时间:2019-03-04 作者:英语课 分类:英语口语


英语课

   Larry: Hey, Lihua, are you ready to go to dinner? I'm starving.


  LH: 吃饭?我可没心情吃饭。我没想出这作业要怎么写。我们小组的组长肯定饶不了我!
  Larry: You've been sitting there for almost four hours! Let's go get something to eat, and then you can come back and think about it some more.
  LH: 不行,我发誓,不写出个提纲我就绝食!
  Larry: Look, Lihua, if you don't eat anything, you can sit there and think about your project till you're blue in the face and you still won't get any good ideas.
  LH: 啊?我的脸变成蓝色?这怎么可能?
  Larry: That's just an expression, Lihua. If you do something till you're blue in the face, you're doing something over and over again for a very long time - and making no progress。
  LH: 哦,Do something till you're blue in the face,就是说反复做一件事,但一直不成功。你是说我憋了半天也写不出论文,可还拼命地想。但是,我不管,我非写出来不可!
  Larry: But, Lihua, I'm starving!
  LH: Larry, 别嚷嚷了,就算你一直抱怨到you're blue in the face!我是不会理你的。
  Larry: OK, OK. I get the point. Maybe I can help you. What's the project about?
  LH: 这就对了!这个作业是美国历史课的。我们小组的每个人都要介绍一个美国历史人物,可是别的组员都是美国人,他们的历史知识当然比我丰富啊!
  Larry: Don't put so much pressure on yourself. Why don't you ask your group for some help? That would be more productive 1 than sitting here until you're blue in the face。
  LH: 可是,我们组长凶巴巴的,特别不好说话,还让我们明天都要交一份提纲出来!
  Larry: Hmm...I think I have an idea, Lihua. Why don't you do your report on George Washington! He was a military leader who ran a very tight ship in the American Revolution。
  LH: A tight ship? 一艘很紧的船?乔治华盛顿不是美国第一任总统吗?难道他还在美国独立战争期间当过船长??
  Larry: No, he wasn't the captain of a ship; he was the Commander in Chief of the entire army! And he ran a very tight ship with his soldiers - meaning, he was a very strict leader。
  LH: 原来如此!To run a tight ship就是指纪律严明的领导风格,严格管理。
  Larry: That's right. He ran such a tight ship, in fact, that he was able to lead an army of largely 2 untrained soldiers through a very harsh 3 winter during the war。
  LH: 率领没受过什么训练的士兵在寒冬作战,这可不简单!
  Larry: Well, Lihua, a good leader can run a tight ship no matter how bad the situation is。
  LH: Larry, 这倒让想起了我们的组长。她对我们特别严格。
  Larry: It certainly sounds like your group leader runs quite a tight ship, but a good leader can command the respect of his soldiers by setting 4 a good example, not yelling 6. Without that respect, you could yell 5 until you're blue in the face and you still wouldn't be able to lead effectively。
  LH: 没错!严格管理并不等于每天冲手下人大喊大叫。我们这个小组的组长人特别厉害,可说实话没什么威信。我真希望下次分到别的组,不要再待在她的tight ship上。
  Larry: I hope so, too. Now, since you have your topic, let's go eat pizza!
  LH: Pizza?? 不行!我在减肥!
  Larry: Oh, Lihua, you're so skinny already! You could diet until you're blue in the face and it won't make any difference. Don't be so hard on yourself!
  LH: 啊?你说我已经很瘦了,所以再怎么减肥也不会变更瘦?得了吧!我现在比在中国时胖了好多,我要看牢自己的嘴,I'm going to run a tight ship,只吃健康食品!
  Larry: Not another tight ship! I think I'm getting sea-sick。

adj.能生产的,有生产价值的,多产的
  • We had a productive meeting that solved some problems.我们开了一个富有成效的会议,解决了一些问题。
  • Science and technology are part of the productive forces.科学技术是生产力。
adv.大部分,主要地
  • It is largely dependent on the weather.这多半取决于天气情况。
  • Their conclusions were largely founded on guesswork.他们的结论大部份基于猜测。
adj.严厉(酷)的,刺耳的,刺目的,毛糙的
  • The sunlight is very harsh.太阳光很刺眼。
  • Although his words are harsh,there is positiveness in them.虽然他的话很苛刻,但有建设性。
n.背景
  • The play has its setting in Vienna.该剧以维也纳为背景。
  • Where and when a story takes place is called the setting.故事发生的地点和时间称为故事背景。
vi./n.号叫,叫喊
  • This gave them a chance to yell.这给了他们大声喊叫的机会。
  • When his schoolmate made the last goal,the boy gave out with an untrammeled yell.那个男孩在他的同学踢进最后一球时不禁纵声欢呼。
v.叫喊,号叫,叫着说( yell的现在分词 )
  • The coach stood on the sidelines yelling instructions to the players. 教练站在场外,大声指挥运动员。
  • He let off steam by yelling at a clerk. 他对一个职员大喊大叫,借以发泄怒气。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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