犯罪分子正在试图炸毁整条船，关键时刻警察出现了。
历史典故
英语俚语很多都源于圣经故事，比如这条。《圣经》（The Bible）里有这样一个故事：一个富人雇佣了好几名园丁帮自己打理葡萄园，有个园丁一大早就开始干活了，而有一些直到晚上才来，但他们下班的时间和所得的工钱却是一样的。早知如此，晚上十一点来也是一样的。所以这个俚语就比喻正赶上能拿到好处的时候。
At the end of （one’s） rope 忍无可忍
I am at the end of my rope. You have done such a mess of all the work I gave you.
我对你忍无可忍了，我交给你的所有工作你都做得一团糟。
历史典故
其实这个俚语最早的说法是“At the end of （one’s） tether。”“tether”跟“rope”差不多意思，都是绳子、锁链的意思。这个用法最早见于17世纪的文献之中，表示到了无法再忍的尽头。
Lesson 88 合作
出口成章
Having this input by July 5 will enable us to maintain our schedule. 如果在7月5日前收到汇款的话，我们将维持原计划。
Your advice would be welcome. 我们欢迎您向我们提建议。
Your prompt attention to this matter will be appreciated. 我们期待您的立刻关注。
As soon as I receive this information， I will be in touch with you. 在我收到信息后，会尽快联系你。
We look forward to hearing from you. 我期待听到您的回复。
If you have any question， please call me. 如果您有任何问题，可以打电话给我。
Please indicate your acceptance of this employment by signing your name and returning a copy of your ID. 请签字表明您接受这份工作，并给我们一份您的身份证复印件。
We want to ensure that you enjoy the highest standards of service. 我们想确保您可以享受最高水准的服务。
I apologize for the inconvenience. 如果造成您的不便，我们深表歉意。
Thanks again for your cooperation. 非常感谢您的合作。
I wish you every success in your important work. 祝您一帆风顺。
We look forward to a very cordial relationship between our two organizations. 希望我们两个组织间可以建立良好的合作关系。
This is to enquire what address we can reach you. 我们想知道您的联系地址。
Here is our price list you asked for in your letter. 这是您信中提到物品的价格表。
We will consider your suggestions favorably. 我们会认真考虑您的建议。
职场聊天一语惊人抄这段
I have been waiting here in the conference room for ten minutes already. When will the meeting start？
我已经在这等了10分钟了，会议什么时候开始啊？
Didn’t you hear our meeting was postponed until Friday.
你不知道会议推迟到周五了吗？
What？ No one told me anything about it.
什么？没有人告诉我啊？
Did you see that post？
你看到了公告吗？
What post？
什么公告？
The post went out 3 days ago.
它是3天前贴出来的。
I did not see it.
我没看见。
Don’t you ever look at meassages posted on the bulletin board？
你从过来不看公告栏上张贴的东西吗？
I’m usually too busy to take a cofee break.
我太忙了，连杯咖啡都没时间冲。
That’s right. You will never know what you’re missing if you don’t read the post.
好吧，你不读公告，永远不会知道你错过了什么。
Anyway， I think they should send the post into my e-mail inbox. I’ll have to talk to the secretary.
不管怎么说，我觉得这个事应该把通知发到所有人邮箱。我要去和秘书商讨一下。
正式用语 VS 非正式用语
中文 非正式场合聊天常用语 正式场合聊天常用语
中文 非正式场合聊天常用语 正式场合聊天常用语
很高兴告诉您。 I m pleased to tell you. I have the pleasure in informing you.
请通知我们。 Please tell/inform us. Please be good enough to advise us.
我们不认为会涨价。 We do not expect prices to rise. Please do not anticipate any increase in prices.
您能在月末前给我们回信吗？ Will you please send us a reply in the enclosed envelope before the end of the month. Will you kindly send us a reply before the end of the month for which a stamped envelope is enclosed.
如果您要卖的打字机还在卖，请通知我价格。 If you still have the typewriter which you offered for sale， please inform me of the price. I was informed that you had a typewriter for sale and would like to know if it is still on sale； if so， please advise me as to the price.
非常抱歉我们的产品出现了质量问题，我们将会免费为您更换。 We are sorry that the merchandise is not up to standard and we shall gladly make an exchange. It is not our intention to suggest that you should keep unsatisfactory merchandise， so we are willing to ask you to return it to us at once， and will be glad to make an exchange.
感谢您在1月30日汇的100美元。 Thank you for your 100 remittance of January 30. We have your remittance of January 30 in the amount of 100， and wish at this time to thank you for it.
请找出原因。 Please find out the reason. Please see that an enquiry is conducted to determine the reason.
很抱歉现在不能接受您的订购。 We are sorry we cannot meet your present order. We express our regret at being unable to fulfill your order on this occasion.
会议将在6月30日举行。 It is on the last day of June that the meeting will be held. The meeting will be held on June 30.
我们将退回所有瑕疵产品。 We are returning all the merchandise that is defective. We are returning all the defective merchandise.
我们不能接受您的建议。 We must tell you that we can’t accept your proposal. Unfortunately， we can not accept your proposal.
感谢您对我的帮助。 Thank you in advance for all the help you will give me. Thank you for all the help you will give me.
我不明白你的意思。 Your letter is not clear at all. I can’t understand it. I didn’t quite get you.
下个星期前，我们需要你的声明。 We need the statement by the end of next week. Could you send us the statement by the end of next week？
重点词汇解析
1. concise [k？n‘sais] a. 简明的，简洁的；简要的
【例句】I need a concise summary.
我需要一个简洁的总结。
2. courteous [’k？：tj？s] a. 殷勤的，谦恭的，有礼貌的
【例句】She is very courteous.
她非常有礼貌。
3. invaluable [in‘v？lju？bl] a. 非常贵重的，无价的；无法估价的
【例句】Her advice has been invaluable to the success of the plan.
她的建议对这一计划的成功起了无法估量的作用。
4. insane [in’sein] a. （患）精神病的；精神错乱的；疯狂的；精神病患者的；为精神病患者而设的；极愚蠢的；荒唐的
【例句】The killer is insane.
这个杀人犯有精神病。
5. exhaustive [ig‘z？：stiv] a. 彻底的；详尽无疑的；消耗（性）的
【例句】After an exhaustive search， the missing money was found.
经过彻底搜寻，丢失的钱被找到了。
英语加油站：每天读点英语经典
小仲马的经典名句
Business？ That’s very simple — it’s other people’s money.
做生意吗？ 那太简单了——叫别人掏钱包。
Sometimes a woman will allow cheating of their love， but will never permit damage to their self-esteem.
女人有时候会容许别人欺骗她们的爱情，却从来不容许伤害她们的自尊心。
Life is a leaf of white paper， whereupon each of us may write one word or two.
生活是一张白纸，每个人都在上面写上自己的一两句话。
Life is a palette； you put colors on it.
生活是调色板，每个人自己在上面加上颜色。
On earth there is nothing great but man； in the man there is nothing great but mind.
地球上唯一伟大的是人，人身上唯一伟大的是心灵。