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對(duì)啊,我今天要打一整天的電話。真夠好玩的。Vince: I just wanted to say thanks for putting us on the map so fast. I 2) appreciate it.文斯: 我只是想謝謝你那么快就讓我們站上柜面了。我很感激。Zina: Save it, Vince. After I put my first million in the bank, I39。ll say you39。re wele.吉娜: 省省吧,文斯。等我在銀行存了第一個(gè)一百萬,我會(huì)跟你說不客氣的。Vince: Fair enough. 3) Keep up the good work.文斯: 很公平。再接再勵(lì)。語言詳解A: Here are those tools you wanted to borrow.這些是你想要借的工具。B: Thanks a million. I really appreciate it.千恩萬謝。我真的很感激?!維ave it. 你省省吧?!縮ave是“存,省下”的意思,而Save ,意思是“省省吧?!?,告訴對(duì)方多說無益。而save it for的句型也很常用,意思是“替……預(yù)留”,請(qǐng)看以下的實(shí)際例子:A:I wasn39。t drinking, officer。 I just didn39。t see the red light.警官,我沒有喝酒;我只是沒看到紅燈。B:Save it for the judge.這些話你留著去跟法官說吧。A:I love this movie! I want to watch it, too.我好愛這部電影!我也要去看。B:OK. I39。ll save it for tonight when you get home from work.好。我就把這部電影留到今晚,等你下班回家一起看。1) blast (n.) 盡興,玩得愉快2) appreciate (v.) 感激3) Keep up the good work. 再接再勵(lì)SCENE⑤ A 戴夫由上方探頭,進(jìn)吉娜的隔間萬一他就是你那倫巴男孩呢?Dave: Hey, Zina. You shouldn39。t act so tough with Vince. 1) What if he39。s your rhumba boy?戴夫: 嘿,吉娜。你不該故意對(duì)文斯那么兇巴巴的。萬一他就是你那倫巴男孩呢?Zina: Please. He39。s only nice to me because I39。m making him a ton of money.吉娜: 拜托喔。他對(duì)我好只是因?yàn)槲以趲退嵈箦X。Dave: He was definitely happy. You must be making a lot of sales.戴夫: 他真是高興得很。你一定做成了很多買賣。Zina: It isn39。t hard. All the 2) online businesses need a way to 3) keep track of the 4) traffic to their 5) sites.吉娜: 這不難。所有的線上商務(wù)都需要設(shè)法掌握他們網(wǎng)站的流量。Dave: That39。s InfoKing. Tracks every visitor. Or at least it will, if we can get it to work.戴夫: 這就是資訊王。掌握每一位訪客?;蛘咧辽僖院髸?huì)是這樣,若我們能讓做出來的東西管用。語言詳解A: I can39。t get online.我連不上線。B: There must be too many other people using the Internet.一定是有太多人上網(wǎng)了?!綼ct tough with... 故作強(qiáng)硬】tough 這個(gè)字,指的是“強(qiáng)悍的”,若要說“對(duì)……很強(qiáng)悍、強(qiáng)硬”就是be tough with...,對(duì)話中用了act這個(gè)字,act tough with聽來的感覺傾向于“故意裝得很強(qiáng)硬”。A: I39。m so angry. I could hit you in the face.我好生氣。我真想揍你的臉。B: Don39。t you act so tough with me. I know you couldn39。t hurt a fly.你別跟我故作強(qiáng)硬。我知道你連只蒼蠅都舍不得殺?!緂et it to work 讓它運(yùn)作】get...to work這個(gè)句型,若是用在事物身上,是指“讓……能夠運(yùn)作”,可能是指草創(chuàng)的新東西,或是某個(gè)窒礙難行的制度,也可以單純指東西壞了:A: My car broke down again.我的車又壞了。B: I bet I can get it to work. Where is it?我打賭能讓它上路。車子在哪里?1) what if... 萬一,要是……2) online (a.) 連上電腦網(wǎng)路的,線上的3) keep track of... 隨時(shí)掌握……4) traffic (n.) 此指“網(wǎng)站的流量”5) site (n.)