一、邊聽邊學(xué) Listen and Learn

goner 無(wú)可救藥的人

bomb 失敗

go over big 成功

go up in smoke 消失

from left field 意想不到地

square one 開端

ballpark figure 大致的數(shù)目

back to the drawing board 重做，重新思考

二、邊聽邊說(shuō) Listen and Speak

A: I’m a goner. My new project bombed.

我不行了，新計(jì)劃沒(méi)有成功。

B: I thought it would go over big with the boss. Why did it go up in smoke?

我覺(jué)得老板也很滿意這個(gè)計(jì)劃，為什么打消了？

A: A problem arose from left field, and now I’m back to square one.

出現(xiàn)了意想不到的問(wèn)題，現(xiàn)在我得重頭開始了。

B: How much will it cost now? Can you give me a ballpark figure?

還要花多少費(fèi)用？你可以給我一個(gè)大概的數(shù)字嗎？

A: I won’t know for another week. Meantime, I have to get back to the drawing board.

要花一個(gè)星期才會(huì)知道。無(wú)論如何都要重新開始了。

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