《英语口语 一语千说》第二篇 求职与工作 06工作单位

1. 词组句型

准时：on time, be punctual

Sentence patterns:

When you make a date, you should reach there on time.

He arrived on time.

Punctual actions are welcomed by everyone.

All the time we should be punctual.

打卡：punch, punch in

Sentence patterns:

What's the time for you to punch in?

After work Tom punched out and went home.

用完：run out, be out of, use up

Sentence patterns:

We're running out of petrol.

They're running out of time.

I think she is out of paper.

I used up all the ink.

He used up all the beef bones to make soup.

对... 严厉：be hard on somebody, be strict with somebody

Sentence patterns:

Our boss is hard on us.

The boss is so hard on us that we are a litte afraid of him.

My father is strict with me.

The old generation should be strict with the younger.

松懈：neglect, slack of

Sentence patterns:

He was severely criticized for neglect duty.

When we work, we shouldn't slack of.

与...相处融洽：get on well with, on good terms with somebody, get along well with somebody

Sentence patterns:

He can get on well with the people around him.

Brenda is on good terms with her colleagues.

She is getting along with his colleagues.

下班：go off work, knock off

Sentence patterns:

When do you usually go off work?

After going off work, I'll call you.

I want to knock off one hour earlier.

发言： take the floor, speak

Sentence patterns:

It's the chairman's turn to take the floor.

Who will have the floor at the meeting?

He spoke 15 minutes at the conference.

Are you good at speaking in public?

反对：have objection to, against, object

Sentence patterns:

She had objection to the new regulation.

I'm against this plan.

Are all the students against this proposal?

They objected this agreement.

寄望，依赖：count on, depend on

Sentence patterns:

Don't count on the salary increase.

You can count on me.

The thing will depend on how she response to the challenge.

The agriculture of this area fully depends on the weather.