托福听力小对话【62】add fuel to the fire

(A) He has a promising career.

(B) He can’t sell books.

(C) He and his boss get along well.

(D) He prefers to be a fireman.

听力原文/参考答案/解说

-- How’s your new job with the book company?

-- It seemed promising at first, but I guess I’m no salesman. And to add fuel to the fire, the boss and I have our differences.

Q: What do we know about the man’s job?

参考答案：(B)

答案是依据I’m no salesman 的信息做出的推断。I’m no salesman意思是“我根本干不了推销员这一行，含义自然是他推销不掉书了。”promising career:很有发展前途的职业。他干不了推销，又与老板意见不和，不可能有promising career。C与对话内容相悖。D是以fire一词构置的干扰。 fireman:消防队员，与对话内容其实无关。to add fuel to the fire, 直译为火上浇油，这里的意思与to make the matter worse相同。