Dialogue 2
A: How are you getting along? I havent seen much of you lately.
B: Keeping busy.
A: Doing what?
B: I am supposed to give my oral defense tomorrow.
A: Well, keeping busy before oral defense is all in the days work.
【Tips】
be all in the days work:是一种幽默的表达法,在表示不足为奇的、司空见惯的时候,才可以说成be all in a days work。
例如:To anyone working in a hotel,angry complaints from guests are all in a days work.
(对于任何一个在旅馆工作的人来说,客人们生气抱怨是司空见惯的。)
【文化ABC】
形体语言
切忌与人谈话时左顾右盼、东张西望,注意力不集中,而应善于倾听对方的谈话,始终正视你的谈话对象,使他/她感到你没有分散注意力。如果你和某人交谈时,你的眼睛根本不正视对方,或者频频看手表,显得不耐烦。这是最令人困窘的事啦,也是非常失礼的行为。
在遇到熟人打招呼时,应将手掌向上伸开,弯曲手指数次,手心不要向下。
(呵呵~~最后一个动作好奇怪哦~不知道有没有童鞋见到外国人是这样打招呼的?^^不过,这个手势正好是手语里面再见的手势呢,不知道,会不会造成误解呢~~^^)
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