2015年初级商务英语活学活用：办公室午餐规定
Ⅰ.核心学习：办公室午餐时间成文与不成文的规定
Michael: The boss has an errand for you.
迈克尔：老板给你安排了个活儿。
Billy: What is my task, sir?
比利：什么活儿啊?
Michael: Scope out the city’s shopping malls and find out the best deals.
迈克尔：找出城里的大型购物商场，看看在哪家买最划算。
Billy: The best deals on what sort of items?
比利：买什么东西呀?
Michael: Office supplies, of course.
迈克尔：当然是办公用品了。
Billy: I’m leaving now.
比利：那我走了。
Michael: Hold your horses. Don’t leave without finishing your report first.
迈克尔：慢着，别忘了先把你的报告写完再走。
Billy: Fine, I’ll finish, then go shopping!
比利：没问题。写完了我就去逛商场!
Ⅱ.单词简析
1) Hold your horses : relax, wait a moment
等一会儿, 别着急
ex:Hold you horses, miss, you can’t go into the shopping center until 9AM.
小姐，请等一会儿，上午九点商场才开门。
2) Mall : an indoor multi-level shopping center
购物中心
ex:Kid who goes to the mall too much are called mall rats.
老去购物中心里瞎逛的小孩叫做“商场老鼠”。
3)Office supplies : items used in the workplace, pens, paper...
办公用品
ex:I am off to the mall to buy some office supplies, do you want to come?
我要去购物中心里买点儿办公用品，你跟不跟我去?
4)Run errands : do tasks, finish a small project, go out and do something
跑腿，办点儿事
ex:I have to run a few errands at the post office, do you want to come along?
我必须得去趟邮局办点儿事，你想不想一起去?
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