？

Here in this scenario, what's happening?

现在是什么情况？

What's going on?

你和我是一个团队的，我们正在筹划一个客户会议。

You and I are on a team that is planning a client conference.

好的，我们开始吧。

Okay, here we go.

我在想我们可以搭上已经安排好的客户答谢活动的便车。

I was thinking we could piggyback on the customer appreciation event that's already scheduled.

既然场地和大部分后勤都已经准备好了，我们可以节省时间和金钱。

Since the venue and most of the logistics are in place, we'd save time and money.

这个主意不错。

That's a great idea.

而且我们可以借鉴去年的做法，而不是重新发明轮子。

And let's build on what we did last year instead of trying to reinvent the wheel.

去年的交流环节非常成功，所以我们可以保留这些，再增加一些互动工作坊。

The networking sessions were a big success, so we could keep those and add a few interactive workshops.

我觉得你说得有道理。

I think you have something there.

你能详细说说这个想法吗？

Could you expand on that idea?

这些工作坊会是什么形式？

What would the workshops look like?

不错。

Nice.

所以我们这里用了三个不同的词。

So we used all three here.

而且既然你肯定需要多种表达方式，我们当然不能在这段对话里把“piggyback”说三遍。

And since you definitely need options, We certainly couldn't say piggyback three times in this conversation.

绝对不行。

No way.

那样会显得很奇怪。

That would feel very strange.

确实会很奇怪。

It would be very weird.

大家肯定会笑起来的。

People would start laughing for sure.

所以我一开始就说，我想我们可以借助已经安排好的客户答谢活动。

So I started by saying I was thinking we could piggyback on the customer appreciation event that's already scheduled.

也就是说，在这个活动的基础上再扩展。

So meaning build on it.

没错。

Exactly.

我们要计划一些事情。

We're going to plan something.

已经有一个安排好的活动，我们只需要在此基础上增加内容，然后把它做得更好。

There's an event already scheduled that we can just add to and kill.

对，听起来是个好主意。

Yeah, so that sounds like a great idea.

这也是我们使用“piggyback”的另一种方式，不仅是在一个想法上，而且是在一个已经启动的项目上。

That's another way we're sort of using piggyback on not just on an idea, but on a project that's already started.

对，没错。

Yes, exactly.

好的，奥布里，你还说了什么？

Alright and what else did you say Aubrey?

然后我说这是个好主意。

And then I said that's a great idea.

让我们在去年的基础上继续努力。

Let's build on what we did last year.

这样做的额外好处是，我们不用重新发明轮子。

And then a bonus here instead of trying to reinvent the wheel.

对于这些短语动词，与其从头开始，或者用这个习语“重新发明轮子”，意思是重新创造已经存在的东西，对吧？

With all of these phrasal verbs, instead of starting from scratch or this idiom reinvent the wheel, which means to recreate something that already exists, right?

相反，我们在工作中经常这样做。

Instead, we often do this at work.

我们试图在其他想法和项目的基础上继续发展，尽我们所能节省精力。

We're trying to build on other ideas and projects, do what we can to save effort.

哦，那当然。

Oh, for sure.

当然。

For sure.

对，我们可不想从头再来一遍。

Yeah, we don't want to have to redo everything from scratch.

那没道理。

It doesn't make sense.

如果我们能利用已有的成果，把它做得更大更好，那才是更聪明的做法。

It's a smarter way to work if we could take what we've done, make it bigger and better.

是的，完全同意。

Yes, absolutely.

然后我说，我觉得你说得有道理。

And then I said, I think you have something there.

你能详细说说这个想法吗？

Could you expand on that idea?

所以现在我就是邀请你展开讲讲，多说一点，告诉我更多，再往深里拓展一下。

And here I'm inviting you to expand on it to say more, tell me more, build it out a little bit further.

对，我们还有另一种用法，对吧？

Yeah, another way we use this, right?

就是当有人只给出了一个想法的框架，而你想了解更多，想知道他们的愿景是什么。

When if someone's just kind of given the bare bones of an idea and you want to know more, what's their vision?

这时候这个方法就特别好用。

This is a great way to do that.

你能展开讲讲吗？

Could you expand on that?

是的，真的很棒。

Yes, really good stuff.

所以我们又在给听众提供一些非常关键的工具，适用于商务会议、和同事交流，或者研究生、大学阶段，真的非常重要。

So we're giving our listeners some very key tools again for a business meeting, talking to coworkers, maybe graduate school or college university, really important.

朋友们，去听听第六百三十二集吧。

Guys, go over and check out episode six thirty two.

同事请你帮忙时，你应该怎么回应？

How should you respond when coworkers ask for a favor?

好的。

Okay.

哦，这个问题很关键，对吧？

Oh, that's a vital, right?

你要确保自己回应时是热情的，而不是勉强的。

You want to be sure that you're responding enthusiastically instead of begrudgingly.

别错过那一集。

Don't miss that episode.

好的，讲得不错。

All right, good stuff.

Aubrey，今天关于这个话题，你还有什么想对听众说的吗？

Aubrey, any final thoughts for our listeners today on this topic?

是的，我很喜欢这个问题。

Yeah, I love this question.

谢谢你发来这个问题。

Thank you for sending it in.

我们在工作中确实经常用到“piggybacking”这个说法。

We do use piggybacking a lot at work.

有意思的是，即使是一些非常随意的非正式短语动词，也会在工作中出现。

It's always fascinating how even some very casual informal phrasal verbs do come up at work.

有时候，这正是拉近距离、打破我们常说的那种正式感的最好方式。

Sometimes that's the best way to connect and break down that wall of formality we talk about.

其实，我们在工作中的语言往往比你想象的要随意得多。

Our language is actually often more informal than you would expect at work.

确实如此。

So true.

好的。

All right.

奥布里，今天谢谢你跟我一起录这期节目。

Thanks for being on the mic with me today, Aubrey.

那我们很快再见。

I'll see you back here soon.

太好了。

Awesome.

下次见。

See you next time.

好的。

Alright.

拜拜。

Bye.

感谢你收听《商务英语》，这个播客专为你——那些追求卓越的全球职场人士——而制作。

You for listening to Business English, a podcast just for you, the high achieving global professional.

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Want more from All Ears English?

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Don't miss our biggest and best podcast with 8,000,000 monthly downloads.

直接搜索“All Ears English”播客，点击关注，每周就能收到四集新节目，内容涵盖流利度、美国文化、语法等等。

Just search for the All Ears English Podcast and hit follow to get four new episodes per week on fluency, American culture, grammar, and so much more.

或者点击节目备注里的链接。

Or tap the link in the show notes.

记住，我们相信学英语重在交流，而不是追求完美。

Remember, we believe in connection, not perfection when it comes to learning English.

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Follow the All Ears English podcast now.