英语笑话听力+文本：Business just started 开张大吉

A young businessman had just started his own firm. He rented a beautiful office and had it furnished with antiques¹. Sitting there, he saw a man come in to the outer office. Wishing to appear the hot shot, the businessman picked up the phone and started to pretend he had a big deal working. He threw huge figures around and made giant commitments². Finally he hung up and asked the visitor, "Can I help you?" The man said, "Yeah, I've come to activate³ your phone lines."

一个年轻人的公司刚刚开张。他租用了漂亮的办公室，办公室内还放上了古董作装饰。这天，这位年轻人正在办公室里面坐着，他看到一个男的走进了办公室。为显示他是个成功的老板，这位年轻的生意人拿起电话假装正在谈大买卖，张觜就是三、五个亿，闭觜就说一切搞定、没问题！好不容易电话“打”完，挂上听筒，年轻人问进来的那人，“您有事吗？”那人说，“有事，我是来给你开通电话的”。

1 antiques   

n.古玩，古董，古物( antique的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The room was furnished with antiques. 房间里摆放了古董。
• a priceless collection of antiques 价值连城的古文物收藏

2 commitments   

n.委托( commitment的名词复数 )；任务；承担的义务

参考例句：

• I am very tired because I have taken on so many commitments. 我很累，因为我承担了很多的事情。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• These commitments have already been breached. 这些承诺已遭背弃。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 activate   

vt.使活动起来，使开始起作用

参考例句：

• We must activate the youth to study.我们要激励青年去学习。
• These push buttons can activate the elevator.这些按钮能启动电梯。