enlishpod notetaking.docx

1、enlishpod notetakingDay1 2016.02.29 Mon. 1)I.Difficult Customer (724)1.a situation in a restaurant2.Two people are involved.3.May I take your order?4.I am still working on it.Work on it :not yet completed/ need some more time.5.meatballs 肉丸；笨蛋e with coke and friesCoke and fries:coke cola and French

2、fries7.a complimentary glass of wine一杯附赠的酒complimentary:free8.Ill go with.:Im choosing./ Ill take./ Ill choose.9.go grab a burger grab:get quickly; go grab:go/get quicklyE.g: grab a cup of milk10.How soon is soon?11.spaghetti意大利式细面条2)II.Calling In Sick (1124)1.preview预览；事先查看e down with: get/ acquire

3、3.a sore throat;sore: hurtingE.g. a sore back/ arm / neck4.a runny nose5.feel slightly feverishslightly: a little bitfeverish:fever; a feeling of your body being very hot6.call in sick: report that you will not go to work because you are sick7.be hoping: to kindly expect8.personally day= take a day

4、off3)III.Hotel Upgrade (859)1.under the name: name used for the reservation2.Overbooked预订超过实际席位的If a hotel or a flight is overbooked, it means they are full. plimentary upgrade 升级客房When the hotel is overbooked and all standard rooms are full, they will give you a better and more expensive room for f

5、ree.4.double check 二次确认5.Confirmation number 确认号码Day2 2016.03.01 Tue.4)I.I need an assistant (929)1.We just dont have the resources to hire you an assistant.resources:money2.understaffed: not enough people to do the job3.the timing is just not right: it is not a good time now4.risky: dangerous5.inte

6、rn实习生: working at a company with a very low salary or sometimes no salary at all but gaining a lot of experience and learn lots of things6.the weight off my shoulders: to help with my work/ to take some of my work away from me / remove pressure or stress7.keep our cost down:to try not spend so much

7、money/ without unnecessary spending5)II.Cut In Line (1123)1.cut in line: When youre standing in line somewhere, somebody gets in front of you.2.Well be in Hawaii, and youll be on the golf course.: It is a great way to describe your physical location in the future.3.A mile long: This is line is reall

8、y long.4.Theres no way.: It is impossible.5.sue me污蔑我III.Movie Night (409)6)Whats playing around 8 p.m.? (for movies in the cinema) Whats on TV? (for programs on TV) What movie is playing on TV? (for movies on TV)Playing is always for movies.Day3 2016.03.02 Wed.7)I.The Weekend -Road Trip (1048)1.roa

9、d trip: get in a car with your family and drive on your own; a journey taken on roads, typically, road trips are long distances traveled by automobile.2.The car is packed: everything you need is inside the car: bags, food, everything is inside.3.all ready to go: prepared; ready to leaveAre we ready

10、to go?= Can we go now?4.munchies: snacks5.Fill up the tank: put gas in the car6.Its all set.: Its all ready.7.get all our bases covered: get everything read/ all prepared8.Make a pit stop: make a quick stop for you to get food, gas or go to the bathroom9.Lets get going./ Lets start.Lets get doing.Le

11、ts get done the business.8)II.The Office- Virus! (1117)1.froze: if your computer froze, it means your computer stops working, you cant do anything.2.infected file: a file in your computer has a virus in it3.Ill be right up/out/down4.Its acting up again.= It isnt working properly. = It was acting str

12、angely.Day4 2016.03.03 Thur.9)I.Whats your name again? (1541)1.Hows it going?= Hoe are you? (more casual & natural)2.in a bit of a hurry: have no time3.slip my mind: forget something4.be terrible with.: not good at in.5.contact details: telephone number and others10)II.Silence Please (642)1. inconsi

13、derate: not thinking of the feelings of other people; not thoughtful2.keep it down: be quiet; Dont make much noise.e.g. Do you mind keeping it down?3.not such a big deal: not a big problem4.cant hear a thing: unable to hear5.switch it off: to turn sth. off It changes a little bit depending on how yo

14、u use it.e.g. Did you switch your phone off?/ Did you switch off your phone?11)III.Driving Sales (1625)1.concrete solutions: specific solutions2.Itll never fly with SwanItll never fly :It wont work. Thats not a good idea. I will never agree.3.Drive sales: increase sales/sale more4.a two-for-one offe

15、r 买二送一5.Dammit: damn6.Please come on! :as near as possible/ nearly almost7.any minute: soon e.g. Ill be here soon./ Ill arrive soon.8.match the competitions: be equal to.9.in the market: want to buy10.Im thinking about sth.: Were thinking in about./ That (It) sounds like something we should think ab

16、out/consider.11.great/ brilliant ideaDay5 2016.03.04 Fri.12)I.Ordering Steaks I(1033)1.steaks: a piece of meat/ lots kind of meat: beef steak, pork steak,etc.steak often means beef steak2.I heard they have the best selections of steaks here: There have a lot of high quality choices of kinds of steak

