疯狂英语口语之精华(五）

第九拿手好戏：人的生命和活力之源-工作(二) 

48. The times have been very bad. (时机一直很坏。)
49. We are in the red. (我们有亏损/赤字。)
50. The company went broke. (这家公司破产了。)
51. I visited Japan on an observation tour of its industries. (我到日本观摩它的工业。)
52. I have to feed a family of five〖养活五口之家〗.
53. I've got to keep my nose to the grindstone〖拼命工作；不停地孜孜不倦地工作〗to support my family.
54. Two of trades seldom agree. (同行是冤家。)
55. There is no hope of success.
56. There was no way he could solve the problem.
57. He is in trouble all the time. (他总是有麻烦。)
58. He's gone out of business. (他失业了。)
59. He makes a good living. (他过得很优裕。)
60. The game is not worth the candle. (这事不值得做。)
61. He has money to burn. (他钱多得象水一样。)
62. His yearly salary is in seven digits〖年薪七位数〗.
63. He is as poor as a church mouse〖一贫如洗〗.
64. They live from hand to mouth〖只能糊口的生活〗.
65. Let's get the ball rolling. (让我们开始吧。)
66. Right now my hands are full /tied〖忙得不可开交〗.
67. Nice to have you with us. I'm happy to work with you. I hope you will like it here.
68. I've got a lot of work /a million things to do.
69. I'm behind in my work. (我的工作进度落后。)
70. He is working like a horse. (他努力工作。)
71. I'm so busy that I don't get around to it. (我忙得找不出时间去做它。)
72. I must meet the deadline. (我必须赶得上最后期限。)
73. Do I have to get it done by noon〖午前做完〗?
74. I want to get my work finished by tomorrow.
75. He is in conference〖开会〗right now.
76. I'll get through〖做完〗this work by noon.
77. This situation permits of no delay〖不许拖延〗.
78. What makes you work so hard? (为什么你这样卖命？)
79. It's shaping up. (进展顺利。)
80. We have to talk the matter over〖讨论〗now.
81. The work is not as difficult as you think.
82. I'm beginning to see〖开始明白〗what you mean.
83. That's where our difficulty lies〖困难所在〗.
84. Did it work? (行得通吗？)
85. Her guess turned out to be true〖结果成为事实〗.
86. Typing is easy once you get the hang of it. (一旦你掌握/懂得/知道诀窍，打字就很简单。)
87. Are you through with your work? (工作做完了吗？)
88. I should stick to my work schedule〖坚守工作进度〗.
89. How is he making out〖进展〗in his job now?
90. I'll see what I can do about it. (我会尽力而为。)
91. I will get his to accept the offer〖使他接受提议〗. 


第十拿手好戏：人的生命和活力之源-工作(三) 


92. He patted me on the back for the deal made yesterday. (他对我昨天所做的交易表示满意。)
93. He is good at getting a point across to people. (他善于让人信服他的观点。)
94. What are you working on? (你在做什么？)
95. I had a busy day. I'm, all in〖精疲力竭〗.
96. This has been a long day. (这是个漫长的一天。)
97. Everyone is goofing around. (人人都在混时间。)
98. You mean I have to work overtime〖加班〗tonight?
99. I think I'm under-paid. (我想我的薪水太低了。)
100. I had words with〖吵架〗my boss today.
101. I tried to keep out of the trouble〖尽量不惹麻烦〗.
102. Aren't you happy with your present occupation?
103. That doesn't make sense. (那没有意义。)
104. He's sore over the fact that he wasn't promoted this year. (他对今年没有升迁而感到恼怒。)
105. How did he get to be a department head so fast? (他怎么这么快就成为一个部门的主管？)
106. That remains to be seen. (那还要看看。)
107. No way! I wouldn't touch that in any case. Don't push me! (绝不！我无论如何都不会去碰它，别逼我！)
108. Are you here on business〖公事〗or for pleasure?
109. He's a real workaholic〖真正的工作狂〗.
110. You don't sound very enthusiastic〖似乎不太热衷〗.
111. A little bird told me that Tony was going to be fired. (消息灵通人士告诉我他要被炒鱿鱼了。)
112. I'm afraid Tony's days are numbered〖快要被解雇〗.
113. What are your hours? (你是几点上班？)
114. What time does he punch out? (他几点打卡下班？)
115. He's gone for the day. (他整天都不在。)
116. He's gone for the summer. (他夏天度假去了。)
117. He's on leave now. (他现在在休假。)
118. He won't come until next week. (他下星期才会回来。)
119. I took a month off for a holiday〖休了一个月假〗.
120. I'm on coffee break. (我正在休息时间。)
121. He came down with the flu, so he didn't go to work.
122. How long does your vacation last?
123. It's tough getting an O.K.〖同意〗from the boss.
124. I'm pooped /very tired. (我精疲力尽。)
125. So how is it working out? (那事进行得怎样呢？)
126. We have a very important meeting on at the moment.
127. He's making money hand over first. (他财源滚滚。)
128. How much did you estimate this job is going to cost us? (呢估计这工作要花我们多少钱？)
129. He made good in business. (他事业成功。)
130. I'm in hot water /trouble〖有麻烦〗with the boss.
131. He turned over his company to his son last year.
132. You're on the day shift now〖上日班〗.
133. He's living on easy street. (他过得很富裕。)
134. To get ahead〖出人头地〗, you'll have to work ling hours and take short vacations. 


第十一拿手好戏：如何提出问题，获得更多的信息及回答技巧 


一、 如何提出问题
1. I was wondering if you could help me. I'd like to know…
2. I wonder if you could tell me…
3. This may sound like a dumb question, but I'd like to know…
4. Excuse me, do you know… 
5. I hope you don't mind my asking, but I'd like to know…
6. Would you mind (very much) telling me…
7. Excuse me, but could I ask you a quick question?
8. Do you happen to know … (你是否碰巧知道…)

二、 回答技巧：如何拖延
1. Well, let me see…
2. Oh, let me think for a minute…
3. I'm not sure; I'll have to check…
4. That's a very interesting question.

三、 回答技巧：如何拒绝
1. I'm not really sure.
2. I can't answer that one.
3. I'm sorry, I really don't know.
4. I've got no idea.
5. I'd like to help you, but…
6. That's something I'd rather not talk about just now.
7. Ask me another question. (别问我这个。)

四、 如何获得更多的信息
1. Could you tell me some more about …
2. Would you mind telling me more about …
3. I'd like to know more about…
4. Something else I was wondering about was …
5. Something else I'd like to know is …
6. Sorry, that's not really what I mean, What I'd like to know is…
7. Sorry to keep after you, but could you tell me…
8. Sorry, I don't quite understand why…
经典示范实战对话
A: Are you still doing your photography? (你还在搞摄影吗？)You're really good at that.
B: Yeah, that's the one thing I really enjoy.
A: This may sound like a dumb question, but can you get any good pictures on an automatic〖自动相机〗?
B: No, no〖别这么说〗. Now, that's a very interesting question. Automatics are OK, except special effect.
A: There's something else I was wondering about - like, should you do all your developing〖自己冲印〗?
B: Oh, no! You don't have to develop your own. You can get better prints if you send them out.
A: Could you tell me something more about it - like, if I was going to do the developing myself, what kind of equipment would I need?
B: Oh, well, you'd need your enlarger〖放大机〗, and chemicals〖化学药品〗, and so on.