英语小达人 208 I Just Need One Copy

 　　I Just Need One Copy

　　我只要复印一份

　　A young secretary was leaving the office on her lunch break when she found the CEO (Chief Executive¹ Officer) standing² in front of a shredder with a piece of paper in hand.

　　午饭时间，一个年轻的秘书正要离开办公室。这时，她看见首席执行官拿着一张纸站在碎纸机前。

　　She walked up to him and asked if he need help.

　　她走上前去问他是否需要帮助。

　　"Listen," said the CEO, "this is important. Can you make this thing work?"

　　“听着，”首席执行官说，“这很重要。你能告诉我这东西怎么用吗？”

　　"Certainly," said the young secretary.

　　“当然，”秘书说。

　　She turned the machine on, inserted³ the paper, and pressed the start button.

　　她打开机器，把纸塞进去，然后按下“开始”按钮。

　　"Excellent, excellent!" said the CEO as the paper disappeared inside the machine. "Thanks, I just need one copy."

　　“太好了，太好了！”首席执行官看着自己那张纸消失在机器中，说：“谢谢你，我只要复印一份。”

　　重点讲解：

　　1. walk up to

　　走近，走向；

　　eg. She walk up to the desk and ask to see the manager.

　　她走到办公桌前要求见经理。

　　eg. He walked up to me and asked me where the post office was.

　　他走到我面前，问邮局在哪儿。

　　2. turn on

　　打开（设备）；接通

　　eg. I want to turn on the television.

　　我想开电视。

　　eg. She asked them why they hadn't turned the lights on.

　　她问他们为什么不开灯。

1 executive   

adj.执行的，行政的；n.执行者，行政官，经理

参考例句：

• A good executive usually gets on well with people.一个好的高级管理人员通常与人们相处得很好。
• He is a man of great executive ability.他是个具有极高管理能力的人。

2 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

3 inserted   

插入的； 嵌入的； 着生的； 附着的

参考例句：

• He inserted a cassette into the machine. 他把一盒录像带放入机器。
• He inserted a letter into the misspelled word. 他在拼错的单词中插进了一个字母。