时间:2018-12-03 作者:英语课 分类:2012年ESL之商务英语


英语课

 


Getting Praise and Recognition 


Rene: Hey, look who’s here. It’s the company’s golden boy. 


Bruno: Very funny. 


Rene: I’m not joking. First, you’re recognized at the annual meeting for your work in the company, and then you get a commendation from the city for your volunteer work. I’m basking 1 in your reflected glory. 


Bruno: I didn’t ask for either honor, as you well know. I’m not a glory hound. 


Rene: Yes, and that’s what makes it even more galling 2. You don’t have to go seeking your glory; it comes to you. 


Bruno: Knock it off! I like praise as much as the next guy, but I’d rather not be in the limelight. 


Rene: I know. You’re exceptional and you’re modest about it. You’re the perfect guy. You leave us mere 3 mortals in the dust. 


Bruno: I’m leaving. I know you love giving me a hard time, but remember this: I give as good as I get – and I have a long memory! 


 


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 



1 basking
v.晒太阳,取暖( bask的现在分词 );对…感到乐趣;因他人的功绩而出名;仰仗…的余泽
  • We sat basking in the warm sunshine. 我们坐着享受温暖的阳光。
  • A colony of seals lay basking in the sun. 一群海豹躺着晒太阳。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 galling
adj.难堪的,使烦恼的,使焦躁的
  • It was galling to have to apologize to a man she hated. 令人恼火的是得向她憎恶的男人道歉。
  • The insolence in the fellow's eye was galling. 这家伙的傲慢目光令人恼怒。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
3 mere
adj.纯粹的;仅仅,只不过
  • That is a mere repetition of what you said before.那不过是重复了你以前讲的话。
  • It's a mere waste of time waiting any longer.再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。
学英语单词
-trophic
acipenser chinensis
admontite
affirmative judgement
afsats
archives internationales de la danse (aid)
arithmetic and harmonic crosses
askins
asplenium ruta-murarias
Aureolaria pedicularia
automated cargo expediting system
back-stabbing
BBE,B.B.Ed.
blomgren
Bohr-Coster diagram
busulfanum
C3 system
calman
capco
cathodic cleaning
close a business
coarse mesh rebalancing method
Codecademy
control rod drive mechanism protective cover
Csongrad
diminished seventh chord
Dipetatogaster
Doppler redshift
double arrow
double row radial engine
dry coke quenching auxiliaries
dullwitted
dust discharging plate
DVS,D.V.S.
dysfunction power
electronic annunciator
elmore continuous centrifuge
emphlysis
Far Western
fistula of auricle
for your selection
General Average Sacrifice of Freight
genus ananass
grey-quartz
gun time
hao t'ien y?eh
high pressure feedwater heater
idabel
incremental principle
laser microspectrography
leeful
mangar
matulaite
mesopuncture
microconstituents
mixed gel column
Moshe
myland
nineteen fears
non-directivenesses
oncoapoptosis
optical laying equipment
ornamental
parish assembly
paroptesis
peptolysis
photomechanical copy
Picrorrhiza
pierottis
pile stitch
plagose
plain journal bearing width
pontine syndrome
price - earnings ratio
prides of bolivia
program translation
radicative
real time operation
recreation tax
resuscitation with pungent and warm natured drugs
Rigidoporus lignosus
Russell,Bertrand Arthur William
sanae
Sarawakian
saturated soil paste
save on transport costs
scrumpling
smallpox pneumonia
speak in riddles
sponging pond
studiest
SZL
talatisamine
tantalum(v) oxide
telanganas
ticker-tape welcome
time-stratigraphic unit
touriello
tubular derrick
twin bench-type seat
vanderpol
white cedar