要说地道的口语就要学学人家美国人平时都怎么说的。北京新航道托福频道特为大家奉上美式课堂，为大家讲讲特定情境的一些地道表达，让大家自己的托福口语水平，下面赶紧看看第四课要讲些什么吧。

　　Bob’s Day at Work

　　1. Bob works as a manager in a furniture store.

　　2. Peter is not happy about/satisfied with/ the sales.

　　3. I hate to break the news, but our sales were down last month.

　　To break the news披露消息 breaking news 突发消息

　　newsbreak (news announcement during regular programming; newsworthy event)

　　4. Everything in that store costs an arm and a leg.

　　5. They do charge top dollar.

　　6. He is very strange. He really gives me the creeps [令人毛骨悚然].

　　7. We’re about to go belly up. (about a business) go bankrupt, close down鱼翻肚皮)

　　8. I thought my new advertising campaign would save the day.

　　[避免灾难;帮大忙(大致意思如此，具体翻译要看场合)]

　　9. Let’s face it. Your advertising campaign was a real flop(failure).

　　10. I’ll have to go back to the drawing board重新开始.

　　(drawing board - 制图板)当一个项目失败后，回到制图板，意味着一切重新开始

　　11. What? You’re giving me the axe解雇? 别在这儿干了，回家劈柴去L

　　12. I’ve already found a new manager who is as sharp as a tack.

　　13. Can’t we even talk this over? After all [毕竟] I’ve been working here for ten years.

　　14. At least you won’t have to put up with his nonsense any more.

　　At least 1. 至少, 不少于(后面接数量，如at least 5 people)

　　2. 好在(有时也可以译作“至少”，如郑智化的歌词 - 至少我们还有梦)

　　15. Good-bye to you and good-bye to this dead-end [没出路的] job.

　　上面就是托福口语美式课堂为大家讲的第四课Bob’s Day at Work，希望大家记住这些表达和说法，在遇到类似的情境也知道该怎么说了。

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