不斷的小成就感。“量變”（一個句子一個句子地積累）肯定是痛苦的，但每當你脫口而出一個句子的時候，你應該感到很自豪，因為很多英語學了十多年的人還說不出幾句象樣的句子。不要急！記住：學一句算一句，說一句頂十句。

1.What do you do for a living? (你以什麼為生？)

2. I'm with the Bank of China.

3. What position do you hold? (你的職位是什麼？)

4. I'm in charge of the sales department.

5. I'm tired of working all day. (我厭倦整天工作。)

6. I'm off today. (我今天休假。)

7. I have two days off a week. (我一星期休息兩天。)

8. What kind of job do you have?

9. What's your occupation? (你的職業是什麼？)

10. What business are you in? (你從事哪一行？)

11. What do you do, if I may ask? /Whom do you work for?

12. What's your position in the company?

13. Is he still with IBM? (他還在IBM工作嗎？)

14. I moonlight as a reporter. (我兼職當記者。)

15. The professor runs a restaurant on the side〖副業〗.

16. I work part time〖兼職〗at the gas station.

17. I'm unemployed out of a job〖失業〗at the moment.

18. Stone has been out of work for three months.

19. What's the starting salary in your company?

20. He has a white-collar job〖白領工作〗.

21. He is a salesman or something. (推銷員之類的人。)

22. Do you have any openings〖空缺〗for a typist?

23. That's a pretty good salary. (那待遇很好。)

24. He has the advantage of a good education. (他有受良好教育的優勢。)

25. Could you work in her place? (你能代替她嗎？)

26. She was hired on the spot〖當場〗by the company.

27. I'm looking for somebody fit for the work.

28. We need a man who knows the ropes〖內行〗.

29. He jumps from one job to another. (他經常換工作。)

30. What's your new job like? (你的新工作是什麼性質？)

31. He is equal to the task. (他能勝任這個工作。)

32. He is a leader in his field. (他是他行業的領導者。)

33. That's just what you are cut out for〖正是你適合〗.

34. He is new at the work /green to the work. (沒經驗)

35. I'm fresh out of college. (我剛從大學畢業。)

36. He is not up to the job. (他不能勝任這個工作。)

37. It's his first venture into business〖投身商界〗.

38. It's well worth the time. (很值得花時間。)

39. He jumped at the offer. (他欣然接受這個工作機會。)

40. I know all the ins and outs〖詳情〗of the business.

41. Let's share the money fifty-fifty〖平分〗.

42. His restaurant is a real moneymaker〖非常賺錢〗.

43. He's on his way up. (他的事業蒸蒸日上。)

44. His concert brought the house down〖博得滿堂喝彩〗.

45. He did everything within his power to achieve the goal. (他竭盡全力去接近目標。)

46. It took years of hard work. (那需要多年辛苦工作。)

47. The work is in full swing. (工作正在全力進行。)

第九拿手好戲：人的生命和活力之源-工作(二)

48. The times have been very bad. (時機一直很壞。)

49. We are in the red. (我們有虧損/赤字。)

50. The company went broke. (這家公司破產了。)

51. I visited Japan on an observation tour of its industries. (我到日本觀摩它的工業。)

52. I have to feed a family of five〖養活五口之家〗.

53. I've got to keep my nose to the grindstone〖拼命工作；不停地孜孜不倦地工作〗to support my family.

54. Two of trades seldom agree. (同行是冤家。)

55. There is no hope of success.

56. There was no way he could solve the problem.

57. He is in trouble all the time. (他總是有麻煩。)

58. He's gone out of business. (他失業了。)

59. He makes a good living. (他過得很優裕。)

60. The game is not worth the candle. (這事不值得做。)

61. He has money to burn. (他錢多得象水一樣。)

62. His yearly salary is in seven digits〖年薪七位數〗.

63. He is as poor as a church mouse〖一貧如洗〗.

64. They live from hand to mouth〖只能餬口的生活〗.

65. Let's get the ball rolling. (讓我們開始吧。)

66. Right now my hands are full /tied〖忙得不可開交〗.

67. Nice to have you with us. I'm happy to work with you. I hope you will like it here.

68. I've got a lot of work /a million things to do.

69. I'm behind in my work. (我的工作進度落後。)

70. He is working like a horse. (他努力工作。)

71. I'm so busy that I don't get around to it. (我忙得找不出時間去做它。)

72. I must meet the deadline. (我必須趕得上最後期限。)

73. Do I have to get it done by noon〖午前做完〗?

74. I want to get my work finished by tomorrow.

75. He is in conference〖開會〗right now.

76. I'll get through〖做完〗this work by noon.

77. This situation permits of no delay〖不許拖延〗.

78. What makes you work so hard? (為什麼你這樣賣命？)

79. It's shaping up. (進展順利。)

80. We have to talk the matter over〖討論〗now.

81. The work is not as difficult as you think.

82. I'm beginning to see〖開始明白〗what you mean.

83. That's where our difficulty lies〖困難所在〗.

84. Did it work? (行得通嗎？)

85. Her guess turned out to be true〖結果成為事實〗.

86. Typing is easy once you get the hang of it. (一旦你掌握/懂得/知道訣竅，打字就很簡單。)

87. Are you through with your work? (工作做完了嗎？)

88. I should stick to my work schedule〖堅守工作進度〗.

89. How is he making out〖進展〗in his job now?

90. I'll see what I can do about it. (我會盡力而為。)

91. I will get his to accept the offer〖使他接受提議〗.

第十拿手好戲：人的生命和活力之源-工作(三)

92. He patted me on the back for the deal made yesterday. (他對我昨天所做的交易表示滿意。)

93. He is good at getting a point across to people. (他善於讓人信服他的觀點。)

94. What are you working on? (你在做什麼？)

95. I had a busy day. I'm, all in〖精疲力竭〗.

96. This has been a long day. (這是個漫長的一天。)

97. Everyone is goofing around. (人人都在混時間。)

98. You mean I have to work overtime〖加班〗tonight?

99. I think I'm under-paid. (我想我的薪水太低了。)

100. I had words with〖吵架〗my boss today.

101. I tried to keep out of the trouble〖儘量不惹麻煩〗.

102. Aren't you happy with your present occupation?

103. That doesn't make sense. (那沒有意義。)

104. He's sore over the fact that he wasn't promoted this year. (他對今年沒有升遷而感到惱怒。)

105. How did he get to be a department head so fast? (他怎麼這麼快就成為一個部門的主管？)

106. That remains to be seen. (那還要看看。)

107. No way! I wouldn't touch that in any case. Don't push me! (絕不！我無論如何都不會去碰它，別逼我！)

108. Are you here on business〖公事〗or for pleasure?

109. He's a real workaholic〖真正的工作狂〗.

110. You don't sound very enthusiastic〖似乎不太熱衷〗.

111. A little bird told me that Tony was going to be fired. (消息靈通人士告訴我他要被炒魷魚了。)

112. I'm afraid Tony's days are numbered〖快要被解僱〗.

113. What are your hours? (你是幾點上班？)

114. What time does he punch out? (他幾點打卡下班？)

115. He's gone for the day. (他整天都不在。)

116. He's gone for the summer. (他夏天度假去了。)

117. He's on leave now. (他現在在休假。)

118. He won't come until next week. (他下星期才會回來。)