#1 My Morning Coffee Makes Me Perk Up
I’m not a morning person (someone who has a lot of energy in the morning), so I need some coffee to help me perk up.
作為一個非晨起型人(早上總是元氣滿滿的人),喝點咖啡來提神是不錯的方法。
The phrasal verb perk up describes when someone becomes happier and in a better mood after feeling not so good.
短語里的動詞這里描述的是某個人在精神不振后變得更愉悅,振奮。
講解: Perk up 表示讓你元氣滿滿,精神振奮的意思。
我熬夜了,所以需要個coffee來perk me up.
Perk up 還可以指To refresh the appearance of (讓…煥然一新)
New furniture and paint perked up the room. 新的家具讓房間煥然一新。
#2 I Look Through My E-Mails And Dash Off Quick Replies
I get a ton of (a very large number of) e-mails, so one of the first things I do is look through my messages.
我每天都會收到很多很多郵件,所以我每天第一件事就是快速瀏覽所有的郵件。
To look through means to look at a number of things quickly.
Look through在這里的意思是很快速的看很多東西。
I also dash off replies to any messages that need quick responses – the phrasal verb dash off means to write (and usually send) something fast.
我也會快速回復(fù)那些需要回復(fù)的郵件,短語里的動詞dash off在這里指的是快速的發(fā)送或者寫。
講解: A ton of/tons of指的就是很大量,很多。那么來看一下面的句子吧:
小伙伴們一天都會收到tons of emails,每天check郵箱是免不了的,各種重要信息都是通過郵件來傳遞的喲,又或者是被領(lǐng)導(dǎo)布置了什么任務(wù)又或者是被抄送cc(carbon copy)了
為了確保工作效率,我們不得不快速瀏覽完(look through)所有的郵件,并且快速回復(fù)(dash off)掉重要的郵件。
#3 I Come Up With a good idea
The main part of my work is coming up with new ideas.
我工作的主要內(nèi)容就是要挖掘新的點子出來。
The phrasal verb come up with means to create or invent.
短語動詞come up with這里指的是產(chǎn)生和發(fā)明的意思。
講解:報告老板,我想到了一個絕妙的注意(come up with a good idea)!
Come up with a solution 想出了一個解決方法
#4 I Heat Up Some Food For Lunch
If I have leftover food (food that I prepared previously and saved), then I heat it up using the microwave, stove, or oven.
如果我有剩飯剩菜,那么我就可以用微波爐/爐灶/加熱。
To heat up food means to raise the temperature, to make it hot.
加熱食物就是說升高溫度來讓它們變熱啦。
講解:當(dāng)代辦公室流行的方式就是自己帶飯。每當(dāng)?shù)街形绲臅r候,微波爐君們總是很忙。 因為大家要heat up/ microwave 食物呀。
話題Topic 也是可以被熱的,topic begins to heat up指的就是某個話題近期很火。
#5 I Flesh Out My Ideas
I have a lot of ideas for the project and I try to flesh them out.
當(dāng)我對項目有很多的想法,我就會試著去完善他們。
講解:我要補全/完善我的想法。 當(dāng)上級給你分配任務(wù)時,你有了一定的想法,那么你就要付諸行動去完善這一想想法to flesh out your project.
作家們也可以完善自己的文章,那么就是The author could flesh out these articles.