英语笑话听力+文本：Can't make it work不能上班

Can't make it work

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[00:10.44]Can't make it work 不能上班
[00:21.56]词汇扫描
[00:24.78]construction¹ [k?n'str?k??n] 建筑现场
[00:28.68]crew² [kru:] 工作队
[00:31.10]英文原文
[00:33.08]One of the workers on my construction crew
[00:35.15]didn't show up for work on Monday,
[00:37.22]and he didn't phone to explain his absence³.
[00:40.26]On Tuesday morning, though, he did call.
[00:43.18]"I won't be able to make it to work today," he said, "or yesterday."
[00:49.61]中文大意
[01:08.97]逐句对照
[01:13.35]One of the workers on my construction crew
[01:16.07]didn't show up for work on Monday,
[01:21.79]and he didn't phone to explain his absence.
[01:26.34]On Tuesday morning, though, he did call.
[01:32.49]"I won't be able to make it to work today," he said, "or yesterday."
[01:42.22]多学一点
[01:46.70]construction 建筑现场，工地
[01:50.72]crew 工作队
[01:53.19]修理队 repair crew
[01:55.35]空勤人员 air crew
[01:57.59]舞台工作人员 stage crew
[02:02.60]did
[02:03.81]he did call
[02:12.29]I do want to be sure. Do be still!
[02:20.40]make
[02:22.19]make it 成功、办得到
[02:25.78]He finally made it as an actor.
[02:34.89]重新听一次故事原文
[02:37.64]One of the workers on my construction crew
[02:39.71]didn't show up for work on Monday,
[02:41.84]and he didn't phone to explain his absence.
[02:44.64]On Tuesday morning, though, he did call.
[02:47.65]"I won't be able to make it to work today," he said, "or yesterday."

不能上班

我所在的基建组的一名工人周一没有来上班，而且没有打电话来解释。 不过，周二早上，他的确打电话来了。
“我今天来不了上班了”他说，“昨天也是”。

1 construction   

n.建筑，建筑物，解释，造句

参考例句：

• Please do not put a wrong construction on her action.请不要误解她的行为。
• London Bridge is an important construction in Britain.伦敦桥是英国的一处重要建筑。

2 crew   

n.全体船员，全体乘务员；vi.一起工作

参考例句：

• A captain controls his ship and its crew.船长管理他的船和船上的船员。
• The captain kept his crew at a distance.船长与他的船员总保持一段距离。

3 absence   

adj.不在，缺席；n.缺乏，缺少，缺席

参考例句：

• He excused his absence by saying that he was ill. 他说他生病了，为他缺席开脱。
• She called in your absence.你不在时她来过。