时间:2018-12-26 作者:英语课 分类:迷你对话学地道口语


英语课

[00:00:01] Why did Tom quit the job?

Tom为什么要辞职?

[00:06:02] He said his present job seemed to be a blind alley 1.

他说目前的工作暗淡。

[00:11:41] If he does not change his attitude toward his work, I do not think a new job can make any difference.

如果他不改变对工作的态度,即使再换一份新工作也不会有什么变化。


  习语:a blind alley

讲解: 这是一个名词性短语,alley是胡同,小巷的意思。从字面上理解,是“瞎胡同”“死胡同”,引申为“前途暗淡”“行不通”之义。

Eg. When he invested in that business, he went up a blind alley.

当他投资做那个生意时,他就走上了一条绝路。

Eg. Bob did not take the job because it was a blind alley.

鲍勃没有接受此职,因为它没有发展前途。

迷你对话:

A :Why did Tom quit the job?

Tom为什么要辞职?

B :He said his present job seemed to bea blind alley.

他说目前的工作暗淡。

A :If he doesn't change his attitude toward his work, I don't think a new job canmake any difference.

如果他不改变对工作的态度,即使再换一份新工作也不会有什么变化。

词海拾贝:

quit a job 辞职

Eg. He has a good mind to quit that job.

他很想辞去那份工作。

Eg. It would be folly 2 to quit your job before finding a new one.

在你找到新的工作前就辞职是不明智的。

change one's attitude to sth 改变对......的态度

If you don't change your attitude to your study, your will be sure to go into a blind alley.

如果你不改变对学习的态度,你是没有什么前途的。

make some difference 有些 ... 作用或影响, 区别

Eg. Flowers make some difference to a room.

鲜花没有使房间有所不同。

Eg. This is an area where I believe some creative collaborations and partnerships 3 could make a difference.

我认为,这是通过某种创造性合作与伙伴关系可以改观的领域。

Eg. Now I've worked on issues like these for a long time, some of them for30 years, and I am determined 4 to make a difference for all of you.

长期以来,我一直在为这些问题奔忙,有些问题甚至我已经为之奋斗了30年之久,我决心让这些问题得到改观。



1 alley
n.小巷,胡同;小径,小路
  • We live in the same alley.我们住在同一条小巷里。
  • The blind alley ended in a brick wall.这条死胡同的尽头是砖墙。
2 folly
n.愚笨,愚蠢,蠢事,蠢行,傻话
  • Learn wisdom by the folly of others.从别人的愚蠢行动中学到智慧。
  • Events proved the folly of such calculations.事情的进展证明了这种估计是愚蠢的。
3 partnerships
n.伙伴关系( partnership的名词复数 );合伙人身份;合作关系
  • Partnerships suffer another major disadvantage: decision-making is shared. 合伙企业的另一主要缺点是决定要由大家来作。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
  • It involved selling off limited partnerships. 它涉及到售出有限的合伙权。 来自辞典例句
4 determined
adj.坚定的;有决心的
  • I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
  • He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。
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