时间:2018-12-03 作者:英语课 分类:突破英文对话


英语课

 One friend is telling the other about his busy schedule. 


一个人在告诉他的朋友他有多忙。 
 
A: Hi, Kim. How’s it going? I’ve got a problem. 
 
 
B: What’s bothering you Stone? You look stressed 1
 
 
A: I always bite off more than I can chew 2. I agreed to speak at an international conference 3 in Shanghai next Monday. Now I won’t be able to do it. 
 
 
B: Why not? What happened? 
 
 
A: I’m going to Beijing that day. I have an important speech and TV interview there. I forgot all about it. I don’t have the heart to tell the conference now. It’s the second time I’ve done this. How can I save face? I feel terrible. 
 
 
B: Don’t worry about it. They’d have to search high and low to find a better speaker. And they know it. They need someone who can speak good English and Chinese. 
 
 
A: Thank you. But I doubt that. I’m sure they’d prefer someone who keeps his word. I’ve got to talk to my assistant. He’s always messing up my schedule! 
 
 
B: Forget it. They know you’re not leading them on. They’ll ask you again, I’m sure. These things happen. You’re a busy guy. 
 
 
A: Thanks for saying that, Kim. I feel a lot better. 
 
 
B: That’s what friends are for. Besides, I’m sure it’s not easy being so famous! 

1 stressed
adj.紧张的,有压力的
  • Loud music makes me stressed out.大声的音乐让我很紧张。
  • He stressed that we should always be honest.他强调我们应该永远诚实。
2 chew
vt.咀嚼,嚼碎;vi.咀嚼,细想;n.咀嚼,咀嚼物
  • This candy is so hard that no one can chew it.这种糖太硬,没人嚼得动。
  • You should chew over this thing.你应当好好思量这件事。
3 conference
n.(正式的)会议;讨论
  • We're having a conference and we'd like you to sit in.我们将举行一次会议,希望你来旁听。
  • The conference will come to a close this afternoon.今天下午会议闭幕。
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ac-dc voltmeter
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answerability
apex area of heart
arty-and-crafty
awning ridge
azimuths
Belgaon
bert
bi-metallic
borucki
bothriate
Burlykskiy
canescein
capri-
charge algebra
circuit switching concentration
cloasma
comprehensive assembler
cope and drag pattern
cutter lift-off
cylene
Damascus
darraghs
deltoideus
depth-first spanning tree
destruction rate
dreiches
dry law
Dubki
economic phytophysiology
end support column
eucoiliform
faculty promotion
fast neutron region
fauterer
flank radius
full share
Gage County
goar
grill(e)
group ring
half-ball stroke
hexagonal trigonal hemihedral class
histohematogenous
image conversion
instrument controller
ion exchange chromatography
isobaric (analysis)
jnj
keyboard events
Kushira
long recovery
low-lying
lumbrical
macrosporium azukiae hara
maleformations
MK-0366
Mombelaye
Morastrand
mouthpiece
multitrillion
nephus (sidis) tagiapatus
Nicoya, Pen.de
nitro-tert-butane
nivation
non-fiction
old codgers
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partial phrase
pay the ultimate price
photoabsorbent
praecoracoids
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primordial scale
quarternary alloy
saturation of nuclear force
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siia
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sodium lauroamphoacetate
solidified oil
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space geomechanics
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surfaced 4 sides
tanganyikas
tendinous inscription
tree lupine
truka
tuber mycorrhiza
two-bed demineralizer
valve return
ventilation resistance
visceral motor column
weaklier
yunnan
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zoomorphic column