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Chapter?2,?Meeting?work?deadlines We?have?a?lot?on?our?plate.?For?example,?we?have?got?3?new?projects?just?this?week?and?I?dont?know?if?we?have?the?bandwidth?to?finish?the?work?on?time.?There?is?only?one?experienced?engineer?who?really?knows?the?ropes.?We?have?two?new?employees?who?catch?on?quickly,?but?this?is?a?very?heavy?schedule.? We?need?to?do?a?dry?run?with?the?prototype?before?we?release?the?software?to?the?customer.?Its?critical?that?we?have?enough?time?to?trouble?shoot?problems?in?this?program?and?then?get?the?bugs?out?before?the?release.? The?market?department?is?already?advertising?the?software?as?plug?and?play,?so?it?has?to?be?trouble-free?and?very?easy?to?install. We?can?probably?finish?the?first?job?by?next?Friday,?but?I?think?the?next?one?would?be?down?to?the?wire,?because?we?only?have?3?days?after?that?to?finish?it.? I?gave?Don?a?heads?up,?and?told?him?to?be?ready?to?put?some?overtime?for?the?next?several?days.?Well?need?a?few?days?off?after?its?over?so?no?one?gets?burned?out.? 习语1:?on?ones?plate Definition:?(Something?that?is)?waiting?to?be?done on?ones?plate要做的(事情,工作...),尚未完成的(事情,工作...) We?have?enough?on?our?plate?right?now,?we?shouldnt?take?on?any?more?projets.我们现在手上活就够多的啦,我们不应该再接受更多的项目. She?has?too?much?on?her?plate.?She?needs?to?assign?some?works?to?an?other?person.她要做的工作太多了,她该匀出些工作给别人. I?cant?take?on?more?resposiblity,?I?already?have?too?much?on?my?palte.?我可不能再成接更多的任务了,我的活已经够多的啦. (Note:?take?on?...承担...) 习语2:??have?the?bandwidth Definition:?Have?the?ability?or?capacity?to?handle?the?work have?the?bandwidth有能力做... Tech?support?is?too?busy,?they?dont?have?the?bandwidth?to?handle?the?calls.技术支持部门忙得很,?他们缺人手应付打进来的电话. The?company?is?growing?too?fast.?Im?not?sure?they?have?the?bandwidth?to?manage?the?changes.这个公司发展得太快了,?不知他们是否有能力应付这些变化. Once?we?hire?new?designers,?well?have?the?bandwidth?to?handle?more?orders.?只要我们再招聘一些新设计人员,我们就有能力应付更多的订单. 习语3:?know?the?ropes Defination:?You?can?say?that?someone?knows?the?ropes?when?they?know?how?a?particu