轻松日记商务职场篇60:激怒了老板

 　　核心句型：

　　This really burns our boss up.

　　这件事的确激怒了我们老板。

　　burn sb. up字面理解就是：“把某人点着了”，这个短语的正确意思是：“使某人发怒，激怒某人，使某人怒火中烧”。因此，当美国人说"This really burns our boss up."时，他/她要表达的意思就是"It really makes our boss angry."、"Our boss flies into a rage because of this."。

　　情景对白：

　　Benjamin: She always comes to work late. This really burns our boss up.

　　本杰明：她总是上班迟到。这件事的确激怒了我们老板。

　　Terry: Yeah. We should be careful from now on.

　　泰瑞：嗯，从现在开始，我们必须得小心一点。

　　搭配句积累：

　　①Sue strongly protests against working at the weekend.

　　苏强烈反对周末上班。

　　②The secretary broke our boss's precious cup.

　　秘书把我们老板心爱的茶杯给摔破了。

　　③He had a quarrel with our boss in the office this morning.

　　他今天早上和老板在办公室吵起来了。

　　④She is absent from work without asking for a leave today.

　　她今天没来上班也没有请假。

　　单词：

　　1. fly into a rage 勃然大怒，大发雷霆

　　He would sometimes fly into a rage for no apparent reason.

　　有时候他无缘无故就会大发雷霆。

　　President of discovery and immediately fly into a rage, shouted abuse.

　　总裁发现了，马上暴跳如雷，破口大骂。

　　When you are angry and fly into a rage when the child may wish to use these methods to replace the maltreatment-rearing methods.

　　当您被孩子气得火冒三丈的时候，不妨用这些方法来取代打骂的教养方式。

　　2. protest vi. 抗议

　　Groups of women took to the streets to protest against the arrests.

　　成群结队的妇女上街抗议逮捕行动。

　　The students were protesting at overcrowding in the university hostels¹.

　　学生们在抗议大学宿舍过于拥挤。

　　They were protesting soaring prices.

　　他们抗议物价暴涨。

1 hostels   

n.旅舍，招待所( hostel的名词复数 )；青年宿舍

参考例句：

• The students were protesting at overcrowding in the university hostels. 学生们在抗议大学宿舍过于拥挤。 来自辞典例句
• Are there any cheap hostels in Nanjing for one person? 南京有没有便宜的旅店可以一个人住？ 来自互联网