(单词翻译:单击)
情景对话
Paul: Hi, this is Paul from South Korea.
保罗:嗨,我是保罗,来自韩国 。
Hanna: And I'm Hanna from Australia.
汉娜:我是汉娜,来自澳大利亚 。
Paul: So Hanna have you ever had the worst experience working?
保罗:汉娜,你有最糟糕的工作经历吗?
Hanna: A really bad experience working? Yes, actually. I had a three day job once. I was a telemarketer, and for those people who haven't heard of that kind of job before, basically, you ring up a lot of people at dinner time, and try to sell them something, and hassle them, so yeah, after three days, I quit because I couldn't stand ringing people up anymore.
汉娜:非常糟糕的工作经历?实际上我有 。之前有一份工作我只做了三天 。那份工作是电话销售员,我来给那些没听过这种工作的人解释一下,基本上来说,电话销售员就是在晚饭期间给很多人打电话,试图向他们销售东西,去打扰他们,三天之后我就不干了,因为我再也无法忍受不停给别人打电话这种工作了 。
Paul: That sounds awful.
保罗:那听起来很糟糕 。
Hanna: Yeah, it was horrible.
汉娜:对,很可怕 。
Paul: My worst? I wouldn't say the worst, but I was once a cleaner. I was in the dormitory and I had to wake up at six in the morning to clean up and pick up all the trash on the floor. It was sooooo ... it was a nightmare. At six in the morning.
保罗:我最糟糕的工作经历呢?我不会说那是最糟糕的,我以前做过清洁员 。当时我住在集体宿舍,我每天早上6点就要起床,然后开始打扫,并清理地板上的垃圾 。那太……那简直是恶梦 。早上6点就得起床 。
Hanna: That's pretty early.
汉娜:那真是太早了 。
Paul: It is.
保罗:没错 。
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重点讲解
重点讲解:
1. ring up 给…打电话;
例句:You can ring us up anytime.
你随时都可以给我们打电话 。
2. wake up 醒;醒来;
例句:They found that, on average, people wake up in a good mood, which falls away over the course of the day.
他们发现,通常情况下,人们起床时都有好心情,但随着一天的行进,好心情逐渐殆尽 。
3. clean up 打扫;清扫;把…弄干净;
例句:The children help clean up the kitchen.
孩子们帮忙打扫厨房 。
4. pick up 拿起;提起;拾起;捡起;
例句:They depend on the goodwill of visitors to pick up rubbish.
他们相信游客会自觉捡起垃圾 。