1. apply
这里我们详细串联一下在听力考试中涉及到的与求职相关的短语。
apply for(申请),这是工作的第一步;既然要申请,必然需要递交 letter of application (求职信),只要你足够 confident about yourself,就有可能获得job interview (工作面试)的机会。是否能够 give a good impression(留个好印象)给主管,那就得看你个人造化了。
有些工作岗位会require much traveling,(要求经常出差)还有些工作,做不了多久就会希望find a way out(找到出路)。
正所谓城里城外,各有风光。没工作的人想工作,有工作的人又烦工作。
2.bill
(1)账单,买单。
i will pay the bill this time because last time you did it.
这次我来买单,因为上次是你。
(2)提案。
we all passed the bill on yesterday's board meeting.
在昨天的董事会上我们全票通过该提案。
(3)纸币。
here's a 10-dollar bill. give me two tickets for tonight's show please.
这是一张10美元的纸币,请给我两张今晚演出的票,谢谢。
3.as well 也
if the weather is this hot tomorrow, we may as well give up the idea of playing tennis outside.
如果明天温度还是这么高,我们也可能放弃到户外进行比赛的主意。
4.as soon as 一……就,尽快
i will do that for you as soon as i have fixed the machine.
一修好机器我就会尽快为你完成那个工作。
5.awfully
非常地,相当地。在口语中用于表程度的比例十分高。
awfully nervous 相当紧张; awfully cold 相当冷; awfully sorry 十分抱歉
tom looks awfully nervous.
汤姆看上去相当紧张。
i am awfully sorry. i didn't mean to hurt you.
十分抱歉。我不想伤害你的。
6.be bound to
肯定,注定
the movie starts in 5 minutes and there's bound to be a long line.
电影还有5分钟就开始了在那里肯定排着长队。
7.better
(1)'d better 最好是
i'd better read one of the articles for the class.
我最好还是为上课读篇文章准备一下。
i think you'd better find another partner.
我想你最好还是另找一个搭档吧。
(2)make it better 让……更好
i'd rewrite the last two paragraphs to make it better.
我已经重写了最后两段以使它更好。
(3)be better 更好些
i told you it would be better for you if you took fewer courses during the first semester.
我告诉过你如果你在第一个学期少选一些课程会比较好一些。
8.book
(1)书。本意,简单名词。
(2)预定,订购。 be booked up 被预定空了;booking office 售票处
all the morning flights have been booked up.
所有明早的飞机票都预定光了。