像美国人一样说英语(精心打印整理版).docVIP

像美国人一样说英语第23期:想叫我回去?你休想!Peter: hi Bob. I was just in the neighborhood so I thought Id stop by.Bob: come on in. take a cookie.Peter: thanks. Im glad you have no hard feelings. How would you like your old job back?Bob: what happened to your wonderful new manager?Peter: she drank at work. By five oclock, shed be lying under a dining room table, three sheets to the wind. Yesterday, I finally got rid of her.Bob: let me get this straight. You replaced me with some crazy woman who got plastered every day on the job?Peter: yeah, I lost my head.Bob: I dont think you lost your head. I just think youve got rocks in your head!Peter: Bob, Im trying to level with you. I never shouldve let you go.Bob: no use crying over spite milk.Peter: so youll come back and work for me?Bob: not on your life! Susan and I are very well off now. we just sold our new company for a small fortune! To burn someone up: to make someone angry? 激怒,使大怒 Come on in: enter 进来吧 To get plastered: to get drunk 喝醉 To get rid of: to free oneself of; to throw out? 除掉,丢掉 To get something straight: to clarify; to understand 讲清楚,弄清楚 To hold a grudge against someone: to stay angry with someone about a past offense 对某人怀恨在心 to let someone go: to fire; dismiss employees 解雇某人 To level with someone: to speak openly and honestly with someone 对某人说实话，直言相对 To lose ones head: to lose control of ones behavior; to not know what one is doing 失去理智 No hard feelings: no anger; no bitterness 没有埋怨情绪 No use crying over spilt milk: theres no point in regretting something thats too late to change? 覆水难收 Not on your life: definitely not 决不,你休想 On the job: at work 在工作 Small fortune: a good amount of money 一大笔钱 To stop by: to pay a quick visit 串门 Three sheets to the wind: drunk 喝醉的 Well off: wealthy, financially secure 富有的,富裕的 鲍勃带着坏消息回家，幸好妻子苏姗善解人意，没有对鲍勃被解雇多加刁难，还予以鼓励...Susan: what’s the matter, dear?Bob: Susan, I got canned today at work.Susan: But Bob, you were Peter’s right-hand man!Bob: Yes, and he stabbed me in the back.Sus