Welcome back to Business English Pod for the second part of our series on 英语成语 相关 技术.
Every day you use dozens of high-tech devices and apps to communicate, 计划, organize, monitor and store information. It’s almost impossible to imagine the workplace before modern technology. It’s also almost impossible to imagine the English language without all the idioms we use related to technology.
If you want to be on the same wavelength as expert English speakers, you can’t ignore idioms. And I just used a prime example there. If you are “on the same wavelength,” it means you understand each other. This comes from radio technology, where you have to be tuned to the same frequency to receive a signal.
如你看到的, an idiom has a special meaning that isn’t always clear. You can think about the words on their own, but that won’t help you. You need to learn idioms as chunks of language, with a special meaning beyond the individual words. 通过这种方式, you will be able to communicate even better in English.
在本课中, we’ll rejoin a conversation at an engineering company between Maggie, 安东尼奥, 并找到. They are continuing their conversation about upgrading the tech systems in their company. 在他们的讨论中, 他们使用许多与技术有关的成语. 看看你是否能发现其中一些, 我们稍后会在汇报中解释它们.
听力问题
1. What does Antonio say about HR and their training plans?
2. Why didn’t the company move to PayWorks software a couple of years ago?
3. How does Antonio describe the new servers that are available?
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