轻松日记商务职场篇13:被折磨的求职者

 　　核心句型：

　　You are really put through the wringer at your job interview.

　　求职面试没少让你吃苦头。

　　put somebody through the wringer 直译过来就是“让某人到绞肉机或榨汁机里去”，这个短语的真正意思是“使某人受尽折磨，使某人折磨一番”。因此当美国人说:"You are really put through the wringer at your job interview."时，他要表达的意思就是:"You are really bothered by your job interview."、"The job interview really made you tired."。

　　情景对白：

　　Shirley: Honey, I can't sleep. I'm so much concerned about the job interview tomorrow.

　　雪莉：亲爱的，我睡不着。我总是担心明天的面试。

　　Benjamin: Oh, you poor little thing. You are really put through the wringer at your job interview.

　　本杰明：哦，小可怜。求职面试没少让你吃苦头。

　　搭配句积累：

　　① Does the interview really mean soo much to you?

　　这次面试对你真的这么重要吗？

　　② Look at the circle under your eyes.

　　看看你的黑眼圈。

　　③ You look really tired.

　　你看上去真的很累啊。

　　④ I'm glad that you finally get that job.

　　我很为你得到那份工作而高兴。

　　单词：

　　1.wringer n.搅拌机，榨汁机

　　A wringer is a useful tool to make juice.

　　榨汁机是制作果汁的工具。

　　2.mean much to somebody 对某人来说意义重大

　　The college entrance exam means much to all the senior middle students alike¹.

　　高考对全国每个高中生来说都同样重要。

1 alike   

adj.同样的，相像的；adv.一样地；同程度地　

参考例句：

• The twins are so alike that I can't tell which is which.这对双胞胎一模一样，我分辨不出谁是谁。
• All stories seemed dreadfully alike,no matter who told them.看来，不管谁讲，故事都是千篇一律的。