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
adenosynchitonitis
ammonia dissociation
Arvant
atmospheric pressure process
attenuating plate
battery exchanger
binomial sampling
canvas spats
cascarillic acid
Chibroxin
chirocentrus dorab
cleppe
cletocythereis yehchuan
coefficient of population concentration
combination type of industry
combustions
common burdock
compression of data
congratulating
coordinate conversion device
coped beam
copy picture
Cumbria County
cyclical component
declaration of external variable
design margin
disinfectants
doob
dynamic membrane
electron beam irradiation
ephemerovirus bovine ephemeral fever virus
equipotential region
erinacoeus
fiss-
godlinesses
hard waste
hard-skinned puffball
hardware interrupt system
high blood sugar
hillock
horizontal-framed gate
house of ease
hydraulic bolt connection
intres
Kiggelaria africana
Lasiohelea
lawful merchandise
Leptopus esquirolii
line of contact
makela
mariari
Matlock
Mazkeret Batya
Mazocahui
Mecoral
megaureter
melioidosis
mergal
Mortehoe
P waves
paraffin wax oxidation
pararrhythmia
phase regulator
phyllosticta ulmicola sacc.
prelininary yield test
quarter log
quatman
quick acting hatch cover
reform of the international monetary system
replacement dynamics
running empty
Salpida
Sardou, Victorien
satellite laser radar probing
Saussurea souliei
schedule of unpaid voucher
Schrader valve
second cycle
settlement pattern
sheet anchor
siphon raingauge
soapbark
spiralized
spitoon
statement in writing
sustain circuit
swinging block quick return motion
system output writer
threshold inversion
to blow a kiss
traitour
two-value
undevil
uniform wall heat flux density
unwalling
us -loving
Venusians
wheel animal, wheel animalcule
Whittaker differential equation
withstrain
wood duck
Yamethin