轻松日记商务职场篇145:吃力不讨好
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：
He did the dirty work on that project.
在那个项目中，他真是吃力不讨好啊。
the dirty work直译过来就是：“脏活儿”，这个短语的正确意思是：“吃力不讨好的活儿”。因此，当美国人说"He did the dirty work on that project."时，他/她要表达的意思就是:"The work he did on that project was arduous 1 but unrewarding."、"It is really a thankless task that he did on that project."。
情景对白：
Shirley: I hear their project is totally a success. So how much bonus could Terry get this time?
雪莉：听说他们的项目大获成功，那么泰瑞这次能拿到多少奖金啊？
Benjamin: Oh, don't mention it. He did the dirty work on that project.
本杰明：哦，别提了，在那个项目中，他真是吃力不讨好啊。
搭配句积累：
①I am sorry to hear that.
真为他感到遗憾。
②Did he just accept it?
他就这么接受了吗？
③I think he has the talent to do more important work.
我觉得他有能力胜任更重要的工作。
④The supervisor 2 is really bad to him.
主管对他真苛刻。
单词：
1. unrewarding adj. 无报酬的
Listening to it in its entirety is also fairly unrewarding.
把它完整地听下来后还是没多少收获。
Markets today would not tolerate unrewarding and risky 3 investment on this scale.
今天的市场不会容忍没有回报又如此高风险的投资。
Lectures often seem very formal and empty things; recitations generally prove very dull and unrewarding.
讲座给人的感觉常常是非常正式且言之无物；背诵总是非常的枯燥且徒劳无益。
2. supervisor n. 主管
Each student has a supervisor to advise on the writing of the dissertation 4.
每个学生都有导师指导他们写论文。
A supervisor praised the employee for her good work.
一位主管称赞这位员工的工作做的不错。
My supervisor is a spineless person. He never stands behind his decisions.
我的主管是一个没骨气的人。他不敢为他做的决定负责。
adj.艰苦的，费力的，陡峭的
- We must have patience in doing arduous work.我们做艰苦的工作要有耐性。
- The task was more arduous than he had calculated.这项任务比他所估计的要艰巨得多。
n.监督人，管理人，检查员，督学，主管，导师
- Between you and me I think that new supervisor is a twit.我们私下说，我认为新来的主管人是一个傻瓜。
- He said I was too flighty to be a good supervisor.他说我太轻浮不能成为一名好的管理员。
adj.有风险的，冒险的
- It may be risky but we will chance it anyhow.这可能有危险，但我们无论如何要冒一冒险。
- He is well aware how risky this investment is.他心里对这项投资的风险十分清楚。
n.（博士学位）论文，学术演讲，专题论文
- He is currently writing a dissertation on the Somali civil war.他目前正在写一篇关于索马里内战的论文。
- He was involved in writing his doctoral dissertation.他在聚精会神地写他的博士论文。