时间:2018-12-18 作者:英语课 分类:2014年ESL之商务英语


英语课

 


Reaching a Milestone 1 


Jeff: Well, we’ve reached a milestone. 


Lucy: Yup, it’s been a long haul, but we’ve finally made it. Did you ever think we’d get here? 


Jeff: I admit I had my doubts. At the beginning, I was really dubious 2 that this venture would pan out. I thought that our prospects 3 were iffy, at best. 


Lucy: Me, too. We didn’t have an auspicious 4 start, but we had a turning point after a few months of grinding out the work, day in and day out. 


Jeff: So, what should we do now? 


Lucy: I think we both deserve a celebratory drink, a toast to our achievements...so far. 


Jeff: That sounds good. Then what? 


Lucy: Put our noses back to the grindstone? 


Jeff: I was afraid you were going to say that! 


 


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 



1 milestone
n.里程碑;划时代的事件
  • The film proved to be a milestone in the history of cinema.事实证明这部影片是电影史上的一个里程碑。
  • I think this is a very important milestone in the relations between our two countries.我认为这是我们两国关系中一个十分重要的里程碑。
2 dubious
adj.怀疑的,无把握的;有问题的,靠不住的
  • What he said yesterday was dubious.他昨天说的话很含糊。
  • He uses some dubious shifts to get money.他用一些可疑的手段去赚钱。
3 prospects
n.希望,前途(恒为复数)
  • There is a mood of pessimism in the company about future job prospects. 公司中有一种对工作前景悲观的情绪。
  • They are less sanguine about the company's long-term prospects. 他们对公司的远景不那么乐观。
4 auspicious
adj.吉利的;幸运的,吉兆的
  • The publication of my first book was an auspicious beginning of my career.我的第一本书的出版是我事业吉祥的开始。
  • With favorable weather conditions it was an auspicious moment to set sail.风和日丽,正是扬帆出海的黄道吉日。
学英语单词
additional income
agricultural tenancy law
aight
al-watan
ALN(Alignment)
Amalias
amyarian
anangian
approximate theory
bat at
blurring effect
Castle Ward
Chlorella ellipsoidea
coffincase
committee of inspection
countification
Cunninghamia konishii
cylindro-
cytoplasmic genetic factor
density of defects
description file
directional divergence
discount price
disuse atrophy
Domna
Donizetti Seamount
double winding synchronous generator
electrolon
entry-level
epicarp
equity-like
exchange vows
exercise bicycle, exercise bike
exspiratory emphysema
faccinis
fiber forming
file label
fish crop
fissura accessoria pulmonis dextri
fontanes
Frant
front contact
Gauteriaceae
genus Cynopterus
go faster stripes
Goodyear, Charles
gorshkov
Gunisao L.
haumed
Hominidae
house administrative management
immanentist
in personam jurisdiction
Incarvillea altissima
infectious mononucleosis
keytones
Khāmārpāra
least favorable prior distribution
locked and loaded
Lystrup
made their point
military plane
Molinia
muck spreader
musiq
neoptein
nonreturnable
occupational and environmental health
off-exchange
oiliness carrier
operation strategy
P. L. W.
pattern coefficient
peritectoid equilibrium diagram
Pius VII
police reporter
ponticulus auriculae
procedure for supervision upon adjudication
psuedo-cell
psychiatric drugs
pursuit race
quarter wavelength plate
Rabdosia taiwanensis
radar surveillance
retroconduction
revolutionising
ridge of mandibular neck
Saxifraga dahaiensis
sensitive receiver
sine-cosine function error
slide valve casing
subcommutator
taghoot
take the liberty to do sth.
tape scratch sort
televiews
tension-free porespace
the tragic
tip relief
transition heat
Tuxen, Cape
Yebawgyi