英语笑话听力+文本：Express mail快递
时间：2019-02-15 作者：英语课 分类：英语笑话（MP3+文本）
[00:28.86]landed ['l?ndid] 获取
[00:32.04]covet 1 ['k?vit] 垂涎
[00:35.17]celebrate ['selibreit] 庆祝
[00:38.50]urgent ['?:d??nt] 紧急的
[00:41.34]英文原文
[00:44.24]After my wife landed a coveted 2 job offer from DHL,
[00:48.29]we went out of town to celebrate.
[00:50.78]While on our trip,
[00:52.20]she was contacted by the company's human resources department
[00:55.87]with an urgent request to complete and send back her tax forms.
[01:00.24]"No problem," she said. "I'll FedEx them right over."
[01:06.07]中文大意
[01:29.83]逐句对照
[01:34.53]After my wife landed a coveted job offer from DHL,
[01:38.53]we went out of town to celebrate.
[01:46.27]While on our trip,
[01:47.68]she was contacted by the company's human resources department
[01:51.41]with an urgent request to complete and send back her tax forms.
[02:02.89]"No problem," she said. "I'll FedEx them right over."
[02:12.52]多学一点
[02:16.85]landed 获得，获取
[02:25.26]He just landed a big contract.
[02:31.69]covet 垂涎，觊觎 / 渴望
[02:36.80]All boys covet John's new hat.
[02:45.03]celebrate 庆祝，庆贺
[02:53.35]举行庆典
[02:59.14]urgent 紧急的
[03:04.21]emergency和pressing
[03:06.69]urgent
[03:10.44]You must send this message right away, it's urgent.
[03:17.39]emergency
[03:23.37]Please don't use the elevator in emergency.
[03:29.08]pressing
[03:32.55]The crisis has become too pressing to allow any delay.
[03:43.10]重新听一次故事原文
[03:45.68]After my wife landed a coveted job offer from DHL,
[03:49.58]we went out of town to celebrate.
[03:52.15]While on our trip,
[03:53.55]she was contacted by the company's human resources department
[03:57.33]with an urgent request to complete and send back her tax forms.
[04:01.62]"No problem," she said. "I'll FedEx them right over."
快递
在我的妻子得到了那份她期盼已久的DHL工作后，我们出去庆祝。 在路上，DHL的人力资源部给她打来电话，要她火速填好税单并给他们寄过去。
“没问题，”她说。“我一会就联邦快递寄过去”。
- We do not covet anything from any nation.我们不觊觎任何国家的任何东西。
- Many large companies covet these low-cost acquisition of troubled small companies.许多大公司都觊觎低价收购这些陷入困境的小公司。