? ?Part1 Pronuncation
? ? - Hey Jackl You seem frustrated. What's wrong?
?????嗨，Jack!你看起來很淚喪，怎么了?
? ? - I really don't want to go to the meeting today.
我真不想?yún)⒓咏裉斓臅h。
? ? - Why? Just sit there and occasionally nod your head. I's what I do.
為什么啊?就往那一-坐，偶爾點點頭。我就是這么干的。
??????- But no one's willing to talk about the elephant in the room.
但是沒人愿意討論這個棘手的問題。
?What's that?
什么問題?
??????- The company is going to go bankrupt !?
公司要破產(chǎn)了!
Oh! I wouldn't bring it up either Nobody likes to talk about that stuff.
哦!要是我，我也不提。沒人愿談那個事。
? Part2? ?Comprehension
? 1. Hey Jack! You seem frustrated.What's wrong?
?嗨，Jack!你看起來很沮喪，怎么了?
frustrated? (adj.) 沮喪的主語通常是人
?frustrated + at / with
?She has become increasingly frustrated with her life.
??????她對自己的生活感到越來越沮喪。
?sb become(s) frustrated with sth某人對某事感到很喪
? increasingly (adv.)越來越多地
frustrating? (adj.)令人沮喪的主語通常是物
?Her job can be very frustrating sometimes.
?有時候她的工作會令人很沮喪。情緒低落的表達(dá):
?①down in the dumps情緒低落，不高興
?down? ?(adj.)不高興的，情緒低落的
? ?dump? (n.)垃圾場，垃圾堆
??????She's a bit down in the dumps because
??????she failed one of her exams.
??????因為一個]考試沒有及格，她情緒有點低落。
??????②down in the mouth神色沮喪，垂頭喪氣
??????She is looking down in the mouth today.Is there anything bothering her?
??????她今天情緒低落。她有什么煩心事嗎?③What's eating sb?什么讓某人煩心?
??????What's eating you today?什么事兒讓你今天這么煩啊?
2. I really don't want to go to the meeting today.
我真不想?yún)⒓咏裉斓臅h。
go to the meeting去開會，參加會議
attend the meeting參加會議attend? (v.) 參加
(be) present at the meeting出席會議
present (adj.)出席的
There were 200 people present at the
meeting yesterday.
昨天有200人出席會議。
3. Why? Just sit there and occasionally
nod your head. It's what I do.
為什么啊?就往那一-坐，偶爾點點頭。我就是這么干的。
on occasion 偶爾，間或
??????occasional? (adj.) 偶爾的
occasionally? (adv.)偶爾，間或
??????Just sit there and nod your head on
??????occasion.
??????就往那一坐，偶爾點點頭。
nod your head點頭nod? ?(v.)點頭
??????It's what I do.我就這么干的。
??????That's what I do.我就是那么干的。
??????It's / That's what sb...某人就是這么/那么...
??????That's what he said.他就是那么說的。
??????It's what you need.這就是你所需要的。
4. But no one's willing to talk about the
elephant in the room.
但是沒人愿意討論這個棘手的問題。
伊萬克雷洛夫
The Inquisitive Man
inquisitive? ?(adj.) 好問的，愛鉆研的，好打聽的
an/ the elephant in the room(人們不愿提及的)棘手問題
talk about the elephant in the room談?wù)撨@個棘手的問題
talk about the elephant in the room
about sth
談?wù)撽P(guān)于...的棘手的問題
No one wants to talk about the elephant
in the room about the terrible sales.
沒有人愿意討論糟糕的銷售量這個棘手的問題。
??????5. You're a very pretty girl, April, but that's a tough nut to crack.
??????你非常非常漂亮，愛普爾，但模特這條路可不好走。
??????tough? ?(adj.)食物堅硬,不易弄開的
??????a tough nut to crack = a hard nut to
??????crack
??????nut? (n.)堅果
??????crack? (v.)砸開
??????a tough nut to crack棘手的問題
??????that's a tough nut to crack模特這條路不好走
??????6. So it's like a hot potato.
