口语

求职

  • to look for a job 找工作
    • James told me you are looking for a job in Sweden, are you moving there?
    • job hunting、job seeking 或 job searching 都是 looking for a job 的意思
  • a job advert 招聘广告、职位广告
  • to apply 申请、请求
  • to send an application 递交申请

在英国，工作经历和资质的总结称为 「CV」。在美国，则称为 「résumé」

  • Have you updated your CV recently?
  • I hope I made a good impression in my interview! 我希望面试的时候留下了一个好印象！
  • a good fit
    • Simon doesn’t think she would be a good fit for the position. 西蒙认为她不适合这个职位。
  • to decline 拒绝
    • I declined the job offer because the salary wasn’t very good. 我拒绝了这份聘书，因为工资不怎么样。

新概念 2 L12 Goodbye and good luck 再见，一路顺风

词汇

  • luck n. 运气
    • You’re not having much luck today, are you?
    • Good luck Tom!
    • Good luck with sth.
      • Good luck with the exam
      • Good luck with your trip
    • bad luck
  • captain n. 船长；队长
  • sail n. 帆，篷；航行
    • sailboat <美>帆船
    • vt. 航行
    • sail around the world
    • drive - drove - driven
    • fly - flew - flown
  • harbour n. 港口
    • neighbour (英)
    • harbor（美国）
    • a busy harbour
  • proud a. 自豪的
    • as proud as a peacock 像孔雀一样骄傲（贬义）
    • be proud of 以…为自豪
    • Parents are proud of their children. 父母以孩子为自豪。
    • be proud to do
    • be proud that
  • important a. 重要的
    • be important to sb.
    • be important to do
    • be important that
    • import v. 进口
    • export v. 出口

原文

Our neighbour, Captain Charles Alison, will sail from Portsmouth tomorrow. We’ll meet him at the harbour early in the morning. He will be in his small boat, Topsail. Topsail is a famous little boat. It has sailed across the Atlantic many times. Captain Alison will set out at eight o’clock, so we’ll have plenty of time. We’ll see his boat and then we’ll say goodbye to him . He will be away for two months. We are very proud of him. He will take part in an important race across the Atlantic.

参考译文：

我们的邻居查尔斯·艾利森船长明天就要从朴次茅斯启航了。明天一大早我们将在码头为他送行。他将乘坐他的“涛波赛”号小艇。“涛波赛”号是艘有名的小艇，它已经多次横渡大西洋。艾利森船长将于 8 点钟启航，因此我们有充裕的时间。我们将参观他的船，然后和他告别。他要离开两个月，我们真为他感到自豪，他将参加一次重大的横渡大西洋的比赛。

  • 一般将来时：will / shall + do
    • shall 用于第一人称
    • will not = won’t
    • shall not = shan’t
  • on the bus / train / plane
    • taxi / car 这些小的交通工具，就不用爬上去（on），用 in
  • 多个形容词顺序：从虚（抽象）到具体，所以这里用 famous little
    • a beautiful round table
    • a ugly stone statue（雕塑）
  • 现在完成时：到目前为止的经历
    • never，ever
    • twice，three times, many times
    • before, so far, yet
  • set out / off 出发，动身（正式）
    • leave 离开
      • leave A for B