EXAMPLE: I tell my son he must finish his homework before he plays basketball because I believe in doing first things first我对儿子说,在打篮球之前必须写完家庭作业,因为我认为,重要的事情要先做![阅读全文]
EXAMPLE: The dishonest owner of the only hotel in the remote mountain town often takes unwary tourists to the cleaners by doubling his prices for services.这处偏远山区里唯一宾馆的心术不正的老板经常加收一倍的服务费,骗取毫不知情的旅游者的钱。[阅读全文]
EXAMPLE: The team of young doctors plumbed the depths of medical research in order to find a cure for the mysterious disease.为找到关于这种神秘疾病的疗法,这支由青年医生组成的团队进行了深入的医学研究。[阅读全文]
EXAMPLE: The huge, previously lucrative silver mine began to peter out after a while, and it produced less and less each year until it finally closed.这座从前利润很高的大型银矿在一段时间以后开始萎缩,产量一年比一年少,直到最后关闭。[阅读全文]
EXAMPLE: When I was young, I was lazy, but then I realized that money doesnt grow on trees, and if I wanted to be rich I needed to work hard.我年轻时很懒,但后来我知道,钱不是从天上掉下来的。要想发财,就得努力工作。[阅读全文]
EXAMPLE: When someone in our office suggested we needed to reorganize our files, our manager said well, no time like the presentand we started at once.办公室里有人提出,我们需要整理一下文件,经理说:“好,现在就干吧。”我们马上动手。[阅读全文]
EXAMPLE: I didnt think I would like the strange food in the countries I visited on vacation, but I discovered that a lot of it was not half bad, and now I miss it. 我原以为,我不会喜欢上在度假期间所游玩的国家的奇怪食品,但我发现很多食物还不错,现在我怀念它们了。[阅读全文]
EXAMPLE: If they can afford it, many executives and their families prefer to live in bedroom communities outside the crowded large cities where they work.只要有钱,很多经理和他们的家人都喜欢居住在他们工作的拥挤大城市外的近郊居住区。[阅读全文]
EXAMPLE: The new hotels in the cities I visit on business nowadays are vastly superior to the shabby old places I used to stay.如今,这些城市里的新酒店比我过去住的那些破旅馆好得多。[阅读全文]
EXAMPLE: I only had time to leaf through the recent report before I left my office, but it looked significant and I will study it more carefully tomorrow.我下班后才有时间看看最近的报告,但它看来很重要,我明天会认真研究一下。[阅读全文]
EXAMPLE: The unfriendly sales representative I spoke with yesterday seemed hurried and distracted, so Im not so sure he was on the up and up.这位昨天与我交谈的不友好的销售代表看上去慌慌张张,注意力不集中,所以我不太肯定他是否在讲实话。[阅读全文]
EXAMPLE: I was worried about my interview yesterday, but it was a breeze, and today the company offered me a job.昨天的面试曾经让我担心不已,但最后却很轻松,今天这家公司给了我工作机会。[阅读全文]
EXAMPLE: Designing the complicated new product challenged us at first, but weree over the hump now, and all should go well.设计这款新产品一开始很困难, 但现在, 我们已经度过了最困难的阶段, 应该一切顺利了。[阅读全文]
EXAMPLE: My friend is earning some hard coin with his popular new business, and he will soon buy a new house and a luxury car.我朋友通过做热门生意赚了大钱,他很就要买一套新房子和一部豪车了。[阅读全文]
EXAMPLE: My younger sister, who is studying for an MBA, always likes to shoot for the stars, and so she intends someday to become the president of a major company.我的妹妹正在攻读MBA学位,总是喜欢胸怀大志,她打算将来成为一家大公司的总裁。[阅读全文]
EXAMPLE: Working all weekend, day and night, the young marketing director really knocked himself out to make an impressive presentation at our meeting Monday morning.经过了整个周末没日没夜的工作,这位年轻的营销总监终于努力在我们周一的晨会上做了一个精彩的演讲。[阅读全文]