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Tina继续鼓励Tony不要紧张，还说他的词汇量其实很大了，远远超过一般日常会话需要的词汇量，不必担心。

Tina: You have nothing to be afraid of. You speak fluent English.
Tony: But I’m afraid my vocabulary is not large enough.
Tina: I don’t think so, Tony. Do you know how many words make up 45% of everything published in English?
Tony: Several thousands, I guess.
Tina: 50.
Tony: Get out of here! It’s impossible!
Tina: It’s a simple fact. And native speakers only need about 3000 words for their daily life.
Tony: Well then, perhaps I don’t have to be too worried since my vocabulary is larger than that.

中文翻译

蒂娜：你一点儿也不用担心，你英语说得很流利。
托尼：可是我担心我的词汇量还不够大。
蒂娜：我不这么认为。托尼，你知道英语出版物中45%的词汇量由多少词组成吗？
托尼：我猜大概好几千吧。
蒂娜：50。
托尼：别瞎扯了！这不可能！
蒂娜：这是个很简单的事实。说英语的本族人士在生活中只需用到3000字左右。
托尼：既然如此，我大概也就不用那么担心了，我的词汇量还是大于3000字的。

必备字词

be afraid of 害怕
He is afraid of snakes.
他怕蛇。

fluent a. 流利的
He is fluent in several foreign languages.
他能够流利的说几门外语.。

vocabulary n. 词汇量
You don’t need a large vocabulary to speak English fluently.
你不需要很大的词汇量就可以说流利的英语。

get out of here 走开，别瞎扯了（口语用法）
Get out of here! He is not the best student.
别瞎扯了！他并不是最好的学生。

每日一句

You have nothing to be afraid of.
你没有什么好担心的。

A: What if I don’t pass the examination?
B: You have nothing to be afraid of. I will help you.

A: 我要是没通过考试那可怎么办啊？
B: 你没什么好担心的，我会帮你的。

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公司里的人为什么不能友好些？

Why Can’t People in the Corporate World be Friendly?

The way friends greet each other is very different from the way professional people greet each other in formal situations. An enthusiastic, “Hi, Jack!” works among friends, but if a business person used this way to greet a colleague in a meeting, it would be extremely awkward! “Hi!” expresses too much enthusiasm and intimacy. It would be uncomfortable to bring intimacy into the boardroom. “Hello, it’s nice to meet you,” is a more standard greeting- with a strong and quick handshake too, of course. For these reasons, business people have the image of being very stiff and robotic. They wear black, expressionless suits and carry nondescript briefcases. There’s not much room for originality in the corporate world!

中文翻译

朋友之间打招呼的方式和专业人士在正式场合打招呼的方式是完全不同的。一句热情的“Hi,Jack！”用于朋友没有问题，但如果一位商务人士在会议上也用这种方式称呼他的同事，那会令人十分尴尬的。“Hi！”包含了太多的热情和亲密。而把亲密的招呼带到会议室会另人感到不舒服的。“Hello, it’s nice to meet you.”这样的问候语就比较正式了，当然你也可以在这么打招呼的时候，和对方来一个有力而短暂的握手。由此，商务人士给人的印象总是非常呆板的和机械的，他们总是穿着黑色的、毫无生气的西装，拎着难以区分的公文包。在公司的世界里，可没有多少创意的空间噢！

必备字词

work v. 有用，起作用
Your method worked like magic.
你的办法妙极了。

intimacy n. 亲昵
His intimacy scared off all female colleagues.
他的亲昵行为吓走了所有的女同事。

robotic a. 机械的
You sound robotic when you talk.
你说话的时候声音很机械。

每日一句

It would be extremely awkward!
那会令人十分尴尬。

A. I have to introduce you to him as his boss this time.
B. Oh, no! That would be extremely awkward!

A: 这次我要把你作为他的老板介绍给他。
B: 噢，别！那会令人十分尴尬的。

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Hi, Jack!（嗨！杰克！）

Tony认为在飞机上不能随便跟Jack打招呼，这是为什么呢？

Tony: Tina, what would you say when you meet your old friend Jack on a plane?
Tina: Hi, Jack!
Tony: Hold on! It sounds like “hijack”, like hijack a plane. You might scare off those people on the plane.
Tina: You are kidding, right? I guess you can say things like “Hello, Jack!” or “Good to see you here, Jack!”
Tony: Yeah, but I still think “Hi, Jack” would be the first choice of most people.
Tina: You are right. With old friends, it’s unlikely for people to use formal greetings such as “I am pleased to meet you, Jack.”

中文翻译

Tony：Tina，你要是在飞机上见到你的老朋友Jack的时候，你和他打招呼会说什么？
Tina：嗨，Jack！
Tony：慢着！这个听起来可是象“hijack”，象是要劫持飞机似的。你可能会吓坏飞机上的乘客的。
Tina：你开玩笑吧？我想你也可以说成是“Hello,Jack！”或者“Good to see you here,Jack!”
Tony：是的，不过我还是觉得“Hi,Jack!”是很多人的第一选择。
Tina：没错。和老朋友见面，人们不太会使用正规的话，比如“I am pleased to meet you,Jack.”。

必备字词

hijack vt. 劫持, 劫机
Three terrorists hijacked a plane this morning.
今天早上三名恐怖分子劫持了一架飞机。

scare off 惊吓, 威吓
SARS scares off tourists.
萨斯吓走了游客。

kid v. （口语）开玩笑，嘲弄
You must be kidding! He couldn’t have spent all the money.
你是在说笑呢！他不可能已经把所有的钱都花光了吧。

unlikely adj.未必的, 不太可能的, 靠不住的;
This problem is unlikely to be solved within three days.
这个问题不太可能在三天以内解决的。

每日一句

You are kidding, right?
你是在说笑吧？

A: You have to turn in the paper tomorrow.
B: You must be kidding! It’s impossible!

A: 你明天必须把作业交上来了。
B: 你在开玩笑吧！这是不可能的！

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