外教讲解地道美语 第112期:The office story-I'm late
2010-12-09来源:和谐英语
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词汇注释:
1. be supposed to 应该, 被期望。例句:
He was supposed to give us advice, but all he came up with were airy-fairy ideas.
他应该给我们提些劝告,但他所想出来的一切是不切实际的。
2. in a sec 立刻,马上。例句:
Excuse me. bill. Back in a second.
对不起。比尔。一会儿就回来。
3. get tied up with 被……缠住。例句:
These days I get tied up with my design.这些天我忙于设计。
4. huge traffic jam 严重的交通堵塞
5. pileup n. 多车相撞
6. back up v. (因积聚而)拥堵, 堵塞。例句:
Soon, like a traffic jam, that pressure would be backed up all the way to Washington.
这就好比发生了交通堵塞,要不了多久那车辆的长龙就会一直排到华盛顿。
7. run late 迟到,比预期的发生得晚。例句:
The concert may run late.音乐会可以延续到很晚。
8. acceptable a. 可接受的;合意的
9. wait v. 等待。例句:
I'm waiting for James to arrive.
我正等着詹姆斯的到来。