6月晨读 Day 7
Day 6 反馈
1. 元音念的不够长：cut back on 【back 的元音】; not
2. 发音： lesser, How's goes comes【z】 chosen, politically going
3. 人名要念清楚 Bill
4. 重音： company offsite; strip joint
5. 自然度
Day 7
语音：
重音： kiss up; butter up
表达：
1. 斥责某人，一说说半天： give sb an earful = give sb a piece of one's mind= give sb a good talking to
2. 让某人生气： push one's buttons
[别忘心里去：Don't let him push your buttons. ]
3. 记仇: have a chip on one's shoulder [remain angry about a past insult]
a bad-tempered person: hot-head [a stupid person: bonehead]
4. 他人不坏，但还是挺难相处的： He's not a bad guy, but he does have issues.
5. 这里的人形形色色：We've got a lot of personalities around here.
拓展： personality= celebrity
e.g. a well-known TV/ Internet personality in ...[]某领域
6. 拍马屁：brownie points； brown nose; suck up to; apple-polishing
7. 善于做某事：He's an expert at doing sth; excel at/in
8. 以我们为代价：at our expense
9. 故技重施： up to one's old tricks
10. 怪不得... No wonder...
11.背后说人闲话：talk behind one's back
12. Don't you know...
13. overhear 无意中听到 vs eavesdrop 偷听
14. Sorry, I just overheard....搭讪句式
15. 接着忽悠、说的跟真的似的 likely story
13. 累了： I am beat/shot/ wiped (out)/ burn out/ worn out
14. 兼顾很多事情;同时应付很多事情：juggle sth with; juggle my job with my kids, and my mother
15. It slipped my mind 卡壳了
16. This meeting is not optional.
17. 有很多事情要做 I do have a lot on my plate.
18. 二八原则：80/20 rule
