歡迎回到 商務英語 莢. With the World Cup underway, we’re taking another look at one of our lessons on English idioms related to football.
People have been competing in and watching some form of sports for thousands of years. Sports enduring popularity has helped it grow into a $2.3 trillion a year industry. And it’s expected to just keep on growing.
Among all sports, there’s one that is far and away the most popular, and that’s football, 或足球. Almost half the global population counts themselves as fans of the sport. So it’s no wonder that something this popular has impacted the English language.
Listen to any conversation in a sales meeting, around the water cooler, in the boardroom, or over drinks between colleagues and you’re guaranteed to hear idioms related to football. These idioms are so common that most people don’t think for a second about where they came from. They’re just a natural part of everyday language.
在今天的對話中, we’ll rejoin Marilyn and Karl, 一家出版公司的兩位同事. They are talking about Karl’s interest in a job at the company’s Sydney branch. Karl is hoping Marilyn can help him decide whether to apply for the job.
當您聽對話時, 嘗試回答以下問題:
1. 卡爾的妻子對移居悉尼有何感想?
2. 為什麼卡爾感覺自己在欺騙自己的公司?
3. 對話結束時，瑪麗蓮（Marilyn）有什麼建議?
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