??????所以這還成了一一個燙手的山芋了。
hot potato燙手山芋，棘手的問題
7. What's that?什么問題?
8. The company is going to go bankrupt!公司要破產(chǎn)了!
bankrupt I' baenkrxpt/ (adj.) 倒閉的，破產(chǎn)的
go bankrupt破產(chǎn)
He went bankrupt after only a year in
business.
他僅僅做了-年的生意就破產(chǎn)了。go broke / bust破產(chǎn)
broke /brouk/ (adj.)破產(chǎn)的bust /bast/ (adj.)破產(chǎn)的
The company is going to go broke /
bust!
公司要破產(chǎn)了!
??????9. Oh! I wouldn't bring it up either.Nobody likes to talk about that stuff.
哦!要是我，我也不提。沒人愿談那個事。
??????bring sth up 1 bring up sth提出某事，提起某事
??????bring sth up/ bring up sth to sb向某人提起/提出某事
??????| accidentally brought up your surpriseparty to a few people who hadn't been
??????invited.
??????我不小心把你的驚喜派對告訴給了幾個沒被邀請的人。
??????accidentally I, aeksa dεntali/ (adv.) 偶然地，意外地
??????引申為:不小心
??????bring sb up/ bring up sb撫養(yǎng)某人，養(yǎng)育某人
He was brought up by his grandparents.他是由祖父母撫養(yǎng)長大的。sb be brought up by sb某人是由某人撫養(yǎng)長大的
His grandparents brought him up.他是由祖父母撫養(yǎng)長大的。
that stuff那件事情
talk about that stuff 談?wù)撃羌虑?/p>
??????Part 3 Suits(金牌律師)
1. You're 200 million in the red with 1/4
billion due in two days.
你有兩億美元的赤字，兩天內(nèi)要還清兩億五千萬美元。
(be) in the red虧空，負(fù)債，有赤字
(be) in the black (賬戶上)有錢，有盈
余
??????1/4讀成a quarter
??????quarter? (n.)四分之一
??????due? ?(adj.)欠債的，應(yīng)支付的，應(yīng)給的
??????The rent is due at the end of the month.
??????The rent should be paid at the end of the
??????month.
??????租金應(yīng)在月底交。
??????2. Vacancies are up, rents are down,
??????and you can't take out a loan against
??????your future if the money's never gonna
??????flow.
??????閑置率上升，租金下降，如果資金流動不起來，就不能為將來的投資貸款。
??????vacancies are up閑置率_上升
??????vacancy? ?(n.)空處，空位，閑
??????置率
??????rents are down租金下降
??????you can't take out a loan against your
??????future if the money's never gonna flow如果資金流動不起來，你就不能為將來的投資貸款
??????against? (prep.)預(yù)防引申為:為將來的事情做準(zhǔn)備flow? ?(v.) 流動
??????3. Really? I should just skate while the
??????hundreds of contractors and
??????subcontractors that I've made financial
??????commitments to...
??????是嗎?我就這么閃人，而那數(shù)百個曾得到我財務(wù)承諾的承包商和轉(zhuǎn)承包商...
skate? (v.)溜冰引申為:溜了，閃了
??????contract? ?(n.)合同
contractor? (n.)承包商
subcontractor? (n.)轉(zhuǎn)包商
financial? (adj.)財務(wù)的
commitment? ?(n.)承諾，保證
make financial commitments to sb向某人做出財務(wù)承諾
4. ..they should just wait in line with
their hands held out, hoping for 50 cents on the dollar?
..就該排著隊，伸手傻等著，希望能收到
一半的款項嗎?
hold - held - held
hold out their hands伸出他們的手
50 cents on the dollar一半的款項
5. There's no shame in declaring
bankruptcy, okay?
宣告破產(chǎn)沒什么丟人的。
There's no shame in doing sth.做某事沒有什么丟人的。
declaring bankruptcy宣告破產(chǎn)
declare? (v.)宣布，聲明
bankruptcy (n.)破產(chǎn)
