Self-improvement
A:I've been bored recently. I need to do something to im-prove my life.
B:.Have you thought about taking one kind of course in the evening?
A :I've never thought about it. But I think I need to improvemy skills as a business man.
B: Well, like negotiating tactics,such kind of self-improvement courses can help you a lot in your career.
A:That's right. I'll pick some courses. I've never learned af-ter leaving from university.
B:Neither do I. But sometimes I find my knowledge and skillsare running out like burning candles.
A:Um,so there is a saying that,"You will be never too old tolearn".
B:Right. A lot of companies provide various kinds of major trainings in order to encourage their workers to continue studying.
A:Really? But I never heard there is any training in our company.
B:.Our company is planning a training course of English recently, because we've expanded our business to abroad.
A:That's great. Can I have the opportunity to take part in it?
B:Of course. Every worker has the chance .to join the trainding.
自我提升
A:我近比較厭倦。我需要做點(diǎn)事情來提升一下自己。
B:你想過晚上去上一門課程嗎?
A:我從來沒想過.但是我想我應(yīng)該提升自己作為商務(wù)人士的技能了。
B:晤,像談判技巧這類的自我提升課程可以對你的事業(yè)有很大幫助。
A:對。我會(huì)選一些課程。自從離開*我就沒學(xué)習(xí)了。
B:我也是。但是有時(shí)我覺得我的知識和技能都在一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)的消耗完,就像燃燒著的蠟燭一樣.
A:嗯,所以有這樣一句諺語,“活到老,學(xué)到老”。
B:對。許多公司都提供各種專業(yè)培訓(xùn),就是為了鼓勵(lì)他們的員工繼續(xù)學(xué)習(xí)。
A:真的嗎?可是我從來沒聽說我們公司有培訓(xùn)。
B:我們公司近正計(jì)劃英語培訓(xùn)課程呢,因?yàn)槲覀兊臉I(yè)務(wù)已經(jīng)擴(kuò)展到了國外。
A:太好了。我能參加培訓(xùn)嗎?
B:當(dāng)然。每位員工都有機(jī)會(huì)參加這個(gè)培訓(xùn)。
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put one's nose to the grindstone專心工作
"put one's nose to the grindstone"原意是“鼻子沖著磨刀石”,引申意義是“專心工作”。英語中與“nose"相關(guān)的習(xí)慣用語很多,而且應(yīng)用幾率高,如:"with one's nose in the air(神氣活現(xiàn),自高自大,目空一切); look down one's nose at(藐視,瞧不起,不理會(huì)),thumb one's nose (at) sb.〔(對……)做蔑視的手勢(把拇指擱在鼻端,其余四指張開),無視,拒不服從〕;not to be able to see beyond one's nose (鼠目寸光,見識短);Put one's nose in (露面,出現(xiàn),到場)”。