第一， 迷你对话

A: That is why I am picking your brain. You must help me to sort things out so that I will be able to get her attention.

这就是我为何请教你的原因了，你得帮我想个办法让我能引起她的注意。

B: You must use some gimmick.

你 必须耍点小花招了。

A: But what gimmick can I use?

可是我能耍什么花招呢？

B: Let’s find another time and have a good talk. Maybe we can come up with some good ideas.

咱么另外找个时间好好聊聊吧啊，也许会拿出些好主意来。

第二， 地道表达

gimmick

1. 解词释义

Gimmick的意思为“花招，诡计”。

2. 拓展范例

e.g. The pretty girl on the cover of the book is just a sales gimmick.

书封面上印上美女不过是吸引顾客的一种生意眼。

e.g. The advertisement is just a gimmick to make consumers buy their products.

宣传只是一种使消费者买他们产品的花招。

第三， 咬文嚼字

1. pick one’s brain：向别人了解情况，征求精通某个问题的专家的意见

e.g. People all say that Mary is very smart. Yes, she is. But you have to know the reason why she is smart is because she always picks other people's brains.

人们都说玛丽这个人非常聪明。是的，她确实非常聪明。但是，你们得知道她之所以聪明是因为她老是听取别人的意见。

e.g. I don't understand all this scientific language. I'd better go see Doctor Rogers at the medical school and pick his brain; maybe he can make it clear to me.

我是不懂这些科学名词。我还是到医学院去请教罗杰斯大夫吧，没准他能把问题给我解释清楚。

2. sort up：解决

e.g. Leave it with me, I'm sure I can sort it out.

把这事留给我吧，我一定会解决的。

e.g. Charles suggested they get together at a later date to sort it out.

查理斯建议说他们应在晚些时候聚在一起，解决这件事。

e.g. Look it's nothing to do with anyone else, its my problem I'll sort it out!

这和其他人没有关系。这是我的问题，我会处理！

e.g. It depends on how quickly your engineers can sort it out.

这取决于你们工程师能够多快地解决这个问题。

3. get one’s attention/get the attention from sb.：吸引某人的注意力，引起某人的注意

e.g. In the past season, French films got more attention from the public than American films.

近来，法国影片比美国片更能博得观众的青睐。

e.g. I hated her because she got all the attention from our parents and their friends.

我恨地，因为爸爸妈妈以及亲友们都只关心她一个人。

e.g. Only a few years ago, the Golden Globes barely got any attention at all.

几年前金球奖还鲜为人知。

e.g. She pulled his sleeve to get his attention.

她拉他的袖子以引起他的注意。

4. have a good talk：好好谈一谈

e.g. I've always wanted to have a good talk with you, but I never have the time!

我总想畅畅快快跟你谈一次——唉，可总是没有时间。

e.g. The way I see it, you should have a good talk with him.

要我看，你应该跟他好好谈一谈。

e.g. I got a letter from John last week. She wrote that she'd seen you and had a good talk.

我上礼拜收到John的信，信上说碰见你而且跟你谈得很痛快。

5. come up with：想出

e.g. He has by chance come up with to the answering of that problem.

他偶然想出了对那个问题的解答。

e.g. He couldn' t come up with an appropriate answer just at the time.

那时他想不出一个合适的答案。