老板在哪兒?我需要他簽署幾份文件.我去過他辦公室找過,可是他不在那兒.他現在下班了嗎?
是的.今天是星期二,老板去上工商管理碩士的研討課了.每周二和周四上午他都不上班,周六和周日全天也都有課.
他學什么?
他參加了一個針對管理人員開辦的特殊繼續教育項目.他可以一邊繼續工作,一邊到處去聽課,兩年就能完成工商管理碩士課程的學習.
聽起來課程安排的很緊.那他可能有很多作業要做了?
上課時間,他不得不中斷工作,所以對他來說壓力很大.但作業對他而言,是輕而易舉的事.
為什么是這樣?
他只是把作業都交給他的秘書做就行了.
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Tiring: making you feel the need to sleep or rest 令人困倦的;使人疲勞的;累人的
It had been a long tiring day.
這一天讓人感到又累又長.
Schedule: a plan that lists all the work that you have to do and when you must do each thing 工作計劃;日程安排
I have a hectic schedule for the next few days.
我今后幾天的日程緊得要命.
We're working to a tight schedule(= we have a lot of things to do in a short time).
我們的工作安排得很緊.
Filming began on schedule(= at the planned time).
拍攝如期開始.
The new bridge has been finished two years ahead of schedule.
新橋提前兩年落成.
The tunnel project has already fallen behind schedule.
隧道工程已經晚了工期.
Stressful: causing a lot of anxiety and worry 壓力重的;緊張的
a stressful job/situation/lifestyle
繁重的工作;艱難的處境;緊張的生活方式
It was a very stressful time for all of us.
對于我們所有人來說,那都是一段艱難時期.
Breeze: a thing that is easy to do 輕而易舉的事
It was a breeze.
這事不費吹灰之力.