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It' s late at the offices of Tip Top Trading. Anna is alone, working, again. She' s been doing this all week. She wants her presentation to Mr Lime to be perfect so she' s been spending hours and hours on it. Anna? Don' t interrupt. I' m busy. Woah. Sorry. Anna, you' re really burning the candle at both ends. What? Burning the candle at both ends. It means working very hard, working late and getting up early to work all the time. Oh. I didn' t know that expression. Well here are some more. You' re doing overtime, which means you' re working longer than office hours. You' re putting in the hours, which means you are spending all the time needed to achieve something. Yes, I' m putting in the hours to make sure my presentation is perfect. And if you don' t mind me saying so, you might burn out, which means you are working so hard that you might get very tired and run out of energy. I' m not burning out. I' m full of energy. I just need to finish this bit. My goodness, nothing' s locked. Do you think we' ve been burgled? Oh no. I left my lapbook and my mepad on the desk, and my itop. They' re worth thousands. They' re all the latest versions. |
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xiàn zài yǐ jīng hěn wǎn le, zài Tip Top Trading bàn gōng shì, Anna dú zì yī rén zài gōng zuò. tā zhè yàng jiā bān gōng zuò yǐ jīng chí xù yí gè xīng qī le. tā xiǎng tā gěi Lime xiān shēng de yǎn jiǎng zuò dào wán měi, suǒ yǐ tā yǐ jīng huā le hěn duō hěn duō shí jiān zài shàng biān. Anna? bú yào dǎ duàn wǒ, wǒ hěn máng. wa. duì bù qǐ. Anna, nǐ zhēn de fēi cháng qín fèn gōng zuò. shén me? Burning the candle at both ends yì sī shì nǐ gōng zuò hěn nǔ lì, zǒng shì zuò dào zuì wǎn, lái de zuì zǎo. ó, wǒ bù dǒng zhè gè biǎo dá. zhè lǐ yǒu gèng duō de lì zi. nǐ zǒng shì jiā bān gōng zuò, yì sī shì nǐ de gōng zuò shí jiān bǐ zhèng cháng de bàn gōng shí jiān yào chàng. Putting in the hours yì sī shì nǐ zǒng shì huā hěn duō shí jiān qù wán chéng mǒu jiàn shì qíng. shì de, wǒ fù chū hěn duō shí jiān, bǎo zhèng wǒ de bào gào shì wán měi dí. rú guǒ nǐ bù jiè yì wǒ zhè yàng shuō, nǐ kě néng huì" burn out", yì sī shì nǐ fēi cháng nǔ lì gōng zuò, yǐ zhì yú dào nǐ huì hěn lèi, dào zuì hòu huì jīn pí lì jié. wǒ bú huì jīn pí lì jié. wǒ chōng mǎn néng liàng. wǒ zhǐ shì xū yào wán chéng zhè yì diǎn diǎn jiù kě yǐ le. wǒ de tiān a, dōng xī méi yǒu shàng suǒ, nǐ jué de wǒ men huì bú huì bèi tōu dōng xī le? bú huì ba, wǒ bǎ wǒ de lapbook, mepad fàng zài le zhuō shàng, hái yǒu wǒ de itop. tā men dōu jià qián jǐ qián kuài de, ér qiě dōu shì zuì xīn de bǎn běn. |