和Emily一起练口语（附中英双语字幕）

a pain in the neck

讨厌的家伙

I really wish he would stop calling me. He's such a pain in the neck.

我真希望他不要再打电话给我。他真的很烦人。

take the cake

某人坏到极点

He blamed all the mistakes on me. It really takes the cake.

他把所有错误都怪到我身上。真是坏极了。

grin and bear it

默默承受；苦笑着忍受

All he could do was to grin and bear it until he got a new job.

他所能做的，就是在他找到新工作前忍气吞声。

经典对话

A: How was your day?

今天过得怎么样？

B: I don't think you really want to hear about it. 

我想你不会想听我发牢骚的。

A: It can't have been that bad. Go on and tell me about it.

情况能有多糟糕呢，跟我说说吧。

B: To be honest, it was horrible. My manager is such a pain in the neck. 

老实说，真是糟透了。我上司实在是太讨厌了。

A: Why? What happened?

为什么这么说？出什么事了？

B: Well, he made quite a few mistakes on a monthly report and when his supervisor found them, my manager blamed them on me.

他写的每月报告里出了好多错，结果他的主管发现之后，他居然都赖在我头上。

A: That's not fair. What did you do?

真是不公平，那你该怎么办？

B: There wasn't really anything that I could do. There's always been a lot of bad blood between my manager and myself. If I had said anything, he would have fired me for sure. 

实际上，我无计可施。我们俩的关系一直很紧张，只要我随便说点儿什么，他肯定就会把我给炒了。

A: Does he treat everyone in the department like this?

他对你们部门的其他人也是这样吗？

B: He treats everyone pretty poorly. But the way he treats me really takes the cake. 

他对每个人都不怎么样，但尤其对我可以说是坏到极点了。

A: Do you have any idea why he treats you worse than the others?

你知道他为什么对你比其他人还糟糕吗？

B: I really have no idea.

我真是不明白。

A: Is there anyone else you can talk to about it at your company?

这些遭遇，你能跟公司里的其他什么人交流吗？

B: Not really. I'm hoping to live with it for a while until I get a promotion.

恐怕不能，我只希望自己能坚持忍耐直到升职。

A: That's very sensible. It sounds like you have a good head on your shoulders.

这样很理智，你能这么想说明你还挺聪明的。

B: I try to be sensible about it, but it's not very easy. Sometimes I just have to grin and bear it. 

我努力让自己尽量保持客观去看待这件事，但真是不容易做到，有时我不得不逆来顺受。

The objective is to gather customer feedback on new products. 

目的是搜集顾客对新产品的反馈。

Do you have any thoughts on the quality of our new product?

你对我们新产品的质量有什么看法？

Are there any other problems or suggestions you have about our products?

你对我们产品还有什么其他问题和建议？

What's your opinion about the price of our products?

你对产品的价格有什么看法？

How do you like/What do you think about our new design?

你觉得我们的新设计怎么样？

Do you think our product is at a reasonable cost?

你觉得我们的产品价格合理吗？

How is market research carried out?

如何进行市场调研？

In which aspects do you think we need to improve?

你觉得我们哪个方面有待提高？

经典对话

A: In recent years, we have made amazing achievements in electronic products.

近几年，我们在电子产品方面取得了很惊人的成绩。

B: I heard. How did you do that?

我听说了，你们是怎么做到的？

A: The main reason is that we often do market research, research customer attitudes and hobbies. 

最主要的原因是我们经常做市场调研，研究客户的态度和爱好。

B: As far as I know, you have a lot of regular customers.

据我所知，你们有很多的老顾客。

A: Yes. We regularly maintain regular customers and collect their feedback. 

是的，我们会定期维护老顾客以及收集他们的反馈。

B: How do you protect your regular customers?

你们是如何维护老客户的？

A: We have special people who are responsible for regular contact with regular customers and we give birthday or holiday gifts to regular customers who buy a lot of products. This is a great way to get a boost in sales. But then we found that relying solely on regular customers was not a good decision, so we decided to strengthen the market research and gather more information from different resources. 

我们有专人负责定期联络老顾客，而且对于那些购买很多产品的老顾客，我们会赠送生日或者节假日礼物。这是一个很好的办法，我们之前就借助这个，销量得到了提升。不过后来我们也发现，纯粹依靠老顾客也不是一个很好的决策，我们研究后决定加强市场调研，从不同渠道搜集更多的信息。

B: That means you're only working on new customers?

