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
acceptance sampling scheme
addenbrookes
address server
adjacent-bit-dependent code
advanced fixation certifications
advanced timing
akhmatovas
Alberta low
anti-disturbance
astropogon stellatuss
average sound pressure level
band switch
book value per share of common stock
bullwhipping
calophylloide
ceiling mounted air outlet
checkpoint-based software tool
Christmas-tree installation
chromo-aromatic
coccoclase
communication protocol
conspirest
continuous film
cord-circuit repeater
corduras
corkboard
corporate license tax
disproval
dry sth up
elements of the tidal stream
ERPLV
exemption certificate
extrafaucial
family Sphyraenidae
first-aid packet
flesh recording
genus Vireo
gilard & dubrul factor
go-stop
Gongwaiyun Fang
governing gear
grasers
Guadalupe, Sa.de
halilith
hydraulic loading
hydraulic ram cylinder
ibacus cilliatus
inertia decision
inflammable material
insulating sleeving
interference region
karus
KCG(kinetocardiogram)
La Capelle
laminated lens
long-distance footpath
macrovisions
mechanical thrombus
menchville
micro flip-flop
midcareers
multiple spindle disk memory
niddah
non-treaties
nonhomogeneity
oil-heating system
Onnes, Heike Kamerlingh
petinine
phelloderms
phenyldimethylpyrazolon
polyconic projecion
prebbles
procedure branching
prodicting filter
profit-sharing method
pulse height distribution
radio sonic
ray pulse
recompensive
reconceptualized
resting rung
RGB Color
rimbaud
ripened cream butter
ROM addressing
schally
segment prolog
signaling technique
slender bluestem
sodium alkylbenzenesulfonate
status of development
steam pressurization
storage for decay
sugary dolomite
supply line
swelting
thiodotherapy
unifungal
unlit mark
unpervert
wave compression
wullen