A:
I’m the manager of the loan department of a large bank in Los Angeles. I guess I’m pretty conservative. I usually wear a three-piece suit to work. I like plain shirts, striped ties, and regular black shoes.
我是位于洛杉基一家大银行信贷部的经理。我想我算是比较保守的人。我总是穿着三件套的西服去上班。我喜欢素色衬衫、条形领带和传统的黑鞋。
Patterned clothes, checked tie, spot tie, dotted tie
B.
I’m a lawyer with a firm in Boston. I’m really interested in clothes. I usually wear a suit, and I like colorful shirts and patterned ties. I often wear suspenders, too.
我是波士顿一家律师事务所的律师。我特别喜欢服装。我总是穿着西服，我喜欢颜色鲜艳的衬衫和有图案的领带。我还总是穿着吊带裤。
C.
I’m a marketing executive with a large advertising agency in Chicago. I like to look professional, so I usually wear a suit with a medium-length skirt, and a simple blouse. I like strong colors: red or purple are my favorites.
我是芝加哥一家大型广告公司市场部的高级管理人员。我喜欢看上去很职业化，所以我总是穿着西服和中等长度的裙子和一件样式简单的女式衬衫。我喜欢亮丽的色彩：红色或紫色是我最喜欢的颜色。
D.
I work in the mailroom of a Wall Street firm. I wear casual clothes: an open-neck shirt, or T-shirt, and jeans, and sneakers. Anything comfortable. Oh, and I always wear an earring- some of the older guys don’t like it.
我在华尔街一家公司的信件部门工作。我总是穿着休闲装：一件开领衬衫或T恤，一条牛仔裤和一双旅游鞋。只要是舒服的衣服。啊，我总是带着耳环，一些年岁大的人看不惯它。
1. Speaking.
anecdote noun [countable] a short story based on your personal experience轶闻;趣事
The book is full of amusing anecdotes about his life in Japan.
2. Writing.
Limitless Horizons, our travel agency and advisory service specialising in adventure holidays in remote locations, was founded in 1989 by Rob Davies. We do not arrange accommodation in well-known resorts, thus encouraging travelers to discover the real country they are visiting. We constantly seek out new adventure holidays which will allow travelers to mix with local people rather than retreat to the beach or their hotel.
Although all our advice is impartial, it is influenced by certain core values:
l Respect for local values and practices
l Respect for individual needs and independence
l Belief in the need to limit the environmental impact of our activities
We believe that as privileged visitors to sometimes fragile environments, we should take nothing but photographs and leave nothing but footprints.
Wherever possible, we encourage the use of small independent companies. We also insist on local guides and seek to house travelers in modest accommodation. Our clients can look forward to living in the local culture and eating the local cuisine; Limitless Horizons rejects the concept of the Coca-Cola trek.
Our representatives are constantly traveling in order to update and check our information. These trips are funded solely by Limitless Horizons. We pay our way, accepting no handouts for free flights, thus ensuring that the only factors influencing our advice to you are your needs and those of the area you wish to visit.
resort verb
resort to something phrasal verb
to do something bad, extreme, or difficult because you cannot think of any other way to deal with a problem采用, 使用(手段); 诉诸(法律)
Officials fear that extremists may resort to violence. 官员们担忧极端分子会采取暴力手段。
resort to doing something
Vets have had to resort to killing the animals. 兽医们不得不采取灭杀动物的办法。
resort noun [countable]
1 a place where a lot of people go for holidays 度假胜地
seaside/beach/ski etc resort 海边/沙滩/滑雪胜地
Aspen, a ski resort in Colorado 阿斯潘，位于科罗拉多州的滑雪胜地
2 last/final resort
what you will do if everything else fails 最后一招
as a last resort
Drug treatment should only be used as a last resort. 药物治疗只能是最后的方法。
of last resort
a weapon of last resort 最后使用武器
in the last resort
British English
Economic sanctions will be used only in the last resort. 经济制裁是能是最后的办法。
3 resort to something
formal when you must use or depend on something because nothing better is available
without resort to something诉诸
We hope they will be able to resolve the situation without resort to force. 我们希望他们能够在不诉诸武力的情况下解决这个局面。
retreat verb [intransitive]
▶ARMY◀
to move away from the enemy after being defeated in battle 撤退
ￚopposite advance
The rebels retreated to the mountains.