意思是你们只致力于开发新客户？

A: No. We will stick to our approach to old customers and develop new ones.

不是的，我们会坚持对老顾客的做法，并且开发新顾客。

B: okay. Can you explain the market research to me?

好的，你能给我解释一下市场调研吗？

A: Well, in a nutshell, one of the goals of market research is to know whether there's a market for the product and its sales potential.

简单地说，市场调研的目标之一就是了解产品是否有市场以及产品的销售潜力。

B: Yes, but I'd like to remind you that you must not ignore regular customers. 

是的，不过我要提醒你的是，你们千万不能忽略老顾客。

A: You said it. 

你说的对

I feel so grateful.

我很感激。

I really appreciate it. 

我很感谢/感激

A really appreciate your invitation. 

我很感谢您的邀请。

Thank you for having me here. 

谢谢你邀请我来你这里。

Thank you for your hospitality. 

谢谢您的盛情款待。

Thank you for coming. 

谢谢你能来。

I want to first thank you for the wonderful dinner you arranged. 

我想首先感谢一下您安排的丰盛的晚宴。

Thank you for the hospitality of your company. 

谢谢贵公司的款待。

Thank you, the feast is so rich I have a pleasant evening. 

谢谢，晚宴很丰盛，我度过了一个愉快的夜晚。

Thanks for taking time out of your busy schedule to attend this banquet. 

感谢您在百忙之中抽空参加宴会。

经典对话

A: Hello. This is Daniel.

你好，我是丹尼尔。

B: Hello. This is Michael.

你好，我是迈克尔。

A: Do you remember me? I'm from Best company. 

你还记得我吗？我是来自贝斯特公司。

B: Oh, yes.

奥，记得。

A: The main purpose of my call to you is to thank you for your careful arrangements and hospitality last night. I had a very pleasant evening yesterday. 

我给你打电话的主要目的就是感谢您昨天的精心安排和盛情款待，我昨天度过了一个很愉快的夜晚。

B: Well, I'm glad you had a nice dinner time.

很高兴你有一段愉快的晚餐，时间

A: Yes. But, unfortunately, we didn't have a chance to chat. I mean I couldn't find a chance to talk to you last night when you were hosting so many guests. 

是的，但遗憾的是我们并没有机会聊天。昨晚你要招待那么多的客人，我都找不到机会和你聊天了。

B: It doesn't matter. We can find another time for coffee and chat.

没关系，我们可以再找时间喝咖啡聊天。

A: Okay, I'd love to. But we can go to dinner first, and then go for coffee because I know a Chinese restaurant. It's on me this time. 

好啊，我很愿意。不过我们可以先去吃饭，然后再去喝咖啡。因为我知道一家很好吃的中国餐厅，这次我请客。

B: Well, it's my favorite. 

哇，我的最爱。

A: Yes. I heard you like Chinese food, so I'd like to invite you to try it.

是的，我听说你喜欢中国菜，所以想邀请你品尝一下。

B: Thank you for being so thoughtful.

很感谢你这么体贴。

A: You're welcome. I also want to take this opportunity to thank you for your advice to me. 

不客气，主要我也是想借此机会感谢你曾经给我的建议。

B: You remember. I just expressed my thoughts.

你竟然还记得，我也只是表达了自己的想法而已。

A: Of course. I wouldn't forget the kindness of anyone to me. 

那当然了，我是不会忘记任何人对我的有好的。

What would you like to drink?

你想喝什么？

It is my honor to be invited to dinner. 

很荣幸被邀请参加晚宴。

 How about a rain check?

要不下次吧？

What kind of food do you prefer?

你喜欢什么类型的食物？

I'm glad you like it. Let's drink to our cooperation. 

很高兴你喜欢这个菜。让我们为我们的合作干杯。

I hope we can have a good cooperation. Cheers. 

希望我们能合作开心。干杯。

经典对话

A: Hello, Mr Phillips. Do you have any plans for tomorrow night? Our manager would like to invite you and your team to a French restaurant.

你好，菲利普先生，您明晚有安排吗？我们经理想邀请您和您的团队成员明晚到法国餐厅吃饭。

B: Thank you for asking, but sorry, I'm tied up. I need to talk to my team about the next project tomorrow night. We need to consider a lot of questions, so we don't have extra time to attend.

谢谢你的邀请，但不好意思，我已经有安排了。我明晚需要和我的团队商量下一个项目地计划，我们需要考虑很多的问题，所以没有额外的时间参加。

A: That's alright. We can schedule the dinner according to your time, any time when you're free. 

