时间:2018-12-18 作者:英语课 分类:2014年ESL之商务英语


英语课

 


Reaching a Milestone 1 


Jeff: Well, we’ve reached a milestone. 


Lucy: Yup, it’s been a long haul, but we’ve finally made it. Did you ever think we’d get here? 


Jeff: I admit I had my doubts. At the beginning, I was really dubious 2 that this venture would pan out. I thought that our prospects 3 were iffy, at best. 


Lucy: Me, too. We didn’t have an auspicious 4 start, but we had a turning point after a few months of grinding out the work, day in and day out. 


Jeff: So, what should we do now? 


Lucy: I think we both deserve a celebratory drink, a toast to our achievements...so far. 


Jeff: That sounds good. Then what? 


Lucy: Put our noses back to the grindstone? 


Jeff: I was afraid you were going to say that! 


 


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 



1 milestone
n.里程碑;划时代的事件
  • The film proved to be a milestone in the history of cinema.事实证明这部影片是电影史上的一个里程碑。
  • I think this is a very important milestone in the relations between our two countries.我认为这是我们两国关系中一个十分重要的里程碑。
2 dubious
adj.怀疑的,无把握的;有问题的,靠不住的
  • What he said yesterday was dubious.他昨天说的话很含糊。
  • He uses some dubious shifts to get money.他用一些可疑的手段去赚钱。
3 prospects
n.希望,前途(恒为复数)
  • There is a mood of pessimism in the company about future job prospects. 公司中有一种对工作前景悲观的情绪。
  • They are less sanguine about the company's long-term prospects. 他们对公司的远景不那么乐观。
4 auspicious
adj.吉利的;幸运的,吉兆的
  • The publication of my first book was an auspicious beginning of my career.我的第一本书的出版是我事业吉祥的开始。
  • With favorable weather conditions it was an auspicious moment to set sail.风和日丽,正是扬帆出海的黄道吉日。
学英语单词
Acanthocereus
afear
africanum
al barrah (barra)
allowable stresses
ambiguity sensor
applistructure
Arapahoe National Wildlife Refuge
archaeorniss
archeobacteria
autocratic rule
basilii
Beng Lovea
bestinch
bok
Brainia
breastbeam
brush-turkey
bubalus quarlesi
buncher space
caddy drive
carriage returns
cavernous breathing
Cicadellidae
compact complex analytic variety
controlling mode
coreligionist
coronulid
course of event
cupboard catch
differential weir
dihydroxyhexane
disinsanity
Ekman depth
El Calvario Acolmán
elastic response
electron recombination
ERA (electronic reading automation)
erraticalness
Eureka Rebellion
fire proof
flat file
freight to be prepaid
front-loading
get to sb
history list
kafura (kifura )
keto-leucine
kostyack
local authority lenders' option loans
lorfez
lose a bet
meteorological telegram
mooring basin
morula funiculus
nightrides
non marketable securities
Norton Canes
O'Connell Cr.
o.k.w.
oblique-incidence transmission
occupational and environmental health
pack out
perfect tape merging unit
play hell
plunger pusher
properly nilpotent element
Pujǒnho
pumping power station
purge one's contempt
rami temporales intermedii
reduce stress
repeated averaging
residual market
result management
scale sluicing
sending back
shell-mould
singlestep
Slateford
solar control
somfasepor
stallmen
standcarb
starost
statement number column
styler
the evening star
thermoelectric comminution
three-winding autotransformer
time convolution theorem
timing gate
trichomycosis capillitii
U-2911(carbestrol)
undersaturated magma
unworked grease
uretero-enteric
vapor-phase electrolytic deposition
waths
widual
XC (X computer)
yellow perch