ESL杰夫的一天 第64期:工作 休息和吃午饭讲解(2)

 　　Our story begins by me saying that, "On the way to the office, I was thinking about what I have on my agenda¹ today."  故事开头我说，“在前往办公室的路上，我在想我今天有什么日程安排。”

　　Your agenda, "agenda," means your plan for today — what are the things that you have to do today.  你的日程安排（agenda），是指你今天的计划——你今天必须要做的事情。

　　This could include meetings; it could include phone calls;  这个安排可能包括各种会议；可能包括要接打的电话；

　　you could have many different things on your agenda. 你的日程安排上可以有很多不同的事情。

　　There's another expression, "to have an agenda." 还有另外一个表达，“to have an agenda”。

　　To have an agenda means that you have a plan, sometimes a secret plan that you don't tell anyone about that makes you want to do a certain thing.  “To have an agenda”是指你有一个计划，有时是你不想告诉任何人的、你想要做某事的秘密计划。

　　It's like having an opinion and trying to get other people to do what you want them to do; that's to have an agenda. 就像你有个想法，并试图让别人去做你所想之事，那就叫做“有规划”

　　But here, agenda just means a list of things that you're going to do. 但在这里，日程安排只是指一系列你将要做的事。

　　"When I get to my desk, there is a stack² of new memos³ and papers in my inbox."  “当我到达我的办公桌的时候，我的收件箱里有一沓新的备忘录和文件。”

　　Stack, you'll remember, is when you have thin things on top of each other.  你要记住，“Stack”是指叠放在彼此之上的薄东西。

　　You can have a stack of pancakes; here we have a stack of papers and memos.  你可以有一沓薄煎饼；这里我们有一沓文件和备忘录。

1 agenda   

n.议事日程，记事册

参考例句：

• We now proceed to the next item on the agenda.我们现在着手讨论下一项议题。
• If there is no objection,the agenda is adopted.如果没有意见，议程就通过了。

2 stack   

n.堆叠，堆；vt.堆积，成叠放在；vi.堆成一堆

参考例句：

• There's a whole stack of bills waiting to be paid.有一大堆账要付呢。
• They are specially packaged so that they stack easily.它们经过特别包装以便于堆放。

3 memos   

n.备忘录( memo的名词复数 )；（美）内部通知

参考例句：

• Big shots get their dander up and memos start flying. 大人物们怒火中烧，备忘录四下乱飞。 来自辞典例句
• There was a pile of mail, memos and telephone messages on his desk. 他的办公桌上堆满着信件、备忘录和电话通知。 来自辞典例句