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🎙️本集摘要
📌”on the back of an envelope”的比喻用法是怎麼來的
📌日常生活跟職場對話情境應用範例
📌英文口說考試題目跟回答應用範例
 
🎯挑戰時間: 試試看回答以下問題並且把”back-of-the-envelope calculation/estimate/judgment”融入你的表達裡讓你的回答更生動自然喔!
 
Describe a time when you had to make a quick decision.
You should say:

• What the situation was
• What decision you made
• Why did you have to make it quickly? Explain how you felt about the decision.

🧠 實際應用（Usage unlock）
這個片語可以用在生活或工作場景中，尤其當你想要打預防針地說：
「這只是個初步估算啦。」

情境：兩位朋友在討論理財規劃和投資選擇
A: 對了，你之前不是說你要開始投資了嗎？進度如何？
A: By the way, didn’t you say you were gonna start investing? How’s that going?

B: 我有稍微算了一下，就算保守投資，回報也比銀行利息高多了。
B: I ran some rough numbers — even with conservative investments, the returns are way better than bank interest.

A: 哇，是很詳細的財務規劃嗎？
A: Wow, is that like a full-on financial plan?

B: 呃…還沒啦，就是那種「背面信封」的粗估而已。
B: Uh… not really. Just a back-of-the-envelope kinda estimate for now.

A: 好喔，只要別影響到生活品質就好。
A: Oh ok, just make sure it doesn’t mess with your quality of life.
 
👔【職場對話】
情境：提案會前討論預算

Manager: 我們要提出下季活動的初步預算報告，下週五前要完成。
Manager: We need a preliminary budget report for next quarter’s campaign by next Friday.

Amy: 沒問題，我今天可以開始做。
Amy: No problem, I can start on it today.

Manager: 你有大概估過要花多少錢嗎？
Manager: Do you have a rough idea of the cost already?

Amy: 有啦，我昨天在吃便當的時候大概算了一下。
Amy: Yeah, I did a quick calculation yesterday during lunch.

Manager: 是妳"掐指一算"的預算嗎？
Manager: Are we talking “back-of-the-envelope” kind of numbers?

Amy: 呃…是的，不過我會補上正式版本啦。
Amy: Uh… yeah, but I’ll follow up with a proper version.

🤣 小結：這句在職場很常用，尤其是當你還沒準備好正式資料，但需要先拋個大概方向的時候！
 

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