时间:2018-12-25 作者:英语课 分类:礼节美语


英语课

  星期五晚上,Jason和Wanda劝同事Larry不要老加班,应该劳逸结合。Larry却说,手头总有做不完的工作。

L: But I feel like I'm wasting time if I go home and watch TV...even if I'm reading a good book I still feel like I should be working!

J: You know Larry; you might be addicted 1 to work.

L: Really? A person can get addicted to work?

J: Well, maybe it's not the same as being addicted to drugs, but many people believe you can get addicted to stress.

W: Yeah. If you find that you can't enjoy being at home and relaxing, it might be a problem.

Larry说,如果回家去看电视、读书,就会觉得自己是在浪费时间。Jason和Wanda都觉得,他简直是个工作狂addicted to work。原来,除了毒品会让人上瘾,addicted to drugs, 工作和疲劳同样会让人上瘾,addicted to work and addicted to stress. Larry继续说:

L: I guess I am a bit of a perfectionist. It irritates 2 me when things aren't perfect.

J: Maybe you are too hard on yourself. If you were your own boss, would you demand such long hours?

L: No way...I think it would be illegal 3 anyway.

J: Well then maybe you need to treat yourself better. You have to believe that you deserve 4 to relax!

W: You not only deserve it, you need it. You know, I find that sometimes I have my best ideas in the strangest places.

The last time I had a really great idea, I was scuba 5 diving on vacation!

Larry说自己的问题可能是过于追求完美。 Perfection意思是完美,后面加上-ist, perfectionist就是追求、崇尚完美的人。Jason说Larry对自己过于严格too hard on yourself,应该对自己好一些,treat yourself better.

L: But I want the boss to notice my devotion! The economy 6 is not great these days and I don't want to get laid off!

W: Yeah, that's true. Some bosses do think the guy who puts in overtime 7 is the most loyal 8. But smart bosses know that quantity is not as important as quality.

J: Besides, this is your job, not your life. You're too young to die of a heart attack!

L: Thanks guys! Your advice makes sense. I'm going to go home and have a nice long bath! See you on Monday!

Larry说,自己加班也是为了让老板注意到自己的敬业精神,my devotion. Devotion is spelled d-e-v-o-t-i-o-n, devotion. Wanda却说,聪明的老板都知道,工作数量的重要性远远赶不上质量。Quantity is not as important as quality. 再说了,按Jason的话说,This is your job, not your life. 这毕竟是你的工作,不是你生活的全部。Larry最后终于想通了,决定回家去,好好洗个热水澡。



1 addicted
adj.沉溺于....的,对...上瘾的
  • He was addicted to heroin at the age of 17.他17岁的时候对海洛因上了瘾。
  • She's become addicted to love stories.她迷上了爱情小说。
2 irritates
使发怒( irritate的第三人称单数 ); 使急躁; 使感到不适; 使疼痛
  • The way she puts on that accent really irritates me. 她故意操那种口音的样子实在令我恼火。
  • This excess fungal yeast irritates the scalp, causing overproduction of skin cells. 这过量的真菌酵母刺激皮肤产生了过多的皮肤细胞。
3 illegal
adj.不合法的,非法的,犯法的
  • I don't want to get mixed up with any illegal organization.我不想与任何非法组织有牵连。
  • It's illegal for people under 17 to drive a car in Britain.在英国,不满17岁的人驾驶车辆是违法的。
4 deserve
vt.应受,值得;vi. 应受报答,值得受赏
  • You really deserve a good beating,you naughty boy.你这个调皮孩子真该打。
  • I do not deserve all the praises bestowed upon me.我不配得到这些赞扬。
5 scuba
n.水中呼吸器
  • I first got hooked on scuba diving when I was twelve.12岁时我开始迷上了带水中呼吸器潜水。
  • While on honeymoon in Bali,she learned to scuba dive.她在巴厘岛度蜜月时学会了带水肺潜水。
6 economy
n.经济;节俭;秩序;机体
  • We must do our best to develop the national economy.我们必须努力发展国民经济。
  • The country's economy is not very healthy.国家的经济不很景气。
7 overtime
adj.超时的,加班的;adv.加班地
  • They are working overtime to finish the work.为了完成任务他们正在加班加点地工作。
  • He was paid for the overtime he worked.他领到了加班费。
8 loyal
adj.忠诚的,忠心的
  • He is a loyal friend.他是一位忠诚的朋友。
  • I judge him to be loyal.我认为他很忠诚。
学英语单词
aircraft earth station
airer
allioniaceaes
amending plan
angustibalin
arive
arteriae iliaca interna
be against the rules
before-and-after
bisimine
bordalo
brazill
bresser
canonical matrices
carpoolers
Cefoperaxone
change of voyage
charterer's operator
chondrins
CIBSE
cine high-speed camera
co operative society of credit
coemansia aciculifera
collaborationists
combined machinery and bearing monitoring system
conductometry
confocal paraboloids
congeliturbation
cross border
cruising astern
cuker
curetis brunnea
daiment
data cache
declair
depressed class
direct vision kinescope
disinhuming
dubreuil
duplex copying
elsners
Epulu
ethylene-bisdithiocarbamate
exenatide
foramina nutricium
four-footed
gear-testing apparatus
ginzburg landau equation
Godaedo
gregarious
guided missile identification
high rate aeration basin
highproduction
hook budding
industrial performance standard
infectious pulmonary edema
insect
intencin
Italianity
J box
james
kiliwas
kumasis
lacon
lobophytum mirabile
luminous signal
made a advance
malignant sarcoma
marine chemistry in coastal environment
mass mediation
midlers
mineral fibre
neurotactin
nuisance taxs
oscillator supply
paper guide
pea-shaped
Piapto
primitive amphibia
remote starter
repair depot
Savalia
Shinwa
softcoded
specific refrigerating effect
statement of annual account
suction elbow
sulphafurazole diolamine
synergistic solvent extraction
T Tauri stars
T.T. reimbursement
Tildiem
tug at one's heartstrings
tylophorine alkaloid
Tyrrhene
unexact
unhelpable
valve voltage divider
Valvula semilunaris anterior
Varicella-Zoster
viable fetus
zero field operation