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常用英语口语
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谈论工作
1. Hold on
等一下。口语中，人们不太用
wait a minute
。如果两人辩论，吵架，抬杠，
你要别人“打住”，可以说，
hold it right there.
2. I hate
his guts.
我最讨厌他。也有说
I hate
him guts. Guts
是肠子，相当于“恨之入
骨”的意思。He doesn’t
have much
guts.
他是个胆小鬼。
3.I
am
just
stuck
in
a
rut,
doing
the
same
things
every
day.
I
wish
I
could
do
something different.
烦死了，每天都
是干同样的活，我真想换个活法。
（
rut
日常的，每
天都如此，
get in
a rut
，日复一日，天天如此）
4. I have totally sold out to your
idea.
我
100%
地赞同赞同你
的意见。
5. I am just ecstatic
about going to visit you soon.
马上要见你，我高兴死了。
6. A
dap and dip
打个照面，露下脸就走。
【例句】I don’t want to stay
long, so let’s make it a dap and
dip.我不想多呆，打个
照面就走人吧。
7. I would like to get a job within
couching distance.
我想找个不用走路就可以上班的
工作。
（
Couching distance,<
/p>
沙发距离，
就是坐在沙发上不起身也能够得着。
< br>这是那种
couch
pot
ato
喜欢做的美梦。
）
对话：
（
1
）
-Do you trust that company?
你相信那家公司吗？
-No
, I’m not sure everything
is above board.
不，我想它并不是对每件事都坦白。
Above board
公开地；光明正大地；
under the table
背地里，私下里
（
2
）
-What kind of job have you ever had?
你做过什么工作？
-I used to work as a
teacher.
我当过教师。
-How did you like your
job?
喜欢你的工作吗？
-Oh,
if I hadn't moved here I would never thought of
changing it.
要不是搬到这儿
,
我不会考虑换工作的
.
（
3
）
-What sort of job would you like to
take?
你想做什么样的工作？
-I prefer a sedentary job and I used to
work as an operator.
我喜欢静一点的工作
,
我曾
经当过接线员
.
-We need an operator
now.
我们正需要接线员。
-It's just the job I've been searching
for.
这也正是我想要找的工作。
（
4
）
-Which job do you
prefer
，
an accountant or a
secretary?
你喜欢做什么工作，会计还
是秘书？
-Neither, I prefer an active job.
都不喜欢。我更喜欢能动的工作。
-Then how about a salesman.
那么当推销员怎么样？
-That's better. I like
travelling.
太好了，我喜欢旅行。
（
5
）
-Are you familiar with the office
management?
你熟悉办公室的管理工作吗？
-I have done something like
that before.
以前干过类似的工作。
-Are you still interested
in it?
现在还感兴趣吗？
-I think I am. I left the job only
because it was too far from my home.
我想
是的
,
我辞
掉了这份工作只是因为离家
太远
（
6
）
-May I have your resume, please?
可以看看你的简历吗？
-Yes, I need a job that can give full
play to my skills.
可以
,
我需要一份能发挥我一技之
长的工作
.
-Do you like a job in a
library, working with books?
想在图书馆工作吗？和书打交道。
-I like peace. As a matter of fact, I
once had a job in a library.
我喜欢安静
.
事实上
,
我以
前在图书馆干过
.
（
7
）
-I suppose you've had many jobs,
George.
乔治，我想你干过不少工作吧。
-Yes, I used to work for
stone, preparing computer
programs
；
I was a businessman
tow years ago; and I even ran a small
factory until last year.
是的，我曾在四通公司搞
过软件，两年前经过商，我还开过一个小型工厂，一直到去年。
（
8
）
-We
need
aa
person
who
knows
how
to
operate
and
repair
all
kinds
of
office
appliances.
我们需要一位能使用、维修各种办公设备的人
-I used to hold a similar
job for six
years.
类似的工作我干了六年。
-So you're quite confident
in your experience and skill
。那么你很自信自己的经
验的技
术了？
-I think so.
B:
我想是的。
（
9
）
-We need to know whether you have the
special training.
我们想知道你是不是接受专