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
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ajoining line
Allium rhynchogynum
ambitiously
anti-fluctuator
as stupid as an owl
austenize
autoprints
avid for/of
bench-warmers
bomb damage assessment
canoids
cape blue
capitulum
cast-iron stomach
center-pin
chlorpromazine hydrochloide
class of appeals
Clifton Park
cold test oil
competence motivation
compodor
consolidometer
constant-voltage transformer
control of organization
devitrification of glass
dotriacontyl
epitaxial growth mesa transistor
fencers
gambrel vent
gaymo
genus Micropogonias
glaced
gloeophyllum abietinum
grass cutter
grinding tooth
Haaksbergen
Haines's formula
haumann
homogeneous multiplexing
human histoplasmosis
hygroscopic calcium chloride
Hypothetical Salvage
Kangleqi
lobophyllia flabelliformis
long term projection
magnetic plated wire
Mondays
Mur-de-Barrez
myrialitre
natural abrasive
neutral heading stability
never ever
Nosema apis
Obidos
OCSS
oodles
ophthalmo-fetinoscop
ouarines
Outline tab
Pennsylvania Dutchland
perihelial
poikilocarynosis
post-infectious asthenic state
prelecting
private line teletypewriter service
prodded
quintafurcation
redmaidss
regio inframammalis
resistance-capacitor coupled transistor logic
rivalising
run ... race
sal volatiles
salia effervescentia
Saxifraga miralana
Saxon
sdma
Sexagesima Sunday
shake sb out
shegh
similarity pole
sloanea jamaicenses
soq
sphaerirostris turdi
st. bridgets
strippers
sundry deposit account floating
swordmaker
ten questions
thonotrane
touch up something
transition equation
Trapa manshurica
unidirectionality
unplausive
variation on product cost
wennerstrand
Wood's lamp
yachtings
yarn spreading roll