Day 36: Englishpod (I’m Sorry, I Love You III)

Hey, guys,

I am Carla.

明天就是端午节啦，是不是大家最近也在吃zongzi啊。应该很多人还是有放假吧，不过，端午节这几天我还是不会停更的哦，毕竟也是一直呆在家里。好啦，放假前先来学习一下吧。

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Englishpod第三十六期（听力音频）

A: Steven! Where have you been? I’ve been trying to get a

hold of you for hours!

B: I... um... there was an emergency at work, so...

A: I was waiting for you in the restaurant for three hours!

And you didn’t even have the decency to call me! Do you

have any idea how embarrassed I was?

B: Honey, I promise this won’t happen again, it’s just that

I...

A: Yeah, right. I’ve heard it all before. I’m not going to

take any more of your empty promises. This is the 5th time

you’ve stood me up in two weeks! You need to get your

priorities straight. I’m tired of you putting your job first all

the time!

B: Come on, Veronica, that’s not fair. I do care about you a

lot, you know that. I tried to ...

A: You know what? Maybe we should just take a break. I

need some time to think about where this relationship is

heading.

B: But...Veronica, would you just listen to me? There was

a fire alarm at my office building today and I was stuck...

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Next part is 重点单词，句型讲解

1.get a hold of you  联系

e.g. What is most likely the quickest way to get a hold of you? 

最快可能联系到你的方式是什么？

2.empty promises  空头承诺，空头支票

e.g. Be careful not to make empty promises. 

注意不要空做承诺。

3.stood sb up  放鸽子，失约

e.g. We were to have had dinner together yesterday evening, but he stood me up. 

昨晚我们本应该一起用餐，但他失约了。

4.where...is heading 处境

这个句型用在写作中特别的好，我们来看一下如何使用

曾经有一年在记者招待会上，总理被问到中国的经济发展方向，比起我们通常讲的direction，而首席翻译是这样处理的：where the economy is heading.多了一些灵气。

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欧卡，今天的内容就到这啦，thanks for your reading.