成千上万的…,无数的…
Trading Stamps-(用赠券换东西)
A:Every time I go to the grocery, the clerk asks me if I save stamps.I always say no, but sometimes I get them anyway.
每次我去杂货店,店员都问我是否收集赠券。我总是说"不",不过有的时候我还是积下些赠券。
B:Oh, never turn them down.You can always find someone who''ll take them.People spend hours pasting them in little books, and when a book is full.they drive miles to a redemption center where the stamps can be traded for things like pillow cases, or playing cards, or garden tools.
啊,别丢掉它。你总会找到回收赠券的人。 有些人花时间把赠券粘贴在小本子上,当一本贴满后,开几英里的车到回收中心去,在那儿可以用赠券交换像枕头套、扑克牌或修整花园的工具等东西。
A:But you have to save millions of them to get anything worth having.
不过你得收集相当多张才能换回一些有重要价值的东西。
Getting Started-(成立公司)
A:Let''s review our start-up plans. When do you think we will be able to move into our new office?
我们再看一遍我们的初步计划。你想什么时候我们可以搬进新的办公室?
B:Well, we can move in any time after July first, but moving in and actually getting started are two different things.
七月一号之后我们随时可以搬进去,不过搬进去和实际开始工作是两回事。
A:Good point. Anyway, I have our new marketing manager, Helen Parker, helping us get set up.
说得好。无论如何,我会要我们新任的市场经理,海伦.派克帮忙我们打点一切。
B:What is she doing?
她是做什么的?
A:She''s overseeing the purchase of equipment and so forth.
她监督机器设备的采购等等。
B:Does she have a background in that sort of thing?
她有那方面的背景吗?
A:As a matter of fact, it turns out she practically ran her last company, from marketing to finance.
事实上,她上一个公司从行销到财务,实际上都是她在运作的。
millions of
B:I''m looking forward to meeting her.
我期待认识她。
A:Have you begun to investigate factories? I''m so glad we aren''t going to try to run our own factory at first.
你开始调查工厂了吗?我很高兴我们没有先试图设立自己的工厂。
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B:Yes, I''ve started. And I''ve found some good people for R and D, too. Then there are the art people designing our logos-
是的,开始了。我也替研发部门找了些好人才。然后有一些美术人员设计我们的商标——
A:Oh, no! Millions of details: logos, slogans, letterhead, name cards . . .
商标,标语,信头,名片……
B:You thought setting up a company was going to be easy?
你觉得创立一间公司会容易吗?
1. 上百万的,许许多多的:中秋节 Mid-autumn Day | 上百万的,许许多多的 millions of | 改变主意 change one''s mind
2. 成百万上千万,数以百万计:make up one''s mind 下决心 | millions of 成百万上千万,数以百万计 | more or less 或多或少
3. millions of是什么意思
3. 成百万的:thousands of 成千上万的 | millions of 成百万的 | 14. be pleased to do sth 很高兴地干某事