轻松日记商务职场篇41:庆祝升职

 　　核心句型：

　　This is a red-letter day for you.

　　今天是你的大好日子。

　　a red-letter day直译过来就是：“有红色字母的一天”，这个短语的正确意思是：“值得纪念的或喜庆的日子”。因此，当美国人说"This is a red-letter day for you."时，他/她要表达的意思就是"Today is very important for you."、"It's a special day for you."。

　　情景对白：

　　Shirley: I'm so excited that I'm raised to management at today's conference.

　　雪莉：我太高兴了，今天的会议上我被提拔到管理层了！

　　Jane: Wow, this is a red-letter day for you. Congratulations!

　　简：哇，今天是你的大好日子。祝贺你！

　　搭配句积累：

　　①The boss praised me for my outstanding performance.

　　我表现出色，受到了老板的表扬。

　　②I got promoted today for hard working.

　　由于工作努力，我今天升职了。

　　③My idea is approved by the board of directors.

　　我的创意竟被董事会采纳了。

　　④Today I will sign a contract with the government on behalf of the company.

　　今天我将代表公司跟政府签一份合同。

　　单词：

　　1. red-letter adj. 值得纪念的

　　People are well dressed on red-letter day.

　　在喜庆的日子里，人们身著盛装。

　　This has been become internationally one celebrates a red-letter day.

　　这已经成为国际性的一个庆祝节日了。

　　This is a red-letter occasion.

　　这是一件值得纪念的事。

　　2. board of directors 董事会

　　The Board of Directors has approved the decision unanimously.

　　董事会成员一致批准了该项决定。

　　The board of directors canvassed¹ his design thoroughly².

　　董事会彻底讨论了他的设计。

　　He's trying to curry³ favor with the board of directors.

　　他想要巴结董事会。

　　3. on behalf of 代表

　　The agent spoke⁴ on behalf of his principal.

　　代理人代表他的委托人说话。

　　Governor appointed by the queen on behalf of the exercise of authority.

　　由女王任命的总督代为行使职权。

　　You said you would have one more beer on behalf of your brother that day.

　　你说你那天替你的哥哥多喝一杯。

1 canvassed   

v.（在政治方面）游说( canvass的过去式和过去分词 )；调查（如选举前选民的）意见；为讨论而提出（意见等）；详细检查

参考例句：

• He canvassed the papers, hunting for notices of jobs. 他仔细查阅报纸，寻找招工广告。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• The stirring event was well canvassed. 那桩惊人的事情已经是满城风雨。 来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险

2 thoroughly   

adv.完全地，彻底地，十足地

参考例句：

• The soil must be thoroughly turned over before planting.一定要先把土地深翻一遍再下种。
• The soldiers have been thoroughly instructed in the care of their weapons.士兵们都系统地接受过保护武器的训练。

3 curry   

n.咖哩粉，咖哩饭菜；v.用咖哩粉调味，用马栉梳，制革

参考例句：

• Rice makes an excellent complement to a curry dish.有咖喱的菜配米饭最棒。
• Add a teaspoonful of curry powder.加一茶匙咖喱粉。

4 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。