小故事

Reasons to Stay at Work All Night
整晚加班的理由
1. Act out your version of a company takeover.
1. 上演一出你接管公司的大戏。
2. Find a way to change everyone's password to "chrysanthemum."
2. 想办法把每个同事的电脑密码改成“chrysanthemum”。
3. Around 2 a.m., play connect-the-dots with lights still on in other office buldings. Keep going until you see a small woodland creature.
3. 凌晨2点的时候，利用附近大楼里还亮着的灯光玩儿连线游戏，一直到连出一个林地生物。
4. Sneaking in the boss's desk could land you an unexpected promotion.
4. 偷偷翻老板的书桌会让你得到意想不到的提升。
5. Draw stick people in all the landscape pictures on the walls, and in the moring, be the first to point out "what a terrible thing that someone did this to such beautiful works of art."
5. 在墙上的风景画上画火柴小人，第二天早上再第一个指出“谁这么讨厌破坏这么美的工艺品”。
6. Go into the other gender's bathroom without fear of being caught.
6. 不用担惊受怕地进入异性的洗手间。
7. Run up and down the hallways screaming, hoping security will come so you can have someone to talk to.
7. 在大堂里大叫着跑来跑去，希望能把保安招来，好跟他说说话。
8. Leave prank message on the manager's mail.
8. 在经理的邮箱里留下恶作剧的信息。
9. Finally, a chance to live out a dream and pretend to be your boss.
9. 终于有了实现梦想的机会，假装是自己的老板。
10. Elevator surfing!
10. 电梯冲浪！

重点讲解

重点讲解：
1. act out
将…表演出来
eg. I used to come home and act out the movie for the kids.
以前到家后，我会把电影内容再表演给孩子们看。
eg. All the classmates burst into laughter when David acted out the episode.
当戴维表演完那段插曲时，全班同学都捧腹大笑。
2. point out
指点；指明；指出，说出（事实或错误）；
eg. They'd already driven along the wharf so that she could point out her father's boat.
他们已经开车沿码头走了一遍，好让她指出哪艘是她父亲的船。
eg. I should point out that these estimates cover just the hospital expenditures.
我应该指出，这些估算仅包括医院的费用。
3. live out
实践；身体力行；度过余生；
eg. He began living out his rock 'n' roll fantasy during his last year in law school.
在法学院的最后一年，他开始着手实践自己的摇滚梦想。
eg. I suppose some people create an idea of who they want to be, and then they live it out.
我想有些人会先设定好自己要成为什么样的人，然后身体力行。
eg. Gein did not stand trial but lived out his days in a mental asylum.
盖因没有受审，但在一家精神病院度过了余生。
4. pretend to do sth.
假装做某事；
eg. Sometimes the boy pretended to be asleep.
有时这个男孩会假装睡着了。
eg. Don't pretend to know [understand] when you don't.
不要不懂装懂。