轻松日记商务职场篇30:期待转机出现
时间：2018-12-31 作者：英语课 分类：轻松日记商务职场篇
英语课
核心句型：
Things will look up soon.
事情很快就会好的。
look up直译过来就是：“抬头看”，这个短语在句中的正确意思是：“改善，好转”。因此，当美国人说"Things will look up soon."时，他/她要表达的意思就是:"Everything will go well soon."、"Everything is gonna be fine."、"You should be optimistic."。
情景对白：
Todd: My research has entered a bottleneck 1 period these days. I don't know how long it will take.
托德：最近我的研究同到瓶颈了。不知道这还会持续多久。
Benjamin: Don't get discouraged. Things will look up soon.
本杰明：别灰心，事情很快就会好转的。
搭配句积累：
①As for the job, I don't know how to start it at all.
对于这份工作我完全不知该如何下手。
②I failed in the bidding.
我竞标失败了。
③The sale volume has plummeted 3 in this quarter.
这个季度，销量骤然下降。
④I'm so stupid that I screwed up my work.
我太蠢了，搞砸了工作。
单词：
1. optimistic adj. 积极乐观的
The outlook is certainly optimistic!
未来肯定是乐观的！
This optimistic prediction is not groundless.
这个乐观的预言，不是没有根据的。
2. bidding n. 投标
Qualified 4 supplier is invited to join in the bidding.
欢迎合格制造厂家参加投标。
The establishment of a competitive bidding as the core market mechanisms 5.
建立以招投标为核心的市场竞争机制。
3. plummet 2 vi. 骤然下跌
Everyone hopes the price of crude oil will plummet.
人人都希望原油价格能大幅下跌。
Share price plummet or plunge 6 on the news of the devaluation.
一有贬值的消息，股票价格就暴跌了。
Jenny felt her heart plummet.
珍妮觉得她的心一落千丈。
n.瓶颈口，交通易阻的狭口；妨生产流程的一环
- The transportation bottleneck has blocked the movement of the cargo.运输的困难阻塞了货物的流通。
- China's strained railroads already become a bottleneck for the economy.中国紧张的铁路运输已经成为经济增长的瓶颈。
vi.(价格、水平等)骤然下跌；n.铅坠；重压物
- Mengniu and Yili have seen their shares plummet since the incident broke.自事件发生以来，蒙牛和伊利的股票大幅下跌。
- Even if rice prices were to plummet,other brakes on poverty alleviation remain.就算大米价格下跌，其它阻止导致贫困的因素仍然存在。
v.垂直落下，骤然跌落( plummet的过去式和过去分词 )
- Share prices plummeted to an all-time low. 股票价格暴跌到历史最低点。
- A plane plummeted to earth. 一架飞机一头栽向地面。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.合格的，有资格的，胜任的，有限制的
- He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。
- We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。
n.机械( mechanism的名词复数 )；机械装置；[生物学] 机制；机械作用
- The research will provide direct insight into molecular mechanisms. 这项研究将使人能够直接地了解分子的机理。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He explained how the two mechanisms worked. 他解释这两台机械装置是如何工作的。 来自《简明英汉词典》