Idiom Attack Vol. 2 - Doing Business (Trad. Chinese Edition): 成語攻擊 2 - 職場必備: Idiom Attack, #2

By Peter Liptak

*** Idiom Attack Vol. 2 - Doing Business (Trad. Chinese Edition) ***
成語攻擊 2 - 職場必備

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 (Traditional 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 Traditional 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 Traditional 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.

用每日會話需要的關鍵片語,透過3階段訓練,升級你的英語技巧。讓你駕輕就熟,有效地使用關鍵片語。

• 為你的英語彈藥庫增加300個關鍵成語
• 25個主題及每天必備的成語一次到位
• 3步驟訓練讓你學得又快又輕鬆

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

• Language: English
• Publisher: Peter Liptak
• Release date: Jul 1, 2019
• ISBN: 9781936342396

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

蒂娜任職於紐約一家大型製片場的製作人 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.

謀生；賺錢維生。

*Synonym make a living.

我是否可以請問 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.

這個片語幾乎都是以問句的形式出現。發問者通常要先獲得對方的允許才可以問如此私人的問題。問的是對方主要賴以維生的工作。

do for a living

to be one’s job.

在哪裡高就； 謀生的方式；從事的工作。

山姆是個傑出的 white-collar job。他從不必做任何勞力的工作，總是西裝筆挺。

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.

白領階級；非勞力的工作；做辦公桌的工作。

新的車廠將會提供100個辦公室的工作，和高達700個 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.

藍領階級的工作；勞力的工作。

夏天時，我想辦法早一點 clock in, 這樣才能早一點下班。

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.

愛麗絲今天 put in 12小時，因為她昨天提早下班。

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；為工作奉獻時間與精力。

我認為我們今天應該提早 call it quits, 這樣才能避開交通尖峰時間。

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.

結束一天的工作；到此為止。

*Synonym call it a day.

Open up shop 時，別忘了一進店們就要關掉警鈴。

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.

開店前的準備包括：開門和啟動必要的設備

open up shop

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

開店準備營業。

我哥哥在一家當地的工廠上 graveyard shift 賺錢，同時還是全職的學生。

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

*This type of shift usually occurs from midnight to eight in the morning.

上班時間通常是從午夜12點到早上8點。

graveyard shift

a shift of work during the early morning hours.

大夜班。

今天 get off 後，我會在回家路上經過店鋪順手買點牛奶和麵包。

After I get off work today, I’ll stop by the store on my way home and pick up some milk and