那没关系，我们可以根据您的时间安排晚宴看您什么时候有空。

B: Let me have a look at my work schedule, I may not be free until next week.

让我看一下我的工作日程表，我可能下个星期才有空。

A: Okay. I'll explain to our manager. Our manager said that he must have dinner with you this time, so it's okay whenever you are free. 

好的，我会向我们经理说明的。我们经理说这次一定要跟您一起用餐，所以您无论什么时候有空都是可以的。

B: Well, please convey to your manager that we will have dinner together next week.

请向您的经理转达，我们下星期一定会一起吃饭的。

A: Great. I also heard that you like wine, so the French restaurant we arranged will certainly satisfy you.

那太好了。我还听您说您喜欢喝葡萄酒，所以我们安排的那个法国餐厅一定会让你满意的。

B: It's very kind of you. Alright, I'll have my secretary make an appointment with you next week.

你真的太好了。好了，那我会在下星期让我的秘书跟你预约具体的时间。

A: No problem. We will be at the gate of the company to pick you and your team up then.

没问题，我们到时候可以去公司门口接您和您的团队。

B: OK, see you then. 

好的，到时候见。

I'm an excellent team player. 

我富有团队合作精神。

All the staff were really helpful when I joined the farm a couple of months ago. 

我来这个公司上班有两三个月了，这里所以的同事对我都很好。

He always gets on well with his colleagues. 

他总能和同事们相处很好。

He sounds pretty hard to get along with. 

听起来他这个人很难相处。

We are fed up with him. 

我们已经受够他了。

经典对话

A: How did your interview go?

你面试的怎么样？

B: Pretty well. I don't know if I'll get the promotion or not, but I feel good about it.

挺好的，虽然我不清楚是否能成功升职，但是自我感觉还不错。

A: If you get the promotion, what will your new title be?

如果你真的升值了，那你的头衔是什么呢？

B: If I get the promotion, I will be a senior engineer instead of an assistant engineer. 

由助理工程师变为高级工程师。

A: Who interviewed you？

我明白了，谁面试的呢？

B: My boss.

我的上司。

A: What kind of questions did she ask you?

他问了你一些什么类型的问题？

B: She asked me about my ability to work in a team and what I thought a good boss should be. 

他问我在团队中的工作能力如何，以及在我心中一个好的上司应该是什么样的？

A: The second one sounds rather difficult to answer. What did you tell her?

第二个问题，听上去似乎很难回答，你是怎么说的？

B: I told her that I'm an excellent team player and a good boss should treat male and female employees equally. 

我告诉他，我富有团队合作精神，而一个好的上司应该做到对待下属，无论男女都一视同仁。

A: Those are good answers. How did she react?

回答的很好啊，她有什么反应？

B: She told me that even when I become a senior engineer, I'll have to work with the assistant engineers as a team. 

她跟我说，即使我升职为高级工程师，我还是得和助理工程师一起在一个团队工作。

A: What do you think about her?

你觉得她作为上司做的怎么样？

B: As a boss, she's pretty easy to get along with. She listens to her employees and treats everyone equally.

她很平易近人，善于听下属的意见，而且能一视同仁。

A: You're lucky. Not everyone has such a great boss.

你真是太走运了，不是所有人都能遇到这么好的上司。

B: That's true. She's highly esteemed among everyone at my company. 

没错，我们公司里大家都对他评价很高。

It's been nice talking with you.和您谈话非常愉快。

keep in touch.保持联系。

Say hello to your sister for me。代我向你姐姐问好。

Take care, bye.保重，再见。

See you later then. 到时候见。

经典对话

A: That was a great dinner. I didn't know that you knew how to cook.晚餐真是美味极了，我不知道你会做饭。

B: I'm glad you like it. Are you ready for the dessert?你喜欢吃我就很开心了，准备好吃甜点了吗？

A: I don't know. I'm pretty full. What are we having?我不知道，我真的很撑了，咱们要吃什么？

B: I made strawberry shortcake.我做了草莓酥饼。

A: Oh, that's my favorite. Maybe I'll  just have a small slice.那可是我的最爱，也许我就再吃一小块。

