Idiom Attack Vol. 2 - Doing Business (Sim. Chinese Edition): 战胜词组攻击 2 - 职场必备: Idiom Attack, #2

By Peter Liptak

*** Idiom Attack 2 - Doing Business (Simplified Chinese Edition) *** 
战胜词组攻击 2 - 职场必备

Finally, a proven system to master Business English Idioms and speak like a native in the workplace...  
...without breaking the bank or wasting hours of your time, GUARANTEED!

English Idioms for ESL Learners: With 300+ Idioms in 25 Themed Chapters

Are you confused by common sayings in the English language? 
Discover the hidden meanings of English idioms to help you communicate with confidence.

Are you worried that you're missing out on the conversation? Do you want to strengthen your English language skills? 
As ESL educators, Peter Liptak, Matthew Douma, and Jay Douma have decades of teaching experience across the world... After helping classrooms full of students navigate the treacherous waters of the English language, they've created a series of books to help you too!

Idiom Attack: Doing Business (Simplified Chinese Edition)
is a densely-packed resource that contains **300+ of the most common and relevant idioms** for living, loving and doing business in North America in both English and Simplified Chinese. Through Idiom Attack, you'll discover definitions, contextualized examples, and practice questions. Before you know it, you'll be using English language idioms in your own everyday conversations like a native English speaker and impressing people with your business English.

In Idiom Attack, you'll discover:

• The three-step training process to help you quickly learn new concepts in English with translations in Simplified Chinese
• Easy-to-follow sections separated by topic to help you find exactly what you're looking for
• Clear meme-like illustrations to help boost your memorization of idioms and their usage
• Convenient stories at the end of each chapter to improve your English retention and conversational abilities
• A collection of idioms commonly found in the workplace, and much, much more!

Idiom Attack is a must-have tool for ESL learners at intermediate and advanced levels. If you like easy-to-use guides, multi-format approaches to learning, and expert advice, then you'll love Peter Liptak, Matthew Douma, and Jay Douma's in-depth look at American idioms.

用每日会话需要的关键俗语，通过三阶段的训练，升级你的英语技巧。让你有效地每天使用关键词组

• 为你的英语弹药库增加300个核心关键俗语
• 25个主题及每天必备的词组一次到位
• 3阶段训练让你学得又快又轻松

Buy Idiom Attack to finally take part in the discussion today!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Peter Liptak
• Release date: Jun 26, 2019
• ISBN: 9781936342419

Peter Liptak

A born-and-bred mid-western boy, Peter is a poet, world traveler, cyclist and lover of language. He taught English to kids and adults in Korea for 20 years as a tutor, preschool teacher, and adjunct professor at Incheon University, and created Exile Press with its imprints Little Bear Books and Hungry Dictator Press. Exploring interests at the University of Minnesota, from Astronomy and Anthropology to Philosophy and Poetics, Peter learned new skills as a preschool teacher, waiter, dance instructor and massage therapist in school and has worked as an actor, teacher, copywriter and author since. While working and living in Seoul, he completed an MA in Korean History and using Korea as a source of linguistic inspiration, penned several books including the controversial book of Korean Slang: As much as a Rat's Tail, translated the scathing graphic novel The Great Successor - Kim Jong Un: a Political Cartoon, created the Idiom Attack series of ESL textbooks and passion projects including an Art/Poetry book Letters: Building an Alphabet with Art and Attitude and a series of children's early readers, including Teddy's Day and Teddy's Camp. Now living in Minneapolis with his wife and three little ones, Peter continues publishing, while copywriting at The Writer’s Ink. Awards 2018     SILVER Winner Multicultural - Baek Seok: Poems of the North 2016     International Book Awards Gold Medal - Letters  2016     Illustration Award and Bronze Medal - The Great Successor 2016     Benjamin Franklin Awards: Silver Medal - Korean Slang: As much as a Rat’s Tail 2014     Korea Literature Translation Institute Grant: - translation of North Korea poet Baek Seok 2013     Benjamin Franklin Digital Awards: Silver - Teddy's Day HD 2012     Mom's Choice Awards: Gold Medals in Young Adult Poetry and Interactive eBooks for Letters and Teddy’s Day HD 2012     Mom's Choice Awards: Silver Medals - Teddy’s Day and Teddy’s Camp 2011     Midwest Book Awards: First Place in Children's Illustrated - Teddy's Day

Book preview

01 工作

On the Job

蒂娜在纽约一家大型做制作人而 earn a living。

Tina earns a living as a producer for a big film company in New York.

earn a living

to earn money to survive; make a living.

谋生； 赚钱维生。

*Synonym make a living.

您是否介意我问 Do for a living?

Do you mind if I ask you what you do for a living?

*This idiom is almost always used in a question form. The speaker often asks permission before asking such a personal question. This idiom represents the work that one mainly does to earn money to live.

这个词组几乎都是以问句的形式出现。发问者通常要先获得对方的允许才可以问如此私人的问题。问的是对方主要赖以维生的工作。

do for a living

to be one’s job.

在哪里高就； 谋生的方式；从事的工作。

山姆有一个非常好的 white-collar job。他从来不用做任何劳力的工作， 总是西装笔挺。

Sam has an excellent white-collar job. He never has to do any physical labor and he is always dressed up.

white-collar job

non-physical, office-related employment.

这个词组几乎都是以问句的形式出现。发问者通常要先获得对方的允许才可以问如此私人的问题。问的是对方主要赖以维生的工作。

新的车厂将会提供大约100多个办公室的工作和高达700多个 blue-collar jobs。

The new auto factory will provide about 100 new white-collar jobs and up to 700 blue-collar jobs.

blue-collar job

manual labor; physical work that is not related to an office environment.

蓝领阶级的工作；劳力的工作。

夏天时， 我会设法早一点 clock in， 这样才能早一点下班。

During the summer I try to clock in a bit early so that I can leave a little earlier at the end of the day.

clock in

to start work; to record one’s arrival time at work.

打卡上班。

*Synonym punch in.

艾丽斯今天 put in 12小时， 因为她昨天提早下了班。

Alice put in twelve hours today because she left early yesterday.

put in

to devote time or effort at work; invest time in something.

加班；为工作奉献时间与精力。

我认为我们今天应该提早 call it quits， 这样才能避开交通尖峰时间。

I think that we should call it quits early today so we can beat the rush-hour traffic.

call it quits

to decide to stop working; to quit work for the day.

结束一天的工作；到此为止。

*Synonym call it a day.

Open up shop 时， 别忘了一进店门就要关掉警铃。

When you open up shop, don’t forget to shut off the alarm as soon as you go in the door.

*This is done by unlocking the doors and turning on the necessary equipment.

开店前的准备包括：开门和启动必要的设备。

open up shop

to open the doors of a store to begin a day’s business.

开店准备营业。

我哥哥在当地的一家工厂上 graveyard shift 赚钱， 同时还是全职的学生。

My elder brother worked the graveyard shift at a local factory to earn money while he went to school