2015年ESL之商务英语 01 An Expiring Business Lease
时间：2018-12-03 作者：英语课 分类：2015年ESL之商务英语
An Expiring Business Lease
Jane: Our lease is up at the end of this year and we need to negotiate a new one.
Monty: I know, but if I bring it up first, the landlord will think I’m desperate to renew.
Jane: We are desperate to renew. We’ve built our business here, and it would be really difficult to uproot 1 it and reestablish it elsewhere.
Monty: I know, but given our antagonistic 2 dealings in the past, I’m afraid the landlord is going to jack 3 up our rent and we’ll be forced out.
Jane: It’s in the best interest of the landlord to keep a steady business leasing his property.
Monty: He might not see it that way. He might see this as an opportunity to bring in a higher-paying tenant 4.
Jane: Or he may realize that a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Monty: Or he might think, “Out with the old and in with the new.”
Jane: You won’t know until you contact him.
Monty: Right, but I think I’ll let him stew 5 just a little longer.
Script by Dr. Lucy Tse
- The family decided to uproot themselves and emigrate to Australia.他们全家决定离开故土，移居澳大利亚。
- The trunk of an elephant is powerful enough to uproot trees.大象的长鼻强壮得足以将树木连根拔起。
- He is always antagonistic towards new ideas.他对新思想总是持反对态度。
- They merely stirred in a nervous and wholly antagonistic way.他们只是神经质地，带着完全敌对情绪地骚动了一下。
- I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
- He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。