Transcript
Neil
There you go Feifei - one skinny cappuccino for you…
Feifei
Thanks, Neil. It’s good to get away from the office, and I like this cafe… it’s very stylish, for you!
Neil
I will take that as a compliment. Now, shall we get down to business?
Feifei
‘Get down to business’? Do we have to talk about business? I thought we’d forget about work, relax, talk about… your holiday plans. Where are you going this year?
Neil
Sorry, Feifei, we need to talk shop for a minute.
Feifei
Shopping! I’d love to talk about shopping.
Neil
No. Talk shop.
Feifei
Which shop?
Neil
Our shop – I mean our work. To talk shop means to talk about work, even when you're not at work!
Feifei
Oh right! And do we talk shop to just anyone?
Neil
No, Feifei, just to the people you work with – I don’t think anyone else would be interested. Let’s hear from some more people who are ‘talking shop’…
Examples
We went to the pub to celebrate Rob’s birthday but inevitably we started talking shop!
I bumped into my boss on the train home tonight and he talked shop all the way to my stop.
We’ve been at work all day, let’s all have some fun and not talk shop… please!
Feifei
This is The English We Speak from BBC Learning English, and we’re talking about the phrase ‘talk shop’. It means to talk to people you work with about work, even when you’re not at work. So come on then, Neil. Let’s talk about work, if we have to.
Neil
Thanks. I brought you to the cafe so we could talk about all the scripts I’ve got to write.
Feifei
You want me to write some scripts – that’s why you bought me a coffee?
Neil
Of course not. I just need some ideas for some authentic English phrases to write about. That’s why I needed to …
Feifei
…talk shop.
Neil
Exactly.
Feifei
No! ‘Talk shop’ – that’s an English phrase you can write about.
Neil
Brilliant, Feifei! Wow, these scripts just write themselves. Fancy another coffee?
Feifei
Only if we stop talking shop!
Neil
Bye.
Talk shop 오늘의 제목으로 뜻은 설사 직장 밖에서라도 당신이 같이 일하는 누군가에게 일에 대해서 이야기하는 것을 의미.
It means to talk to people you work with about work, even when you’re not at work.
There you go good job과 같은뜻
compliment 호의나 고마움을 뜻할때 쓰는 표현. 동사는 칭찬하다 명사는 고마움 칭찬 호의 정도
bumped into 우연히 누군가를 만났을 때 쓰는 표현. bumped into my boss 내 상사를 우연히 만났어.
let’s all have some fun and not talk shop… 일이야기가 아닌 재밌는 것들 좀 하자. 예문에 보면 우리가 하루종일 일을 해서