SectionⅣOtherPartsoftheModule[原文呈现]TheWrongKindofSmallTalkEstherGreenbaumwasasaleswoman①forafirm②offax③machinesandbusinesssupplies
Butshewasalsothemostoutspoken④humanbeing⑤intheworld—well,WestchesterCounty,atleast⑥
Hermotto⑦was“Everytime⑧Iopenmymouth,Iputmyfootinit⑨
”EstherGreenbaum'smajor○shortcoming⑪wasthatshehadacompleteabsence⑫ofsmalltalk⑬
No,that'snotquitetrue
Shehadsmalltalk,butitwasthewrongkind
Infact⑭,shehadneverlearntthebasicrulesofsocialcommunication,andasaconsequence⑮,shemadesystematic⑯mistakeseverytimesheopenedhermouth
Itwasnocoincidence⑰eitherthatshewasn'taverygoodsaleswoman
⑱[读文清障]①saleswoman/'seIlzwmn/ˌʊən.女推销员,女销售员②firm/fm/ɜːn.公司③fax/fæks/n.传真(机)④outspoken/at'spkn/ˌʊəʊəadj
直言不讳的,坦率的⑤humanbeing人类,其复数形式是humanbeings
⑥atleast至少⑦motto/'mt/ɒəʊn.座右铭,格