They were attacked and forced to retreat.
▶MOVE BACK◀ written
a) to move away from someone or something 离开
He saw her and retreated, too shy to speak to her.
retreat to/from/into etc
It was not a conscious choice to retreat from public life.
b) if an area of water, snow, or land retreats, it gradually gets smaller 水、雪或土地等缩小、下降
The flood waters are slowly retreating. 洪水慢慢地退去。
▶CHANGE YOUR MIND◀
written to decide not to do something you were planning to do, because it was unpopular or too difficult 撤回决定
retreat from
The Canadian government has retreated from a plan to kill 300 wolves. 加拿大政府决定撤回屠宰300只狼的计划。
▶QUIET PLACE◀
to go away to a place that is quiet or safe 前往一个安静、安全的地方
retreat from/into/to
After the noise of the city he was glad to retreat to his hotel room. 在经历了城市的喧嚣之后，他非常高兴可以住进这间饭店的房间。
impartial adjective
not involved in a particular situation, and therefore able to give a fair opinion or piece of advice 公平的
ￚsynonym fair
ￚopposite biased
We offer impartial advice on tax and insurance. 我们针对税收和保险为您提供公正的建议。
an impartial observer 公正的观察家
trek noun [countable]
1 a long and difficult journey, made especially on foot as an adventure 徒步长途行进
ￚsynonym hike
a lonely trek through the forest 穿越森林的独自行程
2 informal a distance that seems long when you walk it 长途
I’m afraid it’s a bit of a trek to the station.
handout noun [countable]
1 money or goods that are given to someone, for example because they are poor 施舍物，救济品
people who have to live on handouts from the state 必须靠国家的救济生存的人
a cash handout 现金救济
2 a piece of paper with information, which is given to people who are attending a lesson, meeting etc上课、会议用的材料
Please read the handout.
Time expressions
IV. Time expressions
点时间的表达------引出时间的介词at
(一)12小时制
(1) 直接念
8.09 eight oh nine
9.57 nine fifty-seven
(2) 整点的表达
9 o’clock // nine
9 sharp
sharp做副词举例：
at ten-thirty/2 o’clock etc sharp=at exactly 10.30, 2.00 etc
We’re meeting at one-thirty sharp.
(3) 12小时制的上午和下午
0-12: am 12-24: pm
凌晨3点 3 am, 上午8点 8 am, 下午5点 5 pm, 晚上11点 11 pm
12点: at noon 24点: at midnight
(4) to/past
to/past: 分钟to/past 小时
比如：8:57 (three to nine)
9.03 (three past nine)
(5) 半点的表达
half past… / …thirty (请比较: two and a half hours)
(6) 一刻的表达
a quarter past…, a quarter to…(也可以表达成three quarters past…)
(二)24小时制---timetables
不要am/pm: 15 pm (×) 15.00 15:00
不用to/past 15.06 (fifteen oh six)
英国英语整点的表达：fifteen hundred hours
The train leaves (departs) at fifteen hundred hours.
日期的表达
(1) 请区分: day 与date
Day:
Monday (Mon.) Tuesday (Tue.) Wednesday (Wed.)
Thursday (Thur //Thurs.) Friday (Fri.) Saturday (Sat.) Sunday (Sun.)
Date:
January 3, 2005 (应读做: January the third two thousand and five)
British English英国英语US English美国英语
Spoken
表达the twenty-sixth of October
October the twenty-sixth
twenty-sixth October
October twenty-sixth
