介绍:
1.
打卡上下班clock in, clock out; punch in ,punch out
clock in 打卡上班
I have to clock in by eight. 8点钟前我得打卡上班。
Workers in a factory must clock in when they arrive.工厂工人到达工厂时必须记录上班时间。
The employees all punch in before they begin work。(员工在开始上班前都要打卡。)
2.炒鱿鱼与被炒
Get the boot
Get the boot这个习惯用法的意思是，雇员做错了事情，至少是让老板不高兴，结果被老板“踢”了出来，也就是中文里的“炒尤鱼。”
The boss kept warning Bill he had to get to work on time. But Bill didn't listen; he kept arriving up to an hour late. So the boss finally lost patience and gave him the boot.
老板一直警告比尔上班不能迟到，但是比尔不听，一直是迟到将近1个小时，最终老板忍无可忍辞掉了比尔。
Give sb the boot=fire sb; sb get the boot=sb get fired.
Get a pink slip也是被解雇，但不一定是因为雇员做错了啥
Honey, I have bad news. I got a pink slip in my pay envelope today. The boss says I'm a good worker, but our business is way down and he just can't afford to keep us all working.
Downsize裁员
downsize.
Downsize是一个合成词，由down和size两个词组成。Size是规模，down是往下或缩小，合起来意思是缩小规模。
最近几年，许多公司都缩小规模，常常是砍掉公司那些不盈利的部门。这就意味着需要裁掉部分雇员。比方说，你现在工作的工厂生产冰箱、电视机和空调机，目前市场有些不利的变化。我们来看看下面这个例子。
Our TV sets just couldn't compete with others on the market. So we closed down that operation and downsized about 600 people who'd been working in that part of the factory.
这个例句的意思是：我们的电视机在市场上竞争不过其它电视机。所以，我们关闭了生产线，裁减了大约六百名在那条生产线工作的工人。
3.我没有经验。
误：I have no experience.
正：I don't know much about that.
提示：I have no experience这句话听起来古里古怪，因为您只需要说那方面我懂得不多，或者这方面我不在行，就行了。I am not really an expert in this area.
4.我的舞也跳得不好。
误：I don't dance well too.
正：I am not a very good dancer either.
提示：当我们说不擅长做什么事情的时候，英语里面通常用not good at something，英语的思维甚至直接踊跃到：我不是一个好的舞者。
5. 你愿意参加我们周五晚的晚会吗？
误：Would you like to join our party on Friday?
正：Would you like to come to our party on Friday night?
提示：join往往是指参加俱乐部或者协会，如：join a health club; join the Communist Party.事实上，常常与party搭配的动词是come 或者go。如go a wild party，或者come to a Christmas Party。 A party go-er
6. 用英语怎么说？
误：How to say this in English?
正：How do you say this in English?
提示：How to say很不地道的表达。
同样的句子有：请问这个词如何拼写？How do you spell that please?请问这个单词怎么读？How do you pronounce this word?
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