“網(wǎng)站”,即website1你要知道動(dòng)機(jī)何在嗎?Zina: Do you want to know what really 1) motivates Vince to be nice to me?吉娜: 你要知道文斯對(duì)我好的動(dòng)機(jī)何在嗎?Dave: OK. What?戴夫: 好啊。是什么?Zina: It isn39。t 2) gratitude. It39。s fear. Vince is afraid I39。ll 3) jump to a 4) petitor.吉娜: 那不是感激。是恐懼。文斯怕我會(huì)跳出去幫競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手。Dave: You wouldn39。t do that. Would you?戴夫: 你不會(huì)這么做,對(duì)吧?Zina: I might. Vince knows he needs to keep me happy.吉娜: 我或許會(huì)喔。文斯知道他得讓我保持快樂。Dave: What about your 5) accounts?戴夫: 那你的客戶呢?語言詳解A: Man, that guy was a really good boxer.天啊,那家伙真是個(gè)好拳手。B: You fought a good fight. But your next petitor will be even tougher.你打了場(chǎng)好拳。但是你的下個(gè)對(duì)手將會(huì)更強(qiáng)?!緉ice to me 對(duì)我好】nice to 后面接“人”時(shí),表示“友善、隨和”的意思,例如:Grandma was nice to me when I visited her.我去探望祖母時(shí)她對(duì)我很友善。We should all be nice to the newer.我們應(yīng)該對(duì)那位新來的人客氣些?!綢 might. 我可能會(huì)】在英文中談?wù)摽赡艿那閼B(tài)助動(dòng)詞(modals)有好幾個(gè),包括might, could, may, must。大致上,might表示的可能是最低,而must最高。Tina might be sick.(少于50%可能)Tina could be sick.(約50%可能)Tina may be sick. (約50%可能)Tina must be sick. (約90%可能)1) motivate (v.) 給……動(dòng)機(jī)2) gratitude (n.) 感激3) jump to... 換(公司),尤指違反合約的情況。4) petitor (n.)競(jìng)爭(zhēng)者5) account (n.) 客戶,尤指生意上往來的客戶。1這是生意經(jīng)Zina: My accounts go where I go. Vince knows that.吉娜: 我到哪里,客戶就跟到哪。文斯知道的。Dave: Wow. You are a real snake.戴夫: 哇。你真狡猾。Zina: It39。s business, Dave.吉娜: 這是生意經(jīng),戴夫。Dave: I know, I know. Kill, or die, right?戴夫: 我知道,我知道。不是殺人就是被殺,對(duì)吧?Zina: Right. The 1) faint of heart should not 2) apply.吉娜: 沒錯(cuò)。絕對(duì)不可以顯得膽小。Dave: I really feel sorry for that rhumba boy if he ever 3) identifies himself.戴夫: 若那個(gè)倫巴男孩現(xiàn)身,我還真會(huì)替他感到難過。Zina: So do I.吉娜: 我也是。語言詳解A: She applied so much makeup to her face that I don39。t recognize her anymore.她在臉上用了好多化妝品,我都認(rèn)不出她來了。B: I thought she was wearing a mask.我還以為她戴了面具呢。【So do I. 我也是?!空勗捴袑?duì)方提到某種想法或動(dòng)作,而你要表示同感時(shí)常會(huì)用到這個(gè)句型,要注意助動(dòng)詞do要置于主詞 I 之前。類似的句型還有So am “我也是”。使用So do I 或So am I 取決于對(duì)方是否使用be動(dòng)詞,使用be 動(dòng)詞則用So am I,其他動(dòng)詞則用So do I. 。A: I want to find out where John is.我想要找出約翰到底在哪里。B: So do I.我也是。A: I39。m anxious to know if I39。m admitted to the college.我急于想知道我是否被那所大學(xué)錄取了。B: So am I.我也是。1) faint of heart 心生畏懼2) apply (v.) 適用,運(yùn)用3) identify oneself 表明身分SCENE① A 加州的資訊王辦公室1另一張綠色便條紙Zina: Dave! Look at this!吉娜: 戴夫!你看這個(gè)!Dave: You don39。t have to yell, Zina. I39。m just one 1) cubicle away.戴夫: 你不必用喊的,吉娜。我才離你一個(gè)隔間而已。Zina: Somebody left another green p