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1.休息室 -----lounge、lobby、vestibule或foyer。2.wineshop----a cafe or tavern that specializes in serving wine，专指供人喝酒、小憩之处，而中国人所说酒馆、酒楼、酒肆或酒家其实就是饭店、餐馆，英文都应是restaurant。3.购物商场-----shopping mall, shopping store,shopping center4.corporation指Groups of persons authorized to act as an individual，eg，for Business purposes，实际上该词本身有总公司的意味，所以，group corp. 似乎group 多余。 group company 可用。5.城区-----downtown area, or downtown district6. hit pay dirt 发现矿藏, 找到富矿;发现了很有好处的东西=strike pay dirtpay dirt n.有利可图的发现7. To have a beef with someone means to have a disagreement.和某人有争执in a really bad mood 心情很糟；being tough on everyone 对每个人很严格，要求高。8. Exactly.说得对；if you say so, 既然你这么说，就听你的；hold on for a second 等一会； a sour loser 输的不大方的人，不愿承认失败的人；here you go 给你；here we are 我们到了，here i am,我终于到了；i have no idea. 我不大清楚。 9. Im worried that the situation will go too far 我担心事情会进一步变糟。 its worth a try值得一试。 ones beef with sb，与某人的争执10. At first=in the beginning I wasnt that interested 开始我不太感兴趣。11. Hi, Jim! You look pretty good today. Everybody at the office says hello - were all pulling for you to pull through this operation and get back to work as soon as you can. Pull for就是打气、鼓励的意思，而pull

through在这里的意思是克服疾病、恢复健康。12.This memo told me I was being transferred to Buffalo, where winter is really bad. I was worried when I saw people laughing at me, and I remembered it was April Fools Day, and I realized my friends are pulling my leg. 他说：这份通知说我要被调往Buffalo去工作。Buffalo那儿的冬天可真糟糕。我正发愁的时候看到人们都在笑我，我这才想起今天是愚人节，原来是朋友们在骗我跟我开玩笑。 从这段话可以看出pull ones leg是跟某人开玩笑，或者是不带恶意的恶作剧。 13.pull the plug. 其中的plug ，这是电线一端的插头，插进墙上的插座就能得到电力。Pull the plug，当然就是把插头从插座上拔出来，那就是切断电源，或者等于是关了某一电器用具。这是从字面上来解释pull the plugBusiness has been terrible for six months and is getting worse every day. I hate to say this but maybe the best thing to do is pull the plug and just close up shop for good. 他说：这六个月来生意很差，而且目前也一天不如一天，出于无奈我不得不说，最好还是结束业务关店算了。从这段话可以看出pull the plug可以解释结束、中止某一业务或者事业。 14. coffee shop, cafe 咖啡屋； suburb n.市郊, 郊区 There are all sorts of things all sorts of 各种各样 a cup of coffee 一杯咖啡 lingerv.逗留, 闲荡, 拖延, 游移； do crossword puzzles 做纵横字谜； 15.outreach v.到达顶端, 超越; n. a)The act or process of reaching out: 伸出展开的行为或过程：could not allay the outreach of human intellect.不能控制人

类才智的发展b)Extent or length of reach:所能达到的程度或长度：the vast outreach of technology; the outreach of a forest fire from mountains to suburbs.知识的广阔领域；从高山蔓延至市郊的森林火灾c)A systematic attempt to provide services beyond conventional limits, as to particular segments of a community: 扩大服务项目有系统地尝试向一团体的特别部门提供超常规的服务：an educational outreach to illiterate adults.对文盲的教育服务项目扩大16.Lets hear about the reason why he chose to work at a cafe over a high paying, high stress job. (高薪，压力大的工作） choose sth over sth else.slow you down 让你放松；hang out居住；停留 He hangs out in an old house. 他住在一所旧房子里。exponential指数的, 幂的increased exponentially 大幅增加，指数级增加 www.freetem4tem8.cn