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
-cum-
a mind
AA-2-S
absolute frequency
acetyl-alpha-methylfentanyl
analogue operational unit
anteroinferior bleeding area of nasal septum
Arendonk
BACOP
bearing with cylindrical outside surface
brit
came into possession of
Cephalopelvimetry
Chiriguano
chlofazoline
chromoscope
clavells
compulsory acquisation of land
consistency of audits
dairy microorganism
data treatment
delay slug relay
deserves
diapauses
dioptric(al) lens
disk anti shock protection system
Dolichotis
Duspatal
dynamic resistance
e-libraries
field trip
fifth monarchy man
fly ash brick
foolproof verification
funds transfer
furthest
general reaction
ground timing system
handirons
holding magnet
Lerch's percussion
licea capitata
ligand field
light-emitting diode coupler
lock stock and barrel
lophate
LVETI
macrosculpture
make a profit
mass point
maumish
Maxwell-Boltzmann classical statistics
methyltriethoxysilane
Mimura
mixing type heat exchanger
mogil
moving-wire flame ionization detector
naphthenoaromatic
nuclear track
onyxes
opisthography
orientated polymerization
Outer House
participation in
Pax Britannica
pelekium velatum
poly-foams
polystation Doppler tracking system
popcorn ceiling
probabilistic indefiniteness
pump leak model
radlial notch
reaction thermonuclear
relaxation of anal sphincter
right to roam
rubificative
secondary connection
self-oscillating
sensible plan
shake the dust of something off one's feet
sheath of penis
shore face
soft-drawn wire
speech spectrum
st.-mihiel
Steam-skidder
takeup motion
tollcable
traffic signs
trikkala
trimethylguanosine(TMG)
unconditional control transfer instruction
unhose
unilineal relative
uredo festucae-parviglumae
value hydrogen ionization
visilog
Waveguide.
weight losing material
whitelock
winter pruning