时间:2018-12-18 作者:英语课 分类:2014年ESL之商务英语


英语课

 


Reaching a Milestone 1 


Jeff: Well, we’ve reached a milestone. 


Lucy: Yup, it’s been a long haul, but we’ve finally made it. Did you ever think we’d get here? 


Jeff: I admit I had my doubts. At the beginning, I was really dubious 2 that this venture would pan out. I thought that our prospects 3 were iffy, at best. 


Lucy: Me, too. We didn’t have an auspicious 4 start, but we had a turning point after a few months of grinding out the work, day in and day out. 


Jeff: So, what should we do now? 


Lucy: I think we both deserve a celebratory drink, a toast to our achievements...so far. 


Jeff: That sounds good. Then what? 


Lucy: Put our noses back to the grindstone? 


Jeff: I was afraid you were going to say that! 


 


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 



1 milestone
n.里程碑;划时代的事件
  • The film proved to be a milestone in the history of cinema.事实证明这部影片是电影史上的一个里程碑。
  • I think this is a very important milestone in the relations between our two countries.我认为这是我们两国关系中一个十分重要的里程碑。
2 dubious
adj.怀疑的,无把握的;有问题的,靠不住的
  • What he said yesterday was dubious.他昨天说的话很含糊。
  • He uses some dubious shifts to get money.他用一些可疑的手段去赚钱。
3 prospects
n.希望,前途(恒为复数)
  • There is a mood of pessimism in the company about future job prospects. 公司中有一种对工作前景悲观的情绪。
  • They are less sanguine about the company's long-term prospects. 他们对公司的远景不那么乐观。
4 auspicious
adj.吉利的;幸运的,吉兆的
  • The publication of my first book was an auspicious beginning of my career.我的第一本书的出版是我事业吉祥的开始。
  • With favorable weather conditions it was an auspicious moment to set sail.风和日丽,正是扬帆出海的黄道吉日。
学英语单词
abrasion testing machine
and that's a fact
anti-fouling inhibitor
arsenic(iii) selenide
Bartholomaeus Anglicus
Bastille, L.
beam-riding system
Benazir
benzene tetrabromide
Bhuban Hills
blebby bead
Breconshire
cartouche
CD-ROM XA
Chenerailles
compile-time intrinsic function
compound spring
copyfile
cruising taxi
cut-off slide valve
direct current electrified section
double rope haul
e-texts
effectiveness audit standards
engrossed bill
episymbioses
exterior appearance
extraction hood
eyr
fall upon the ears
Fescennia
first-level addressing
floor plant
fnar
fold-overs
gaumish
genus noctilucas
genus oenanthes
geolocator
go ahead
graphophones
hopefulls
hyperphlebectasy
imitator stone
Ingrassia's wings
institute of higher learning
interplacing
intraventricular tumor
lapidicolous animal
leaf vegetables
live engine
low-helix drill
Macrozamia spiralis
mainstreamed
medical air cushion
medium pressure auto close gear
middle range theory
minibosses
minxes
Muskieize
Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika
nominal assets
nonchauvinistic
nonteam
noreximide
oil branch
Orne
overtype mode
phosphorus and potassium
platinised
plot seeder
polyominoes
power and control cable penetration
preportion
price higgling
Pyrola renifolia
quently
rangefinders
rate of interest per annual
re form
real loss
redeem a bill
reserve for loss on doubtful accounts
resistance to water
routing design
Scopulariopsis
span-wire fueling rig
specimen geometry
spring tensioner
Staphylococcus tetragenus
staple characters
synchro control transformer
thermal-insulating value
titanium part
transmission-line switching network
tumbling stars
vertebrate paleontology
watermints
WKKK
world commerce
yotaro