欢迎回到Business English Pod，今天的课程 商务英语习语 based on the human body.

In your time studying English have you ever heard the expression “to learn something by heart?” Maybe you had to learn an English song by heart. Or maybe it was verb conjugations, or a list of vocabulary that your teacher made you learn “by heart.” And maybe you know that learning something by heart means memorizing it, which is kind of strange when you consider our memory is in our brain, not our heart!

But “to learn by heart” is an idiom. And English has thousands and thousands of idioms. It’s one thing that makes English really hard to learn. But you’ll find that 英语成语 tend to rely on certain themes or metaphors, like body parts. And today we’ll look at some idioms that refer to brains, ears, hearts, hands, lips, fingers, and even heels.

在本课中, we’ll rejoin a conversation between Maria and Trevor. They are friends and former colleagues who are meeting for coffee to chat about their work situations. In their conversation they use many different idioms related to human body parts. See if you can spot some of these idioms as you listen, and I’ll explain them later in the debrief.

听力问题

1. How does Maria describe her CEO?
2. What does Trevor say when Maria tells him she has a secret?
3. What has Maria seen happen to other companies that makes her afraid of starting her own?

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欢迎回到Business English Pod，今天的课程 描述挑战的英语习语.

如果您在工作场所的休息室或受欢迎的餐厅聆听谈话, 你会听到什么? 很有可能你会听到人们谈论问题和挑战. 不仅仅是人们天生消极. 是谈论困难的经历可以帮助我们感觉更好. 它还可以帮助我们找到解决方案.

除了感觉更好并找到解决方案, 谈论过去的挑战可以帮助我们从中学习. 如果你和某人分享了一段艰难的经历, 那么你们的关系就会发展壮大. 由于所有这些原因, 谈论挑战激发了很多 英语成语.

在今天的对话中, 我们将继续进行两位前商业伙伴之间的对话. 西蒙和艾莉正在喝咖啡，他们的谈话集中在他们以前的平面设计业务上. 他们一直在谈论几个不同的挑战, 包括员工面临的挑战. 在他们的谈话中, 他们使用许多成语来描述挑战, 我们稍后会在汇报中讨论.

听力问题

1. 艾莉怎么称呼你做一些你喜欢的工作，而一些只是帮助支付账单的情况?
2. 西蒙如何描述他们参与的许多项目?
3. 当西蒙说他觉得他对她的帮助不够时，艾莉会如何反应?

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