I have to go now otherwise I'll miss my train.
《白领英语900句》Otherwise 在此起连接作用,意为"否则,不然。"表示这种选择关系的连接词还有or、or else等。例如:Light and radiant heat both travel through a vacuum, or (otherwise) the sun's light and heat would not reach us.光和辐射热都能穿过真空传递,否则太阳的光和热不回到达地球上。
Could you get someone to pick me up at the station? My train will get in at half past nine.
《白领英语900句》Pick sb. up 意为"驾车去接某人",而"让某人下车"则用"drop sb. off"。例:You can drop me around the corner.我在街角下车。
Barbara will be pleased about this-I've managed to arrange for a tour of the factory and the warehouse..
《白领英语900句》Be pleased with 意味"对某人满意",而对某事满意则常用 "be pleased about /at";例如:My parents were pleased with me.我父母对我很满意。与with, about 表示态度的形容词还有happy, delighted, annoyed, bored和disgusted等
无限扩展:
1. I can't miss the ten o'clock train. I'm going to Beijing on business.
2. Nothing is more stressful than going on a business trip with our boss.
3. They scheduled the negotiation at nine tomorrow morning.
4. There're still several things that haven't been decided yet before the trip.
5. Don't you think it a good thing for you to get out of the office for a couple of days?
6. The train isn't crowded at all recently.
7. The first thing you'll do is to look for a comfortable hotel.
8. You don't know how tight the schedule is for this business trip.
9. Quite often we have to play host to them though it's their home ground.
10. Nothing's been decided yet. Why going there in such a hurry?
11. I like to take an occasional business trip for a change.
12. On this trip I have to visit several important customers.
13. Every time I'm back, I have to write a detailed report of the business trip.
14. Business trip is tiring to me.
实战对话:
In the following conversation, Carol Jacobs is a senior executive from a corporate head office. She's on a business trip to the company's Asia Division office (joint venture in Beijing). David Li, the Vice-President in charge of Asian operations, greets her.
David: Good morning, Carol. It's great to see you again. Did you have a good trip over?
Carol: Yes, it was a good flight. I was a little tired yesterday, but I'm OK now.
David: Great! I'd like to introduce you to some of our key personnel.
Carol: Let's go.
. . . . .
David: Carol, this is Kathy Chen, our Financial Officer. Kathy, I'd like you to meet Carol Jacobs.
Carol: I'm pleased to meet you, Kathy. You're doing a great job. The division's finances are in top shape.
Kathy: Thank you, Ms Jacobs. I'm happy to meet you, too.
David: And this is Ben Guo. He's in charge of Marketing. Ben, let me introduce Carol Jacobs.
Ben: How do you do, Ms Jacobs?
Carol: It's a pleasure to meet you, Ben. So you're the one that responsible for those outstanding sales figures I've seen.
Ben: Thank you. I must say I have a great staff.