新视野大学英语视听说教程 4 Unit 1-9

MODEL3   You seem to be on top of the world.
Script
Nora: Oh, hey, John!
John: Hey!
Nora: You seem to be on top of the world tonight. What’s up?
John: I’m so happy I’m about to burst. Guess what?
Nora: You’ve got me.
John: It might be true that misfortunes never come singly, but you can also have a “double blessing”. And that’s what I had.
Nora: You mean you’ve had two happy events in your life?
John: Exactly. You know, I was strong in all subjects except physics. Now I’ve finally passed the test--the one I needed to qualify for a Bachelor’s degree.
Nora: Congratulations! You’d failed it three times. Now wonder you’re beaming. What’s the other good news?
John: The multinational¹ I was dong my field project at offered me a job at a good staring salary.
Nora: Wow, wonderful, simple wonderful.
John: I feel like celebrating. Shall we go to a bar?
Nora: Why not?

1 multinational   

adj.多国的，多种国籍的；n.多国籍公司，跨国公司

参考例句：

• The firm was taken over by a multinational consulting firm.这家公司被一个跨国咨询公司收购。
• He analyzed the relationship between multinational corporations and under-developed countries.他分析了跨国公司和不发达国家之间的关系。