Cheering Someone Up Eleanor: Isnt it a beautiful day? The sun is shinning; the birds are singing. Its good to be alive! Porter: Okay, Pollyanna, go spread good cheer somewhere else. Eleanor: Whats wrong with you? You must have woken up on the wrong s

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Talking to a Bank Teller Bank Teller: Can I help you? Antonio: Yes, Id like to deposit this check. Bank Teller: Please fill out a deposit slip and be sure to endorse the check on the back. Antonio: Here you are. Ive already filled out a slip and sign

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Checking on the Status of an Application Leo: Heres the mail. Denise: Did I get anything? Leo: No, sorry. Are you expecting something? Denise: Yeah, Im waiting for a decision letter about my application to the McQ program. I should hear any day now.

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Getting a Marriage License Yves: Help me fill out this application for our marriage license. Vanessa: Cant you do it? Im really busy with work right now. Do as much as you can and just ask me if you dont know something. Yves: Okay, Ill try, but Im re

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Using Caffeine as a Stimulant Joan: Hi, how are you? What are you doing? What is this? Roberto: Whoa! Youre very high- strung this morning. Joan: Am I? I am a little wired. Ive been up all night trying to finish an assignment for one of my classes. R

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Well, in the story Lucy says that she needs to mop her bathroom and to scrub her tub. 故事中,露西说她需要用拖把拖下浴室,并擦洗浴缸。 Scrub, scrub is a verb, which means to clean something by using a lot of energy - by using

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So, to put something away means to put it where it belongs. 所以,把东西收起来的意思就是把它放回它所属的地方。 Often, this means putting it in a closet or somewhere where you store it or keep it so that people can't see it. 通

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A rag, rag, or a rag, depends on what part of the country you are from, 抹布,抹布,还是抹布(发音不同),与你来自哪个国家哪个地区有关, in my part of the country, we say rag, I take out a rag and start dusting the liv

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The rug that Lucy has looks filthy. 露西的地毯看上去肮脏不堪。 Filthy, filthy, is another word for dirty. 肮脏的是脏的另一种表示。 So, the rug on the floor looks dirty, so she gets out the vacuum and vacuums it. 地板上的地

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Sometimes people just say foil instead of aluminum foil; they mean the same thing. 有时人们只说箔纸,不说铝箔纸;它们的意思是一样的。 It's like a sheet of paper but it is made of metal, and you can use it to wrap things in -

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Lucy preheats her oven and then takes out a package of ready-made cookies. 露西预热她的烤箱,然后拿出一包现成的饼干 。 To preheat, preheat, means to heat, in this case, the oven to get it ready to cook something. 预热,预热,

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Well, Lucy is not bad at dating, I don't think; she is bad at geography. 露西约会还不错,我不这么认为;她的地理差。 Geography, geography, is the study of where things are - the location of things. 地理,地理,就是研究事物

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I like my job but it takes over an hour to get there from my part of town. 我喜欢我的工作,但从我这边到那里要花一个多小时。 First, I walk three blocks to the subway station and swipe my monthly pass to get through the turnstil

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Episode six is called At My Desk and at Lunch. 第六课叫做工作与午餐。 When we say we are at our desk, we mean we are sitting next to or by our desk. 当我们说在办公桌前时,我们的意思是我们坐在桌子旁边或桌子前。

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Lucy says that she has a conference call at the end of the day, 露西说她在这天结束时有一个电话会议。 meaning during the last part of the day, with the head office. 意思是说,在这天的最后一段时间,与总部。 The hea

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In Lucy's story, she says that she didn't pack a lunch, 在露西的故事中,她说她没有打包午餐。 so she asks her supervisor if she wanted to go with her to lunch. 所以她问她上司是否愿意和她一起去吃午饭。 To pack, pac

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In this story, the hostess shows Lucy and her supervisor to a table. 在这个故事中,女主人把露西和她的上司带到一张桌子旁。 To show someone to a table means to take them to a table. 把某人带到桌边意味着把他们带到座

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Lucy says that there are some new inter-office paperwork in her inbox too. 露西说,她的收件箱里也有一些新的办公室内部文件。 Inter-office, inter-office, means between offices. Inter means between two different offices. 办公室内

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Lucy says that she put a little dishwashing detergent on a sponge to clean the dishes. 露西说她在海绵上倒一点餐具洗涤剂洗碗。 Detergent, detergent, is another word for soap, a special kind of soap. 洗涤剂(detergent)是肥皂的

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Lucy gets on and since it's so crowded, or because there are so many people there, 露西上车之后,因为车上太拥挤了,或者因为车上人很多, there aren't any seats and so she has to stand, and she stands by holding onto a handrai

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