Street Talks
A: Hi Bob, how’s business? (情況如何)
B: Just okay.
A: Okay, enough small talk. Let’s get down to business/talk business. (談?wù)}吧)
B: Good idea.
A: Since we’re good friends, you don't have to pay me.
B: No, I can’t accept it. Business is business.
A: Joanna, will you go out with me tonight?
B: I’d like to, but I’m afraid I can’t. I have another date
　　tonight.
A: With who?
B: David! C’mon! It’s none of your business. (你就別管了)
A: Why are you so happy?
B: Well, the bank just called and agreed to finance us. So we are in business now, buddy!
A: Hi Jane where’s your husband?
B: He’s away on business.
I majored in bookkeeping in business school.
There is a war going on, for God’s sake! We can’t go on business as usual.
Be careful, these guys mean business.

諺語(yǔ)Proverbs
Business makes a man as well as tries him.
事業(yè)既會(huì)考驗(yàn)人，也會(huì)造就人。
Business is the salt of life.
事業(yè)是人生之鹽，不可缺少。
Business neglected is business lost.
疏忽必失。
car

義 Everyday Expressions

He goes to school by car.

Cafe cars are operated on trains by the Railways. (列車(chē)上有吸煙休息室的餐車(chē)由鐵道部門(mén)經(jīng)營(yíng)。)

I go to work by street car every day. (有軌電車(chē))

生活用語(yǔ)Street Talks
This train has a restaurant car. (餐車(chē) BrE)
If George hadn’t wrapped his car around a tree, he’d be here
to cut his birthday cake tonight. (高速駕車(chē)撞上某物)
There was a car jack this morning in the east part of city. Fortunately, nobody was hurt. The perputrator is still al large.
A: Would you mind giving me a push? My car has stalled. (熄火)
B: My pleasure.
A: Can I borrow your car tonight?
B: Just make sure you don’t wreck it.
A: Nancy, you want to go to a movie now?
B: Sorry, I can’t leave now. I’m car pooling today.
chance
義 Everyday Expressions
Bill left everything to chance. (每件事都聽(tīng)其自然。)
John wants to go abroad when he gets a chance.
This ideal stands a good chance of realization.
　　

生活用語(yǔ)Street Talks
A: Sally, I was wondering if I, I could borrow…Well I mean…Imean borrow…
B: Money? Me lend you money! Not a chance! (全無(wú)機(jī)會(huì))
A: Well Mr. Black, I appreciate your interest in our company,
but I doubt you can do this job properly.
B: I’m sure I can do it well. I’ve always wanted to be the best in whatever I did. Give me a chance. (給我一次機(jī)會(huì)吧)
A: I wish I could. But you even don’t have a B.A, so I’m sorry to say there’s no chance. (不可能)
B: You’re questioning my ability? I tell ya, I can make it! I’ll talk to your boss.
A: Mr. Black, I don’t think my boss will talk to you. It’s a Chinaman’s chance.
B: You think so? Let’s take a chance! (讓我們?cè)囋嚳矗?
A: Well, the debate was fair.
B: Yeah, you said it. Each opponent had a chance to speak.
A: As chance would have it, I ran into Ron today. (很湊巧）
B: Do you have a cigarette by chance? (湊巧)
A: VV, would you lend me 50,000?
B: Fat chance!
What about my chances to got this job?
Are you from China by any chance?

諺語(yǔ)Proverbs
Chance dispenses life with unequal justice.
人生際遇，難得平等。
Whom chance often passes by, it finds at last.
錯(cuò)過(guò)機(jī)會(huì)的人，最終還會(huì)找到機(jī)會(huì)。

child(ren)

義 Everyday Expressions

Tom’s first child died two days after he got divorced.

My wife is a child in financial matters. (我的妻子不善于理財(cái)。)
n. 產(chǎn)兒，產(chǎn)物
His books were the children of his brain.
生活用語(yǔ)Street Talks
A: Daddy, uncle Willie is too fat.
B: Huh! He’ll be angry when he hears that.
C: Let it be, honey. He’s only a child. Children and fools speak the truth.
A: Children enter school at five, don’t they?
B: Yes. And in secondary school, children get more advanced knowledge.
A: That’s not fair!
B: Stop acting like such a child! (別這么幼稚。)
A: Was the test difficult?
B: Child’s play. (小兒科。)
I’m a real wild child. I like to drink, chase women, and smoke weed. (大麻)
諺語(yǔ)Proverbs
Children and fools cannot lie.
孩子和傻子，不會(huì)說(shuō)謊。
Children are poor men’s riches.
孩子是窮人的財(cái)產(chǎn)。
The child is father of the man
童年的經(jīng)歷可決定成年以后的性格（三歲看大）。

clock

　　義 Everyday Expressions
I set my alarm clock for 6.30. (我把鬧鐘撥到6點(diǎn)半響。)
This old car has clocked up another 50,000 kilometers. (這部老爺車(chē)已經(jīng)行駛了5萬(wàn)公里）
He clocked 9.6 seconds for the 100 meters. (他用9.6秒跑完100米）
生活用語(yǔ)Street Talks
A: Damn George, he’s trying to kill the clock. (為保持分?jǐn)?shù)而拿著球拖延比賽時(shí)間）
B: We’ve got to stop him. Come on!
If ya don’t shut up, buster, I’m gonna clean your clock! (狠揍你一頓)
The new regulations will put the clock back by 50 years.
(新的規(guī)章是開(kāi)倒車(chē)，要退回50年前的水平。)
A: All staff in the company are required to clock in. (記錄上班時(shí)間)
B: Clock in? You mean punch in? (同樣表示記錄上班時(shí)間）
A: Yes!
B: Do we have staff who usually clock in late?
A: Sometimes, yes.
B: Well I used to set my alarm clock for exactly 7 o’clock
　　a.m. I’m sure I won’t be late for work.
Let’s stay the clock babygirl, and enjoy ourselves. (忘記時(shí)間)
　　
諺語(yǔ)Proverbs
A clock that stands still is better than one that goes
wrong.
不走的鐘比不準(zhǔn)的鐘更好。

company

義 Everyday Expressions
I don’t feel at home in Alice’s company. (覺(jué)得不自在。)
George keeps his own company. (獨(dú)來(lái)獨(dú)往)
This company laid off 100 hands. (人)
公司名通常簡(jiǎn)寫(xiě)為: Co.例：史密斯公司--- Smith Co.
a company of players (演出團(tuán))
生活用語(yǔ)Street Talks
A: Jack doesn’ t enjoy the company of the opposite sex!
（不喜歡與異性作伴）
B: What a queer bird! (多奇怪的人啊！)
C: No, I don’t think so. I think he’s glad of Joanna’s company!
A: See, they’re over there!!!
A: What does your son do f0or a living?
B: He works for a shipping company.
　　 A: John and Kate are keeping company. (談戀愛(ài)）
B: Well I don’t think they are serious.
Leo got tired of the espionage game and quit the Company.
(間諜活動(dòng);美國(guó)中央情報(bào)局)
　　 Parents usually remind their kids to avoid the company of
strangers. (避免與陌生人交往)
　　諺語(yǔ) Proverbs
Better go it alone than to be in bad company.
寧可一人獨(dú)往，莫與壞人為伴。
You may know a man by the company he keeps.
只見(jiàn)其友則知其人。