Name: Top Business English Phrasal Verbs and Idioms
Uploaded: 2019-04-18T10:17:04.000Z
Duration: 8 min 17 s

Vanessa: Hi, I'm Vanessa, from SpeakingEnglishwithVanessa.com.

Vanessa：嗨，我是Vanessa，來自SpeakingEnglishwithVanessa.com。

Do you know any business idioms or phrasal verbs?

你知道什麼商業成語或短語動詞嗎？

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Today you're going to learn three business phrasal verbs and three business idioms.

今天要學習三個商務短語動詞和三個商務成語。

But as you might know, a lot of the videos on my channel are about conversational English.

但你可能知道，我的頻道里很多視頻都是關於英語會話的。

So when I wanted to make a video about business English, I thought, "Who are some experts

所以，當我想做一個關於商務英語的視頻時，我想，"誰是一些專家？

who can help me with professional English expressions?"

我有一個很好的解決方案給你。

Today, I'm joined with Leila and Sabrah from Love English; the Love English YouTube channel.

今天，我和來自愛英語的Leila和Sabrah一起，愛英語YouTube頻道。

So, every day they help students with professional, polite English.

所以，每天他們都會用專業、禮貌的英語幫助學生。

Whether that is passing an important English exam, so that you can get a promotion, so

不管是通過重要的英語考試，讓你能得到升職，所以。

that you can get a better job, so that you get a Visa to go to another country, they

你可以得到一個更好的工作，讓你得到一個簽證去另一個國家，他們

are experts at this kind of professional, polite English.

是這種專業、禮貌英語的專家。

Make sure that after you watch this video, you check out the link in the description

確保在你看完這個視頻後，你看看描述中的鏈接。

to the lesson that we did on their channel about the top English interview questions

我們在他們的頻道上做的關於頂級英語面試問題的課程。

This is a fun, entertaining and useful lesson that we did together.

這是我們一起上的一堂有趣、好玩、有用的課。

It's really great to work with other English teachers, and I hope that it will be to your

能和其他英語老師合作真的很不錯，希望能對你的

Sabrah: Thank you so much, Vanessa, for having us on your channel and asking us to help you

Sabrah：非常感謝你，Vanessa，感謝你邀請我們上你的頻道，讓我們幫助你。

out with explaining some of these business expressions and idioms.

出，並解釋其中的一些商業表達和成語。

Leila: So, we are British, if you can't tell.

萊拉：所以，我們是英國人，如果你看不出來的話。

Our accents are British, and we've got a flag, just to help you recognize where we're from.

我們的口音是英國的，我們還有一面旗子，只是為了幫助你識別我們的家鄉。

We teach at a British University college.

We help students go to university and improve their language.

我們幫助學生上大學，提高語言水準。

薩布拉：非常感謝你，瓦妮莎。

Vanessa: The first phrasal verb that we're going to talk about is: To go over something.

瓦妮莎：我們要講的第一個短語動詞是。要去的東西。

Leila and Sabrah, how would you use these in professional business situations?

Leila和Sabrah，你會如何在專業的商業環境中使用這些？

Leila: Let's start with a phrasal verb: To go over something.

萊拉：我們先從一個短語動詞開始。To go over something.

A very common phrasal verb, isn't it, Sabrah?

一個很常見的短語動詞，是不是，薩布拉？

Leila: When we go over something, we review.

Leila：當我們去複習一些東西時，我們會複習。

Often a document or a plan, or even a business proposal.

往往是一份文件或一份計劃書，甚至是一份商業計劃書。

So, it means to review and look at in detail to make sure there's no problems.

所以，就是要詳細複習和查看，確保沒有問題。

Sabrah: So, if you want somebody to check something at work you might say, "Can you

薩布拉：所以，如果你想讓別人在工作中檢查一些東西，你可能會說："你能不能。

是的，數字是什麼，還有數字。

Sabrah: An idiom that kind of means that opposite is, to cut corners.

Sabrah:這個成語的意思是，相反的是，偷工減料。

To cut corners means to reduce the amount of time or money spent on doing something.

偷工減料是指減少做某件事的時間或金錢。

Often, it ends up that you don't do such a good job because you've cut corners.

往往到頭來因為偷工減料而沒有做好。

Sabrah: So, for example, if you cut corners when you're a student learning English, you

薩布拉：所以，比如說，如果你在學習英語的時候偷工減料，你就會

might get someone else to help you write your essays.

Yeah, you go the quick way, but it might not necessarily mean that you do such a good job

是啊，你走捷徑，但這不一定意味著你做得這麼好。

或者說，你學到的東西一樣多。

我們在商業上會如何使用它，萊拉？

Leila: In business you may try and cut corners when it comes to a project that you are investing

Leila：在商業上，當你投資一個項目的時候，你可能會嘗試著偷工減料。

So you might want to save some money and maybe not have as many members of staff that you

所以，你可能想節省一些錢，也許不會有那麼多的員工，你的

need, which means that the job really isn't as good as it should be.

需要，這意味著工作真的不盡如人意。

Sabrah: So generally it's a bit of a negative thing, guys, to cut corners.

薩布拉：所以一般來說，各位，偷工減料是一件比較消極的事情。

Vanessa: Thanks so much for going over these important expressions.

Vanessa：非常感謝您為我們講解這些重要的表達方式。

The next expressions that we're going to talk about are: To come up, and, better late than

接下來我們要講的表達方式是。To come up, and, better late than

Leila and Sabrah, how would you use these?

萊拉和薩布拉 你會怎麼用這些?

Another phrase that you will probably hear in the office is to come up.

還有一句話，你可能會在辦公室裡聽到，那就是上來。

And this just simply means that another situation arises.

而這只是簡單的意味著另一種情況的出現。

Another situation arises and you need to delay what you are doing.

另一種情況出現了，你需要拖延你正在做的事情。

So you may have planned to have a meeting, but something might come up.

所以你可能計劃好了要開會，但可能會有一些事情發生。

You might get caught in a business phone call that you have to take and you can't go to

你可能會被一個商務電話纏住，你必須要接，而你又不能去。

Sometimes people will leave a meeting early because they'll say, "I'm really sorry, but

有時人們會提前離開會議，因為他們會說："我真的很抱歉，但是......"。

actually something more important has come up.

其實更重要的事情已經出現了。

So yes, it is very, very common in the workplace.

所以是的，這在職場上是非常非常常見的。

而這一切都發生在意料之中，真的。