【摩登家庭】“小鞭子挥起来。”

【句子】I’m sorry it had to come out like this, but you have to admit that you’re only happy when you’re the one cracking the whip. 【Modern Family-S2E13】
【发音】[aɪm] [ˈsɒr.i]/[ˈsɔ:r.i] [ɪt] [hæd] [tʊ] [kʌm] [aʊt] [laɪk] [ðɪs] [bʌt] [ju:] [hæv] [tʊ] [əd'mɪt] [ðæt] [jɔ:(r)] ['əʊnli] ['hæpi] [wen] [jɔ:(r)] [ðə] [wʌn] [krækɪŋ] [ðə] [wɪp]
【发音技巧】it had to不完全失去爆破+完全失去爆破；come out like this连读+两处不完全失去爆破；admit that两处不完全失去爆破；
【翻译】很抱歉我如此直白，但是你还是得承认一点，当你指挥全局的时候，你才会开心。
【适用场合】
今天重点学习一个表达：
crack the whip
whip指的是鞭子，而crack在这里作动词，并不是我们平时常见的裂开；爆裂这个意思，而指的是发出突然的响声，make a sudden sound
那么这个短语，crack the whip就可以理解成：
让鞭子发出突然的噼啪声；
这个短语让我们能联想到，拉马车的那种车夫，会挥舞鞭子，打响鞭，催促马儿快快跑，其实并不会真的伤害到马儿。
引申义：to use your authority to make someone else behave better or work harder
督促、管教、鞭策；要求下属更努力地工作，或者要求孩子表现得更好；
常跟的介词是on或者over；

eg: The boss is nervous that we'll lose this account, so he's really started cracking the whip on us.
老板很担心我们会丢掉这个客户，所以他开始鞭策我们。

eg: We were two months behind schedule, so I decided it was time to crack the whip.
我们那会已经落后计划进度2个月了，所以我当时决定该好好鞭策员工一下了。

eg: He's been cracking the whip ever since he got his promotion.
自从被提拔之后，他就一直鞭策下属好好干活儿。

eg: She stayed at home and cracked the whip over her three sons.
她待在家里，管教她的三个儿子。

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我得严加管教这些孩子，让他们在期末考试之前更刻苦地学习。