【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 對啊，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一百萬，我會跟你說不客氣的。Vince: Fair enough. 3) Keep up the good work.文斯： 很公平。再接再勵。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?！?，告訴對方多說無益。而save it for的句型也很常用，意思是“替……預留”，請看以下的實際例子：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SCENE⑤ A 戴夫由上方探頭，進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。他對我好只是因為我在幫他賺大錢。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。所有的線上商務都需要設法掌握他們網(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沁@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。【act tough with... 故作強硬】tough 這個字，指的是“強悍的”，若要說“對……很強悍、強硬”就是be tough with...，對話中用了act這個字，act tough with聽來的感覺傾向于“故意裝得很強硬”。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.你別跟我故作強硬。我知道你連只蒼蠅都舍不得殺?！緂et it to work 讓它運作】get...to work這個句型，若是用在事物身上，是指“讓……能夠運作”，可能是指草創(chuàng)的新東西，或是某個窒礙難行的制度，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你要知道動機何在嗎？Zina: Do you want to know what really 1) motivates Vince to be nice to me?吉娜： 你要知道文斯對我好的動機何在嗎？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。文斯怕我會跳出去幫競爭對手。Dave: You wouldn39。t do that. Would you?戴夫： 你不會這么做，對吧？Zina: I might. Vince knows he needs to keep me happy.吉娜： 我或許會喔。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，那家伙真是個好拳手。B: You fought a good fight. But your next petitor will be even tougher.你打了場好拳。但是你的下個對手將會更強。【nice to me 對我好】nice to 后面接“人”時，表示“友善、隨和”的意思，例如：Grandma was nice to me when I visited her.我去探望祖母時她對我很友善。We should all be nice to the newer.我們應該對那位新來的人客氣些?！綢 might. 我可能會】在英文中談論可能的情態(tài)助動詞（modals）有好幾個，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……動機2) gratitude (n.) 感激3) jump to... 換（公司），尤指違反合約的情況。4) petitor (n.)競爭者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，對吧？Zina: Right. The 1) faint of heart should not 2) apply.吉娜： 沒錯。絕對不可以顯得膽小。Dave: I really feel sorry for that rhumba boy if he ever 3) identifies himself.戴夫： 若那個倫巴男孩現(xiàn)身，我還真會替他感到難過。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，我都認不出她來了。B: I thought she was wearing a mask.我還以為她戴了面具呢?！維o do I. 我也是?！空勗捴袑Ψ教岬侥撤N想法或動作，而你要表示同感時常會用到這個句型，要注意助動詞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 取決于對方是否使用be動詞，使用be 動詞則用So am I，其他動詞則用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錄取了。B: So am I.我也是。1) faint of heart 心生畏懼2) apply (v.) 適用，運用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！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。我才離你一個隔間而已。Zina: Somebody left another green p