B: Great. Would you like coffee or tea with that?好极了，你想配咖啡还是茶？

A: I'll have a cup of tea.一杯茶就好。

B: Do you take cream or sugar with your tea?茶里放奶油，还是放糖？

A: Could I have some milk with that?放牛奶行吗？

B: Definitely. Would you like skim or whole milk?绝对没问题，牛奶要脱脂的，还是全脂的？

A: Skim, please. That'd be very nice, thanks. Oh, no, Jenny. I'm so sorry, but I've got to go.脱脂的吧。这杯一定会很好喝，谢谢。哦，不，詹妮，实在对不起，可是我得走了。

B: What happened?出什么事了？

A: I just got a message from my sister saying that she's been in a car accident. I need to go pick her up.我姐姐刚刚给我发了条短信。说她出了交通事故，我得去接她。

B: I'll go with you, where is she?我陪你一起去吧，她在哪儿？

A: She's on M40, near Reading. 她在瑞丁附近的M40号公路上。

B: Is she alright?她人没事吧？

A: I don't know. She didn't say. I'm so sorry about this.我不知道，她没说，真不好意思。

B: Don't worry. Family comes first. Come on, let's go. 别担心，家人第一嘛。来吧，咱们出发。

Are you going to be busy this evening?你今晚忙吗？

I was thinking of going to a movie tonight, would you like to come?我晚上想看电影，你想去吗？

I'm going to play with a group of friends, would you like to join us?我晚上要跟一帮朋友去玩，你愿意一起来吗？

That'd be great. /I'd love to. 我愿意。

Sorry, I'm afraid I'm busy tonight. 对不起，恐怕今晚没空。

I think it's about time we made a move. 我想我们该出发了。
I'm sorry, but I've got to attend a meeting at six. 对不起，我六点钟还要参加一个会议。

Conversation:

A: Hey, Charlie. Are you busy this evening?

查理，你今天晚上有空吗？

B: Sorry, I'm afraid that I've got plans tonight.

对不起，我今晚恐怕已经有安排了。

A: What are you doing?

你打算干什么呢？

B: I'm going to my parent's house for my father's birthday.

我要去我父母那儿给爸爸庆祝生日。

A: How old is he today?

他今年多大了？

B: It's his 50th birthday. 

50岁整。

A: Well, wish him a happy birthday for me.

代我向你爸爸说生日快乐。

B: Sure thing. What are your plans for the evening?

没问题，你今晚有什么安排？

A: I was just thinking of going to a movie tonight.

我只想去看场电影。

B: Well, if you can wait until tomorrow night, I'll go with you.

如果你能等到明天晚上，我就陪你去。

A: Sorry, I've got people coming over tomorrow night.

不好意思，明晚有人过来看我。

B: Sounds like this weekend just isn't going to work out for us.

看来这个周末我们好像没有什么机会能待在一起了。

A: Sounds that way. Maybe some other time, then?

似乎是这样，不如另外再找个时间？

B: Sure. Hey, I'm sorry but I've got to get going.

好啊，对不起，我必须得走了。

A: Yeah, me too, it's about time I made a move.

我也是我，也该动身了。

B: Say hello to your friends for me.

代我向你的朋友问好。

A: Likewise. See you later. 

你也是，再见。

I got sacked 

I have been demoted. 

你被解雇了。

Are you in the middle of something?

你在忙吗？

Today is terrible, it's been one thing after another. 

今天太可怕了，一件事接着一件事。

经典对话

A: How was your day?

你今天过得怎么样？

B: Let's start with you. How was yours?

你先说吧，你怎么样？

A: It's really busy. I had to work straight through my lunch break.

我特别忙，我午休的时间都在干活。

B: Did you get to leave early then?

你能早点走吗？

A: My boss told me that I could either go home early or take a long lunch break another day, so I decided to wait and take a long lunch break another time. 

我上司跟我说可以早点回家，或者改天午休休的长一点。所以我决定等到哪天有空中午多休息一会儿。

B: It was nice of your boss to give you an option. My boss would never do that. Let's get back to you, how was your day?

你上司人不错，还给你选择的机会，我上次从来都不会这样。

A: It was horrible, it was just one thing after another.

还是说说你吧，你今天怎么样？

B: You look pretty upset. Are you okay?

你看起来情绪不高，没事儿吧？

A: I'm fine, but I have bad news.

我没事儿，但是我有个坏消息。

B: What's that?

什么事儿？

A: I got sacked today.

我今天被解雇了。

B: You're kidding. How did that happen?

你开玩笑吧，到底怎么回事儿？

A: Well, I was late to work today. It was the third time I was late this week. 

我今天迟到了，这是我这周第三次迟到了。

B: How late were you?

