糖衣？分享一个知识点：Reader question: Please explain “sugar coating it” in this sentence: Thanks for an honest report and not sugar coating it.
My comments: First, sugar coating.
When you get ill and take medicine, you’ll notice that many pills taste sweet.
Medicines should taste bitter, right?
Right, and that’s why pills taste sweet – drug companies since who knows when have been putting a thin layer of sugar over the pills to sweeten our pill-taking experience.
In other words, they’ve been sugar coating the pill – like, putting a coat (of sugar) over it.
That’s sugar coating a pill, alright, but the question here is: Can one sugar coat a report?
Well, for instance, if the local basketball team lost a match by 48 to 89, i.
e.
by a big margin.
For the local reporter to report it as a rout (big loss) would be telling it as it is.
It’s a debacle as a matter of fact, quite an embarrassment if you’re a fan.
However, if your local reporter keep going on about things like both teams played hard, the home team learned a lot, young players gained experience and they lost to a much better team, that’s sugar coating it, trying to make the loss appear easier to take.
Hence in the above example, when a reporter makes “an honest report and not sugar coating it”, he’s thanked – for telling a straight story instead of twisting and turning a harsh reality into something pleasant and even appealing.
Alright, here are two “sugar coating” examples from the Web: 1.
Question #3 – Tell Me About a Weakness.
This one is a toughie even for the interview savvy.
You have to walk the tightrope of staying positive when you are describing your work weakness without totally sugar-coating your reply.
You need to describe your weakness honestly, which shows good character, while showing humility for the situation.
Detail how your weakness can affect the department in a realistic way both negatively and positively.
Be sure to close your answer by pointing out how you have addressed/overcome your weakness.
- How to Ace the Interview Questions, EHow.
com.
2.
My body began falling apart a decade ago, and I had to quit even part-time paid work in 1991.
Many joints, muscles and tendons hurt, so I am never comfortable sitting in a “standard” chair.
I’m dizzy, and tend to fall over.
My body can’t tolerate exercise or repetitive motion: a stroll around the block requires an hour’s rest while leafing through a magazine puts my hands out of commission for half a day.
My brain, thankfully, developed a rapid-forgetting technique so I’m not overwhelmed by chronic pain.
Unfortunately, this also means I may forget my topic in mid-sentence.
After years of doctors saying it was all in my head, they now call it “fibromyalgia” or “chronic fatigue syndrome.
” And so I’ve been led to change many aspects of my daily life.
The first big change was denial, guilt, and self-doubt.
I was sure that, if I only developed a more positive mental attitude, I’d get better.
Now, I’m realizing this negative perspective results from our society’s attitudes.
In feminist consciousness-raising groups, I learned that women share guilt, self-blame, and learned helplessness because we share growing up in a society where female is not “normal.
” I’ve come to understand that the American way of health adds to the pain of illness and disability: that “disability” is, like “femininity,” a notion compounded of biology and society.
Gallons of ink have been used to debate the correct terminology - I call myself “disabled” or “sick.
” (Euphemisms like “differently abled” or “physically challenged” sugar coat my experience.
) But it is not just a word game, because it is hard to put on a filthy, tattered coat when you can hide your shivering.
I denied I was disabled because I did not want to accept the stereotypes that ride along with the label - and who would want to call themselves incompetent, worthless, imprisoned.
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