1.先泛听一遍下面的音频,然后记录下自己没有听出来的单词或者连读,然后再听几遍,直到自己把能听懂的全部都听懂为止,剩下的就是新知识啦。
2.可以边听边滑动文本,进行精听校对,弄懂所有生词、表达以及连读的地方。
3.闭上眼睛,再次盲听,感受自己的进步。
这是一个磨耳朵的过程,每天听几分钟,听力水平自然就会突飞猛进~
The Office - I need an assistant! (C0004)
A: ...like I told you before, we just don’t have the resources to hire you an assistant.
正如我之前跟你说的,我们没有资源去给你雇一个助理
B: I understand that, but the fact is we’re understaffed.
我理解,但是事实是我们人手不够
A: The timing is just not right. The economy is bad,and it’s too risky to take on new staff.
这个时间点不是很好,目前经济差,并且雇一个新的员工太冒险
B: Yeah, I guess you’re right.... here’s an idea, what if we hire an intern? She would take some of the weight off my shoulders.
是的,我想你是对的,这里有一个主意,我们雇一个实习生如何?她可以为我分担一些
A: She?
她?
B: Yeah, you know, a recent graduate. She could give me a hand with some of these projects and we could keep our costs down.
是的,你知道的,一个刚毕业的学生,她可以在项目上给我一些帮助并且能够降低我们的成本
A: That sounds reasonable... let me see what I can do.
听起来有道理,让我想想我能做什么
A: Tony, I’d like to introduce you to your new assistant.
托尼,我向你介绍一下你的新助理
B: OK, great! Let’s meet her!
好的,太棒了,让我们一起去见她
C: Hi, I’m Adam.
Hi,我是艾达
B: Oh... hi... I’m Tony...
Hi,我是托尼
重点词汇
词汇 ————————英文释义
understaffed ——not enough people to do the job
weight off my shoulders—— remove pressure or stress
recruit——hire
overworked ——working too much
short staffed—— not enough people to do the job
overstaffed——having too many employees