轻松日记职场篇07:又一次失败 要重振旗鼓

 　　核心句型：You'd better be back in the saddle¹.

　　你最好重振旗鼓。

　　be back in the saddle 直译为“重上马鞍”，这个短语的真正意思是：“重整旗鼓”。因此当美国人说:"You'd better be back in the saddle."时，他要传达的意思就是："Don't be depressed²."、"You'd better make a new start."。

　　情景对白：

　　Jane:Shirley, I am still motadmittedby that famous companyeven thoughI had taken several interviews there. How disappointed I am.

　　简：雪莉，我多次参加那家名企的面试，但都没有被录用。我真失望啊！

　　Shirley:Sweetie, you'd better be back in the saddle. Everything will be fine.

　　雪莉：亲爱的，你要重振旗鼓，一切都会好起来的。

　　搭配句积累：

　　①I havefailed so many times that I don't want to go to a job interview any more!

　　我已经失败过这么多次，不想再参加任何面试了。

　　②I had prepared so much for this interview, but I failed again.

　　我为这场面试做了那么多准备，但还是失败了。

　　③Oh, my life is such a big failure!

　　我的人生真是个悲剧。

　　④The bossscoldedme severely³ for my fault and fired me.

　　因为犯了错，老板严厉地责骂了我之后把我解雇了。

　　单词：

　　1.admit vt. 承认（事实、错误），供认，招认(to):；确认；(认为有效、合法或真实而)接受

　　He admitted that he had made a huge mistake and then resigned. 他承认自己犯了严重的错误之后就辞职了。---承认事实错误。

　　We are not persuaded to admit him as one of us.

　　他想加入，但没能说服我们。---认为合格而接受。

　　2.even though 虽然，即使

　　该短语是表示让步的连词，表示“尽管如何，仍然如何”之意，在大部分情况下和 although 可通用。

　　She trusted him with her life even though she knew others will not.

　　尽管知道别人不会相信，她还是完全相信他。

　　3.so...that. 表示有一定原因的连词。既可以单纯的表示原因，也可以用来强调结果。

　　The weather is so hot that I don't want to go out.

　　天气太热了，以至于我不想出去。---表示原因

　　Our PE teacher is so fierce that none of us dare to say a word.

　　体育老师脾气太暴躁，因此我们没有人敢接话。---强调结果。

　　4.scold vt. 责骂，训斥

　　等同于动词 blame ，blame的一个重要特征是：批评某人时用 somebody is to blame.这个句型。

1 saddle   

n.鞍，车座，山脊，拖具；vt.装以马鞍，使负担；vi.装马鞍

参考例句：

• The bicycle saddle is too high for this child.这辆自行车车座对这孩子来说太高了。
• We got the order to saddle up just after dawn.我们得到命令,天一亮就要上好马鞍。

2 depressed   

adj.沮丧的，抑郁的，不景气的，萧条的

参考例句：

• When he was depressed,he felt utterly divorced from reality.他心情沮丧时就感到完全脱离了现实。
• His mother was depressed by the sad news.这个坏消息使他的母亲意志消沉。

3 severely   

adv.严格地；严厉地；非常恶劣地

参考例句：

• He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
• He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。