胡敏读故事记托福短语(MP3+中英字幕) 第168期:出差在外
日期:2017-04-06 07:13

(单词翻译:单击)

中英文本

168.Going out of Town
168.出差在外

Whenever the boss was out of the office, everyone took it easy!
只要老板不在办公室,大伙儿就放松了!
They stopped trying to outdo themselves, fighting against each other,
他们不再拼命超水平发挥,相互之间不再明争暗斗,
and going over and above the demands of duty!
不再多做工作以外的事!
That's why the boss was always so reluctant to leave.
就因为这样,老板一般都不愿意离开。
One time, however, when he had to go out of town on business for several weeks, he knew that it was out of the question for him to allow his whole office to do nothing while he was gone!
然而有那么一次,他得一连好几个星期出差在外,他知道他不可能让整个办公室趁他不在时无所事事。

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And so he went out of his way to fight the problem; he hired a replacement, Boss number 2!
于是一反常态要解决这个问题,结果他找了个替身,也就是老板二号!
Boss number 2 was outrageously expensive! But the boss thought it was worth it!
请这个老板二号可是贵得惊人!但老板觉得值!
The staff thought it was ridiculous!
员工们认为这很荒唐!
But when the boss was gone, Boss number 2 changed their outlook on everything-he was even more demanding than the normal boss!
可是老板不在的时候,老板二号改变了他们对事物的看法——他比原来的老板甚至要求更高!
But he was out of tune with how to run the business
但他协调不了生意上的事情,
and the normal boss found that he wasn't out of the woods with this replacement boss either!
原来的老板发现找这个替身还是摆脱不了困境!
When he returned he found that several clients had left, project costs exceeded and key staff fired!
回来时他发现走了好几个客户,项目支出超额、重要员工被炒鱿鱼!
The company was in a mess out-and-out!
公司完全乱成一锅粥!
Everyone reported that Boss number 2 was out of touch with everything, and out of this world in his expectations!
大家都说老板二号不接触任何事情,可是却想得很好!
The whole office would have to start all over again in some areas of their business!
整个办公室有些业务得重新来!
The boss decided then and there that he was over and done with going out of town!
于是老板当场决定他不再会有出差的时候!
The staff moaned!
员工们叫苦不迭!

重点讲解

1.out of one's way 不在预期的路线(轨道)上
例句:Stay out of my way.
别挡我的路。

2.out of the office 不在办公室
例句:Plan work in and out of the office.
在办公室里外都有计划地工作。

3.out of the question 不可能的,不值得考虑的
例句:Another food crisis does not look out question.
另一场粮食危机看来并非不可能。

4.out of the woods 脱离险境,摆脱闲境
例句:That is why the world economy is not yet out of the woods.
这就是世界经济为什么仍未脱离险境的原因。

5.out of touch with 不联系,不接触
例句:He is now out of touch with his old friends.
他现在已经没有和他过去的朋友联系了。

6.out of town on business 出差在外
例句:Yesterday, my mother and I take back the dad was out of town on business.
昨天,我和妈妈接回了去外地出差的爸爸。

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