職場社交英語 Lesson 9

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Vince: Hey, Zina. You're here early today.
    文斯: 嗨,吉娜,你今天早來了。
    Zina: Yeah, I'm going to be making phone calls all day. What a 1) blast.
    吉娜: 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, I'll say you're welcome.
    吉娜: 省省吧,文斯。等我在銀行存了第一個(gè)一百萬,我會(huì)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(lì)。
    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。
    【Save it. 你省省吧?!?BR>    save是“存,省下”的意思,而Save it.在對話中用做短句,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(yù)留”,請看以下的實(shí)際例子:
    A:I wasn't drinking, officer; I just didn'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. I'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(lì)v