A: 欢迎大家来到这期的美语训练班! 我是杨琳!
B: 大家好,我是Jo! 从今天开始, 我来给Kat代班,希望大家多多支持!
A: 放心,有我罩着你,你肯定没问题的拉!
B: 哈哈,你可得说到做到! 快来说说咱们今天都要学什么!
A: 好! 今天,咱们一起去看看电影,八卦一下办公室恋情,还要探讨探讨怎么处理工作压力!
B: 工作压力, oh my god! Tell me about it! I have so many things on my plate right now that I don't even know where to start!
A: 等会我就来给你支招! 现在,咱们还是言归正传,赶快来进入第一个单元,Learn a Word!
Learn A Word 1544 work-related
今天我们要学的词是 work-related. Work is spelled w-o-r-k, related is spelled r-e-l-a-t-e-d, work-related. Work-related 与工作有关的。比如,He claimed that the travel expenses were all work-related. 他说,外出旅行的这些开支都是跟工作有关的。最新研究显示,The more work-related stress parents experience, the more likely their children are to eat unhealthy meals. 家长在工作上的压力越大,他们的孩子吃不健康食物的可能性也就越大。More than 8,000 cancer deaths in Britain each year are work-related. 英国每年有八千多起癌症死亡都是由工作引起的。好,今天我们学习的词是 work-related, work-related, work-related...
B: This is exactly what I'm talking about, work-related stress. I have three scripts to write, a video to shoot, another video to edit, and tons of paperwork to finish by the end of this week!
A: 哎,可不! 在今天这种社会里,你只能学会忙里偷闲! 说起来,我下了班就要去yoga class, 要不然咱们一起去?
B: I'm not really a sports person. Sports never really decompresses me, instead, I get excited after working out and could not sleep.
A: 或者吧...嘿嘿嘿,你最近不是有个新实习生? 你可以多锻炼锻炼她嘛……
B: She's helping a lot but I can't let her to do my work! Actually she's really a diamond in the rough. With a bit more training, she can become a great reporter very soon!
A: That's why I think you can give her some more challenging work! 你刚才提到了一个很好的词儿,a diamond in the rough, 咱们今天就来学学这个习惯用语的用法!