17、sselections: many high quality choices, very good ones3.thick and well done: thick-thin; well done-cooking meat, very well-cooked dry, cooked a long time; relatively big piece of meat 4.in my experience5.juicy and rare: cooked least, red, pink in the center, the opposite of well done; have a lot of

18、juice and liquid, blood still in the meat6.medium-rare: medium (middle) 50% cooked7.tender: not very dry, soft8.seasonal vegetable: vegetable in season, fresh13)II.Ordering Steaks I(1056)1.rib-eye steak 牛眼牛排2.Tender loin (Fillet) steak菲力牛排3.mashed(捣碎的) potato 土豆泥4.garden salad/ green salad/ tossed s

19、alad田园沙拉: It is a salad consisting mostly of fresh vegetables. 5.The base for the salad are greens such as lettuce or mesclun6.go with(talking about food): to accompany/ to have food togethere.g. Red wine goes with red meat.Day6 2016.03.07 Mon.14)I.New Guy in town (1613)1.Weird: strange (American En

20、glish) Odd (British English)2.give a house warming gift to sb.If you move to a new house, your friends may bring over a gift to make your house beautiful, like a photo fame3.move in/ into4.fill sb. in on sth: give me the details/tell me sth.15)II.Cleaning the House(1516)1.tidy up: put things/organiz

21、e things in their correct position2.spotless: clean3.such a mess: really dirty, things are disorganized4.chores: laundry, making the bed, have to take off the garbage5.Im in the middle of something right now./ Im busy doing sth.6.Ill be there very soon./Im coming. /Ill be there in a second.7.could y

22、ou/ can you/ would you.?= why dont you.?8.vacuum the rug/ house给地吸尘vacuum= hooverDay7 2016.03.08 Tue.16)I.Out of Control Spending (1427)1.through the roof: really highe.g. Gas prices are through the roof.The number is really high/ raising quite quickly.2.expenditures:similar to expensive; the total

23、amount of many spending on something3.go over: look at carefully/ review4.the profit and loss statement5.agenda6.off the charts: really high(through the roof)/ break the records/ wonderful7.look into: check sth./ investigate sth.8.Ill take care of it: Im going to do something about it./take actions/

24、 take some responsibility9.profit and loss statement10.hotel charges/ bills/ treatments11.go on and on: it doesnt stop/continue12.thorough: carefully, exhaustively complete17)II.Im in Debt (1556)1.be in debt: owe sb sth2.recession: a period of time when the economy of a country is doing badly and th

25、e country is making less money3.Im broke: I have no money.4.credit card bilks, car payments5.loan: when borrow you money, you get a loan6.mortgage按揭 抵押贷款 抵押 a type of a loan, basically, it is a loan to help you buy a house or a property7.hit me pretty harde.g. My divorce hit me pretty hard. Im depre

26、ssed. The cold hit me pretty hard, I have been in bad for a week.8.tuition学费 讲授: the money you have to pay for your school so that you can have lessons.(college, university, for public school)9.on top of all that: positive & negativeabove all 最重要的是/ and also10.stock market crash11.get outa here= get

27、 out of here12.Go on! :continue, maintain, pursue, occur, happen, generate继续下去，接着，持续，发生，(活动)进行，先行一步Day8 2016.03.09 Wed.18)I.Daily Life- Im sorry, I love You. (1415)1.knock sb/sth over: make sb/sth down2.Wait a second3.What a coincidence!by coincidence: something that happens in chance4.cancel my app

28、ointment 5.ways to say sorry:Im so sorry./ I feel terrible./ Please accept my apologies.6.I didnt mean to.= It was an accident.7.tire轮胎，金属圈8.Lets get it going= Lets start.19)II.Turn left here (1244)1.in a rush: in a big hurry2.Step on it!: drive faster/ speed upspeed up-slow down3.Having a fit: get

29、really angry and cannot control your emotion4.cut through: go through sth. quickly cut through the park/ backyard5.short cut: take a short way6.make a right/ turn rightmake a U turn: turn the car 180all the way around7.Are you crazy?/ Are you mad?/ Are you nuts?8.Lets take a side street.9.be packed:

30、 be full of/ be filled with10.Geek20)D9 2016.03.10 Thur.I.Here comes the Bride1.Its about time.: finally, at last2.aisle通道，侧廊（席位间的）in a big room, when there are lots of chairs, the space in the middle that allows people to walk throughWalk down the aisle3.bridesmaid伴娘4.flower girl ring bearer(boy)5.

31、gorgeous: refer to man, woman, objectsbeautiful&handsome6.priest: Father7.Dont be mean8.Cancel the reception21)II.Protest(1233)1.protesting: when protesting, you go to the street and show your disagreement, yiel and have signs.2.bailout: the government gives money a company in bankrupt. It is emergency money.3.Connel 康奈尔大学；康奈尔；美商洋行4.Outrage：angry5.mismanaged: managed poorly6.have the nerve courage to .