Level5-U3L1.05 An interview: work and life of a designer(2)

1. Thank you for having me.

Thank you for inviting me.

Thank you for your invitation.

2. It's essential that we try to build a healthy relationship with others.

have/build a adj. relationship with sb. 与某人建立一个……的关系

3. Don't get me wrong; they expect a lot from us and we have to deliver quality results.

Don't get me wrong. 不要误会我的意思。用于澄清自己前面说的可能引起歧义的话。

get me 了解我，明白我的意思。如：Do you get me? 你听懂我的意思了吗？

expect a lot from sb. 对某人期望很高

deliver quality results 产出高质量的成果

4. I make sure to eat a lot of vegetables and fruits every day, because it really helps to keep my mind sharp.

keep my mind sharp 使我保持大脑敏锐

sharp adj. 敏锐的；锋利的

in terms of... 在……方面

5. Ok, so tell us about that secret sauce because we're really dying to know. What do you do to keep yourself balanced and stress free.

secret sauce 在这个语境中指“秘诀”

be dying to know 迫不及待地想要知道

名词 + free 构成形容词，意为“没有”， 如 stress free 无压力，care free无忧无虑

6. A little stress is good. It keeps us on our toes.

keep sb on sb's toes 使保持警觉，使随时准备行动

stress不可数名词，用 little/much/ a lot (of) 修饰

7. What I do to keep myself balanced is pretty simple and might not be too shocking.

shocking adj. 令人震惊的

8. We are also responsible for managing our stress and making sure we're in top mental shape to come up with amazing and innovative content.

be responsible for 为……负责

in ... shape 处于某种状态

e.g. She is in good shape. 她身材很好。

He is in sharp mental shape. 他精神状态很棒。

innovative 新颖的，创新的