Level5-U3L1.04 An interview: work and life of a designer

1. Fans waited for hours outside the stadium to get a glimpse of him.

get a glimpse of (在很短的時間內)看了一眼,一瞥。get可以替換為catch\steal\have等動詞

2. Your work really requires you to be on your games pretty much all the time. I mean, from a creative standpoint, it seems like you need to be coming up with new material constantly.

requires sb. to do sth. 要求某人做某事

be on one's game 表現出色,神采奕奕

from a creative standpoint 從創(chuàng)造性的角度來看

constantly 總是,一直

e.g. 你剛才的演講真精彩!你表現得特別好!

The speech you made just now was great! You are really on your game!

e.g. 我的工作需要我很有耐心,所以我總是感到十分緊張。

My job requires me to be very patient, so I feel stressed out constantly.

3. I really have to work on keeping my stress levels low and keeping my schedule very organized.

work on 努力改進、改善,后面接動名詞作賓語

keep stress level low 使壓力值低

keep schedule organized 使日程安排井井有條

keep sth. + adj. 的結構,使某物保持在某個狀態(tài)。

e.g. 要想改善身體狀況,我們得保持飲食健康才行。

In order to work on improving our physical condition, we have to keep our diet healthy.

4. Any excess stress can really get in the way of being able to come up with cool and creative content.

get in the way of sb./ sth./ doing sth. 擋路,礙事,妨礙

be able to do sth. 能夠做某事(強調能力)

come up with sth. 想出,提出(建議、主意、觀點、計劃)

5. Can you recommend any methods to our listeners?

recommend sb. sth = recommend sth. to sb. 推薦某物給某人

生活中常用這個句型在以下場景:

1) 初次嘗試某家餐廳,問服務員:有什么推薦的菜品嗎?What do you recommend?

2)同伴給你推薦某部美劇。 I strongly recommend this TV series.

e.g. 我強烈推薦這個軟件,另外,你應該做好時間管理。

I strongly recommend this application. Besides, you should make a good time management.

time management 時間管理,時間規(guī)劃

self-care 自我關愛

總結: self-love 自愛? ? ?self-education 自學? ? self-introduction 自我介紹? ?self-esteem 自尊

e.g. 簡言之,自尊是你對于自己和自己的能力的看法。

In a nutshell, self-esteem is your opinion of yourself and your abilities.

in a nutshell 簡言之

6. I can't overwork myself too much, because that will leave me mentally drained.

drain v. 相當于“榨干”

drain n. (廚房、衛(wèi)生間、洗手池、下水道的)排水口

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