Don: Thanks, Louise.

Jack: Donny boy. Have a seat. Thanks for stopping by. So, what do you think of everything?

Don: It's good, good. I'm glad to see the Big One doin' so well.

Jack: Hmm. Listen, you ever run into a guy named Harry Rydell, executive V.P. Out of the Chicago office?

Don: I don't think so.

Jack: He works closely with our suppliers. A little too closely, if you ask me.

Don: What do you mean?

Jack: I have a friend that teaches food science over at A&M- microbiology. And this semester, a couple of his grad students decided to culture some patties from a bunch of fast-food chains.

Don: Mm-hmm.

Jack: Well- They got a hold of a couple of Big Ones- frozen patties. Don't ask me how. And the fecal coliform counts were just off the charts. I'm concerned that this could be a problem for us. Do you understand what I'm saying?

Don: Uh- Not exactly.

Jack: I'm saying there's shit in the meat.

妙語佳句，活學(xué)活用

1. I don't think so.

“我想沒有吧”。當(dāng)你不確定什么事，或是要對某事表示否認的時候，就可以用到這句話。

2. Get a hold of

Hold 作名詞時有“抓住，握住，控制”的意思，在這里get a hold of 的意思是“取得，拿到”。

3. off the charts

Off the charts 的意思是“Extrodinarily out of the norm; beyond expectation; top of the line超出標準，超出期望，一組中最高的”，本身是沒有褒貶的。例如：His new car was off the charts!

4. Concern

Concern 在這里的意思是“擔(dān)心，擔(dān)憂；關(guān)心，關(guān)照”，常與with, about, in連用，例如：

We're rather concerned about father's health.

5. Not exactly

“不是很（清楚/明白）”，當(dāng)你要表示對別人所說的事情不怎么了解的時候，就可以用到這句話。其實生活和工作中用到的場合有很多。尤其是你在和領(lǐng)導(dǎo)溝通的時候，如果你直接說“我不明白”是不是顯得你很不開竅？用 not exactly 就會好很多。

 

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