时间:2018-12-05 作者:英语课 分类:职场社交


英语课


SCENE① A  加州的资讯王达康办公室


【欢迎来到资讯王】


 


Dave:  Welcome to InfoKing. I'm Dave. Looks like you've 1) inherited Bob's 2) cubicle 1.


戴夫:  欢迎来到资讯王。我是戴夫。看来你已经接管了鲍伯的办公室隔间。


 


Zina:  I'm Zina Romero. Sales. Who was Bob? 


吉娜:  我是吉娜萝美洛。业务员。谁是鲍伯?


 


Dave:  Bob was a totally 3) studly 4) programmer.


戴夫:  鲍伯是个彻头彻尾的壮男程序设计师。


 


Zina:  Studly?


吉娜:  壮男?


 


Dave:  You know. Big brain.


戴夫:  你知道嘛,就是头好壮壮。


 


Zina:  His stuff is still 5) tacked 3 up on the walls. Did he leave in a hurry?


吉娜:  他的东西还钉在墙上。他走得很匆忙吗?


 


Dave:  The pressure got to him. Plus he wanted to get paid.


戴夫:  压力让他崩溃了。加上他又想拿到薪水。





语言详解


 


A: Sitting in a cubicle all day.


  整天坐在隔间里。


 


B: What do you hate most about working in an office?


  你最恨在办公室工作的哪一点。


 


【get to 影响,左右】


 


get to在对话中是指“影响,左右”,多半是指负面的情况:


 


A:The pressure has been really getting to me lately.


    我最近真的被压力压得喘不过气来。


B:Maybe you should take a vacation.


    或许你该去度个假。


 


get to的另一个常见用法是“抵达”,这个短语在问路时很好用,相信大家也都不陌生:


 


A:How can I get to the train station?


    我要怎么才能到火车站?


B:It's around the corner and to the left.


    它就在转角那边靠左侧。


 


get to还有一个常见用法,意思是“得以,才能够”:


 


A:How did you get to be a politician?


    你是如何才得以当政治人物的?


B:Many years of hard work.


    多年的苦功。


 


1) inherit  (v.) 继承


2) cubicle  (n.) (办公室)隔间


3) studly  健壮帅气的,“猛男”是stud。


4) programmer (n.) 程序设计师


5) tack 2 (v.) (用大头针)钉上 



1 cubicle
n.大房间中隔出的小室
  • She studies in a cubicle in the school library.她在学校图书馆的小自习室里学习。
  • A technical sergeant hunches in a cubicle.一位技术军士在一间小屋里弯腰坐着。
2 tack
n.大头钉;假缝,粗缝
  • He is hammering a tack into the wall to hang a picture.他正往墙上钉一枚平头钉用来挂画。
  • We are going to tack the map on the wall.我们打算把这张地图钉在墙上。
3 tacked
用平头钉钉( tack的过去式和过去分词 ); 附加,增补; 帆船抢风行驶,用粗线脚缝
  • He tacked the sheets of paper on as carefully as possible. 他尽量小心地把纸张钉上去。
  • The seamstress tacked the two pieces of cloth. 女裁缝把那两块布粗缝了起来。
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