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
-gogue
A-weapon
abandonment of contract
actinic melanogen
additions to plant and equipment
adhesion to the protocol
all red signal
all that glitters is not gold
antitoxic reaction
Aptocyclini
arteria choroidea
be imagined from
bi-bivalent
bilinearization
BPGM
brepotrophic
brushed rayon
c. e. unit operation
carboxypeptidase (a.anson 1935)
cartooned
chenotaurocholic acid
chish
come to china
controlling position
corroding proof
coulometric method
cultural adaptation
dead in water condition
deformation-gradient
double-barrels
edge treatment
Epilobium gouldii
ethylboric acid
Falcó, C.
flouffy
fluctuation of prices
fluid mash feeding
fsh/lh-rh
GAD65
gastric content
graphic editor
homotypic
house-sit
inclinacin
individual trust
inequity
internal compression inlet
jettisonings
Jotunn
Kettwig
Lake Coleridge
lingual papilla
liquid pressing
list of balance
load the dice
low temperature test chamber
macerates
madakes
main valve disc
market survey and selling forecast
mastocytomas
Miliolinella
military operational research
minimum attractive return
mmtce
monesthetic
Mostoos Hills
motion for a direct verdict
multiinstruction issue
numerative
order paper
Pegun, Palau
proficient in
programmed educational package
rachises
radiator header tank
radio spectroheliogram
re-industrializations
rebound resistance of shock absorber
sebaceous cyst of penis
seeking aerial
sempstry
sensor group
shelf sediment
sjanchualinit (hsianghualite)
spherical condensor
stage of autonomy
sub-superstition
succinate-glycine cycle
synergistic chromatic effect
tampereth
the hard stuff
tial
tracking method
tuning house
unblameful
unsurest
van der Waals molecule
weapon-shaw
witch doctor
workability of coal
yearlier