迟到多长时间？

A: Only about five minutes. 

大概只有五分钟。

B: You got fired for being a few minutes late?

就因为迟到几分钟，你就被解雇了？

A: My boss is really picky about that. He never arrives late, usually works overtime, and always gets his work done on time. 

我上司对迟到最敏感了，他自己从来不迟到，经常加班，而且还总是按时完成任务

I think I've got the flu. 

我觉得我感冒了。

I've got a bit of hangover. 

我有点宿醉未醒。

I feel absolutely awful.  My temperature is 41℃, and I've got a headache and a runny nose. 

我感觉糟糕透了，体温41度，头疼流鼻涕。

It's really hurt.

真的很疼。

I feel dizzy and I've got no appetite. 

我头晕，并且没有胃口。

You don't look too well, maybe you should take the day off from work. 

你看起来气色不太好，或许你应该请假休息一天。

A: You don't look too well, maybe you should take the day off from work.

你看起来气色可不太好，也许你应该请一天假。

B: I couldn't do that. I have an important meeting to go to today.

我不能请假，今天我有个很重要的会议要参加。

A: Do you feel okay?

你觉得还好吗？

B: Not really. After a twelve-hour flight, I've got jetlag and on top of that, I think I've also got the flu.

不怎么样坐了12个钟头的飞机，时差还没倒过来，更要命的是我觉得我还感冒了。

A: Why don't you call your secretary and tell her to reschedule the meeting? You should really get some rest, or you'll end up feeling even worse than you do now.

你为什么不给你的秘书打个电话，让她重新安排你今天的会议呢？你应该好好休息，否则过一会儿可能会比现在感觉更难受。

B: Could you feel my forehead and check to see if I have a fever?

你能不能摸摸我的额头，看我是不是有点发烧？

A: You're really hot. Let me get you some medicine.

真的很热，我去给你找点药吧。

B: Okay. I'll stay home this morning and rest. But if I feel better in the afternoon, I'm going to go to the meeting. 

好的，我今天上午就呆在家里休息了。不过如果我下午感觉好一点的话，我还得回去开

What do you do (for a living)?你是做什么的？

What salary do you expect?你期望的薪水是多少？

Have you ever done this kind of work before?你以前做过类似的工作吗？

What makes you think that you would be successful in this position?你怎么知道你能胜任这份工作？

I don't mind I if I start with a low salary because it is my first time hunting for a job and I lack experience. 我不介意刚开始薪水低，因为这是我第一次找工作，而且我缺乏工作经验。

对话：

A: Hi, my name's Amy. What's your name?你好，我叫艾米，你叫什么？
B: I'm Linda. It's nice to meet you. What do you do?我叫琳达，很高兴认识你，你是做什么的？
A: I'm a freelance English teacher. How about you?我是个自由英语教师，你呢？
B: I'm in between jobs at the moment.我目前还在找工作呢。
A: What kind of job are you looking for?想找什么样的工作？
B: I'd like to find a job with flexible hours in the IT field.我想找份IT业的，上班时间比较灵活的工作。
A: Have you ever thought about becoming a freelance consultant?你有没有想过做个自由It咨询者顾问呢？
B: No. Is it difficult to find such a job?没想过。找一份这样的工作很难吧？
A: Not if you're good at net-working. Do you like to meet new people?不会，只要你擅长使用网络就行，你喜欢接触陌生人吗？
B: Yes, I'm pretty out-going and friendly.是的，我性格很外向而且随和。
A: Do you have experience in the IT field?你有IT业的相关工作经验吗？
B: I have some. I worked in the IT department at a language school for four years in Spain.有的，我在西班牙一所语言学校的IT部门工作过四年。
A: Do you speak Spanish?你会讲西班牙语吗？
B: Yes, but not fluently. 会，但是不太流利。
A: That's okay. Have you sent your resume out to anyone yet?这没关系，你给公司发过简历吗？
B: I've sent my resume to dozens of companies. But nobody has got back to me.我发了许多简历，可是没有一个公司回复我。
A: Did you write a clear objective in resume?简历中求职意向写的明确吗？
B: No, because I didn't know what I wanted to do.不明确，因为我也不知道自己想干什么。
A: I think you need to update your resume. Bring it over to my office tomorrow, and I'll help you with it. 我觉得你需要改一改你的简历了，明天把你的简历拿到我办公室来，我帮你看看吧。
B: Thanks, I will. I'll see you tomorrow then. 
谢谢，我会的，明天到时候见。