职场社交英语口语对话 Lesson 42:撤资
2010-09-09来源:和谐英语
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A: Do you like rainy days?
你喜欢下雨天吗?
B: I like listening to the sound of dripping water.
我喜欢听水滴落的声音。
【pull the plug 撤资】
pull the plug的字面意义是“拔插头”,用在医院中就是指“拔除长期陷入昏迷的病患的维持生命系统”,以让他安乐死。
A: That car accident was terrible. Did Joe ever make it off life support?
那场车祸真是可怕。乔现在还要靠呼吸器维持生命吗?
B: His injuries were too serious. His family decided to pull the plug.
他受的伤太重了。他的家人决定让他安乐死。
【Call the shots 发号施令】
开枪的时候,要有人喊口令,于是乎call the shots 就是指“发号施令”,以表示做决策以及作主控制的意思。
A: Josie is good at calling the shots.
乔西很会发号施令。
B: And that is why the company has been so successful.
所以这公司才会那么成功啊。
1) put up 提供金钱
2) hijack (v.) 劫持(车,船,飞机)
3) drip (v.) 滴落