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
acre-inch
aetolus
affine molding surface
arteriae dorsalis pedis
automatic timing device
bailbond
blue glow
bonechilling
brontoscopy
cardiotuberculous cirrhosis
co-adsorb
coal rash
constant deviation monochromator
counterpropagandizing
crippling resistance
cynomorph
dan runner
dharavi
diesel-hydraulics
diminished resonance
disburgeon
driving-lane
edenticornia formosana
farness
fiddlestring
flange-nut
flip over
fluidounce
fuel planar smear density
fuel system run
full depth tooth
fusarium oxysporum schl.f. cyclaminis synder et handen
gang-bangs
glass semiconductor memory
gramineas
grammographus flavicollis
Great Neck
hanlin
have an analogy with
hemolytopoietic
hibbingite
hide-out phenomena
Hydropres
hydroxy mustard oil
immunological network
integrating kilowatt hour meter
interannular
invisible rails
isometheptene
japlish
Krain
linear hash
loffe
long-distance runners
loose-leaf lettuce
maximum capability
meter mail
molecular beam magnetic resonance
mosher
mynah bird
Nios Lake
North Temperate Zone
nunzia
one year rule
orientation of the cutting edge
orletons
palli-, pallio-
paraganlioma
paroxysmal auricular fibrillation
plane-polarized radiation
point-contact germanium diode
pushbuttons
que onda
round feeler gauge
Saturn nebula
semicontinuous polymerization
septoria melongenae
shrimp with lobster sauce
shunt calibration
Siamese twins
snake oil salesman
sodium ion sensitive glass electrode
solvent efficiency
stabilizing choke
Steelman language requirement
summation model
tax bond
teacher guidance
tetsu
Tokutomi Roka
topvs
unconditioned defense reflex
union of concubinage
unofficially
variation coefficient for discharging voltage
voltage controlled oscillator (vco)
wave manometer
weekly intelligence report
wireless microphone
yammer for
yoo hoo
zona columnaris ani