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01 Dave: Welcome to InfoKing. Im Dave. Looks like youve 1) inherited Bobs 2) cubicle.戴夫： 欢迎来到资讯王。我是戴夫。看来你已经接管了鲍伯的办公室隔间。Zina: Im Zina Romero. Sales. Who was Bob?吉娜： 我是吉娜萝美洛。业务员。谁是鲍伯？Dave: Bob was a totally 3) studly 4) programmer.戴夫： 鲍伯是个彻头彻尾的壮男程序设计师。Zina: Studly?吉娜： 壮男?Dave: You know. Big brain.戴夫： 你知道嘛，就是头好壮壮。Zina: His stuff is still 5) tacked up on the walls. Did he leave in a hurry?吉娜： 他的东西还钉在墙上。他走得很匆忙吗？Dave: The pressure got to him. Plus he wanted to get paid.戴夫： 压力让他崩溃了。加上他又想拿到薪水。语言详解A: Sitting in a cubicle all day.整天坐在隔间里。B: What do you hate most about working in an office?你最恨在办公室工作的哪一点。【get to 影响，左右】get to在对话中是指“影响，左右”，多半是指负面的情况：A:The pressure has been really getting to me lately.我最近真的被压力压得喘不过气来。B:Maybe you should take a vacation.y或许你该去度个假。get to的另一个常见用法是“抵达”，这个短语在问路时很好用，相信大家也都不陌生：A:How can I get to the train station?我要怎么才能到火车站？B:Its around the corner and to the left.它就在转角那边靠左侧。get to还有一个常见用法，意思是“得以，才能够”：A:How did you get to be a politician?你是如何才得以当政治人物的？B:Many years of hard work.多年的苦功。1) inherit (v.) 继承2) cubicle (n.) （办公室）隔间3) studly 健壮帅气的，“猛男”是stud。4) programmer (n.) 程序设计师5) tack (v.) （用大头针）钉上 Zina: What do you mean? If he was a good programmer, he should have been 1) raking it in.吉娜： 此话怎讲？若他是个好的程序设计师，他应该早就发了。Dave: The boss wanted to pay Bob with 2) stock options. But Bob didnt want to play that game again.戴夫： 老板想用认股权当作薪水付给鲍伯。可是鲍伯不想再次玩那种游戏了。Zina: Again?吉娜： 再次？Dave: At his last 3) start-up, Bob worked for stock and no salary. They 4) folded and he made 5) zip.戴夫： 鲍伯上回参与的创业公司，他工作的酬劳是股票，不拿薪水。他们的公司倒闭，他半毛也没拿到。Zina: Ouch.吉娜： 真惨。Dave: Now he only works 6) freelance. Hundred 7) bucks an hour.戴夫： 现在他只接个案做。时薪一百美元。语言详解A: Their business folded last week.他们的店上星期倒了。B: No, I cant believe it! That was my favorite bookshop.不，我不敢相信！那是我最爱的书店。【What do you mean?这话怎讲？】这是谈话时较随便的讲法，照说应该是What do you mean by that? 另一个类似句型是What does the word mean?这个字作何解释？mean 在这两个句型的“意思、意表”解。mean 也作“打算”解，须要注意的是后面只能接不定词，不可接-ing式，例如:Paul means