1、放鞭炮 set off firecrackers，烧纸钱 burn paper money，白领犯罪在英文里叫 white collar crime cocktail party 鸡尾酒会Id smell a rat. 我一定会觉得可疑 to make an example of someone 有杀一儆百的意思No way! 不可能！what for? 因为什么？用高回报率 a high rate of return造了假账 cook the books Crime rate is reasonably low. 犯罪率相对低 mugging 是拦路抢劫once in a blue moon
2、 是一种习惯用法，意思是很少见的 小偷扒手英语是 pickpocketsiesta 指午饭后的短暂休息 说一件事情 is just what the doctor ordered，意思是这正是最需要的born and raised in Brooklyn，土生土长的纽约布鲁克林all in all, 总的说来非常棒，I give China a big thumbs up. give something a thumbs up，意思是高度评价 line of work，指的是工作，行业 他要问王小姐一些个人问题，these are formalities. Formalities，意思是必要的
3、形式 financial stability，经济实力。anyone applying for a visa to the United States is required to have fingerprints taken. 凡是申请入境美国签证的人，都要提取指纹。一种特殊商务签证，a special business visafirst order of business 意思是第一件要处理的事情read the market，弄懂市场行情。 custom-made，是定做的意思 give someone a raise，是给某人涨工资的意思。its so good to finall
4、y meet you in person, 见到你本人很高兴its not company policy，不符合公司规定 a night owl， 夜猫子抽时间去爬长城，Id love to squeeze in a trip to the Great Wall.This is an once-in-a lifetime opportunity，这可是千载难逢的好机会This is an once-in-a lifetime opportunity，这可是千载难逢的好机会This could be my big break，这回没准我的机会来了。Big break，往往用来指突如其来的好运气。
5、Jerry ，回答说，Just doing my job. 这是我份内的工作，这是我应该做的。商业头脑 business sensestay ahead of the curve, 走在别人前面 意思是比别人更有远见，更能预见未来走向You win some and you lose some, thats business，做生意就是有赚有赔。A sales pitch，是推销的意思公司成为行业领军人, turn your company into a leader in the industrystrike while the iron is hot，趁热打铁这句话a business a
6、ssociate，生意上的伙伴T: Good. So finally we need to discuss the terms of the loan.J: What kind of interest do you charge?: It depends on how long you take the loan out for. If you plan to pay it back within two years, the interest rate is six percent. A four-year deal works out to seven and a half percent
7、.No one wants to be the bad guy，谁都不想当恶人不尽人情 unfeeling and cruelcontracts are contracts 合同就是合同，或者说，business is business. Its not personal. 这是做生意，不是针对任何人Chinese culture places more value on the group and less on the individual. 相对个人而言，中国文化更重视集体，the opposite of the U.S.，跟美国正相反Try to blend in as much as
8、 possible，意思是融入周围的环境能给自己点建议 give me some pointers. Pointersaving face is a catch-all term for the concept of honor. 有面子包括了所有跟荣誉和颜面有关的问题。protocol, 按规矩做事，大家都有面子，破坏了规矩，就会让人 lose face，丢脸，比如说开会迟到。如何才能 regain face 挽回面子呢？ Amy 说，这要看你错误的严重程度。It depends on how serious the offense was. ，its not a big deal，没什么大
9、不了的Better safe than sorry， 是英语里很常用的一句话，意思是多加小心总比出了事再后悔要强。we dodged a bullet. to dodge a bullet，意思是躲过了一劫。他们现在可能 in the eye of the storm，处于风暴中心看起来 were all in the same boat，说跟别人 in the same boat，意思是境况都一样。看起来，没有其他办法，只好 be patient and wait it out，耐心等待台风过去了。Well touch base again,“ 相互通报一下情况。got off the li
10、ne with the factory，跟工厂联系刚挂上电话， get off the line，是挂电话的意思To make it 在这里是做到某事的意思cautiously optimistic，指谨慎乐观I am getting a bit frazzled. 是心力交瘁的意思。bug someone to do something，意思是缠着某人做某事。the days of free spending are over，花钱不假思索的日子结束了。 No more “putting it on the card.“ 这里所说的“put it on the card“意思是刷卡。it a
11、dds up to 是加在一起的意思our family has grown closer，感情反而更亲密了。萎靡不振 doesnt help anything，于事无补。Im not sure we have the budget for a vacation this year. 今年恐怕没钱出去玩了考虑 skip the vacation，渡假就免了现在大家手头都紧，money is tight for everyone.大家都要面对现实，适应现实，to face reality and adapt to it.如今谁都没有多少闲钱，there isnt any extra money
12、lying around.Ive been penny-pinching all year. penny-pinch，意思是一分钱掰成两半花，节省。她们一家现在基本上不出去吃饭 to eat out，是出去吃饭的意思，相反的是 cook at home 自己在家做stay on the cutting edge of our industry. 走在纺织工业的最前沿。Cutting edge 意思是最新的，最先进的to check out our competitors，看看竞争对手的产品和实力it should make the follow-up effort much easier，以后
13、跟这些潜在的客户联系可以方便很多。rest and relaxation，休息和放松 Lets get busy，那就行动起来吧have a little pow-wow. 意思是碰头会，因为他们在展台接待客人 man the booth, 是公司门面，而且 first impressions are crucial，第一印象是非常关键的。因为第一印象 can make or break a deal， 既能促成交易 make a deal，又能 break a deal， 让交易泡汤。never judge a book by its cover，不要以貌取人。looks can be de
14、ceiving，外表有时是有欺骗性的，外表其貌不扬的人，说不定却是个大人物，a major player.a potential customer，潜在的客户来对待。industrial espionage 就是工业间谍在展台附近游荡的人 those who are milling around the booth，很可能是寻找机会 to steal ideas，盗取别人的想法，所以必须让负责展台的员工知道，什么信息可以公开，什么信息不能公开。 申请到了一个展台 we will be setting up a boothnow comes the hard part. 意思是现在剩下不好办的事
15、情了。eye-catching, 吸引眼球 So it can capture your attention right away，立刻引起人的注意。to blend into the background，另外一个是 to get lost in the crowd，意思都是跟别人差不多，放那儿就找不着了。应该让设计展台的人想办法，to make our booth stand out，让我们的展台与众不同。Nick 同意，决定派两班人马去参展，一组人做门面， be the face of our operation；另外一组人提供后勤保障。 sue this guy 把此人告上法庭工程完全
16、符合标准， completely up to standard。Donny 也说，the building will speak for itself. speak for itself， 无需解释，明摆着的，意思是建筑工程就摆在那里，是最有说服力的证据。cut corners 意思是偷工减料，cut corners 意思是偷工减料，如此激动过，Ive never seen you so worked upIm sick and tired，在这里，sick and tired 不是我又病又累，而是指厌倦了某件事情Im not going to put up with this. put up
17、 with something，指忍受一件事情Im on it，意思是交给我吧，我这就去办。，I hate to play devils advocate, 我不是要故意唱反调to play devils advocate，扮演魔鬼的支持者，指的是虽然你认同某种看法，但却要故意从反对者的立场出发，提出质疑，以便证明这种看法确实是正确的。行贿受贿在当地似乎司空见惯，或许最简单的做法是 look the other way，睁一眼闭一眼。这样他们就能提前完工，wrap up this construction ahead of schedule, wrap up，是收尾的意思，ahead of schedule，意思是提前。Im having a hard time telling my conscience that this is OK 。conscience，意思是良心。blackmail，是讹诈的意思，搞不好局面还会失去控制， get out of hand.that could really set us back，就会让我们的进度延后。
