英语小达人 219 Reasons to Stay at Work All Night

 　　Reasons to Stay at Work All Night

　　整晚加班的理由

　　1. Act out your version of a company takeover.

　　1. 上演一出你接管公司的大戏。

　　2. Find a way to change everyone's password to "chrysanthemum¹."

　　2. 想办法把每个同事的电脑密码改成“chrysanthemum”。

　　3. Around 2 a.m., play connect-the-dots with lights still on in other office buldings. Keep going until you see a small woodland creature.

　　3. 凌晨2点的时候，利用附近大楼里还亮着的灯光玩儿连线游戏，一直到连出一个林地生物。

　　4. Sneaking² in the boss's desk could land you an unexpected promotion³.

　　4. 偷偷翻老板的书桌会让你得到意想不到的提升。

　　5. Draw stick people in all the landscape pictures on the walls, and in the moring, be the first to point out "what a terrible thing that someone did this to such beautiful works of art."

　　5. 在墙上的风景画上画火柴小人，第二天早上再第一个指出“谁这么讨厌破坏这么美的工艺品”。

　　6. Go into the other gender's bathroom without fear of being caught.

　　6. 不用担惊受怕地进入异性的洗手间。

　　7. Run up and down the hallways screaming, hoping security will come so you can have someone to talk to.

　　7. 在大堂里大叫着跑来跑去，希望能把保安招来，好跟他说说话。

　　8. Leave prank⁴ message on the manager's mail.

　　8. 在经理的邮箱里留下恶作剧的信息。

　　9. Finally, a chance to live out a dream and pretend to be your boss.

　　9. 终于有了实现梦想的机会，假装是自己的老板。

　　10. Elevator surfing!

　　10. 电梯冲浪！

　　重点讲解：

　　1. act out

　　将…表演出来

　　eg. I used to come home and act out the movie for the kids.

　　以前到家后，我会把电影内容再表演给孩子们看。

　　eg. All the classmates burst into laughter when David acted out the episode.

　　当戴维表演完那段插曲时，全班同学都捧腹大笑。

　　2. point out

　　指点；指明；指出，说出（事实或错误）；

　　eg. They'd already driven along the wharf⁵ so that she could point out her father's boat.

　　他们已经开车沿码头走了一遍，好让她指出哪艘是她父亲的船。

　　eg. I should point out that these estimates cover just the hospital expenditures⁶.

　　我应该指出，这些估算仅包括医院的费用。

　　3. live out

　　实践；身体力行；度过余生；

　　eg. He began living out his rock 'n' roll fantasy during his last year in law school.

　　在法学院的最后一年，他开始着手实践自己的摇滚梦想。

　　eg. I suppose some people create an idea of who they want to be, and then they live it out.

　　我想有些人会先设定好自己要成为什么样的人，然后身体力行。

　　eg. Gein did not stand trial but lived out his days in a mental asylum⁷.

　　盖因没有受审，但在一家精神病院度过了余生。

　　4. pretend to do sth.

　　假装做某事；

　　eg. Sometimes the boy pretended to be asleep.

　　有时这个男孩会假装睡着了。

　　eg. Don't pretend to know [understand] when you don't.

　　不要不懂装懂。

1 chrysanthemum   

n.菊，菊花

参考例句：

• Each mourner wore a black armband and a white paper chrysanthemum.每个吊唁的人都佩带着黑纱和一朵白纸菊花。
• There are many species of chrysanthemum.菊花品种很多。

2 sneaking   

a.秘密的，不公开的

参考例句：

• She had always had a sneaking affection for him. 以前她一直暗暗倾心于他。
• She ducked the interviewers by sneaking out the back door. 她从后门偷偷溜走，躲开采访者。

3 promotion   

n.提升，晋级；促销，宣传

参考例句：

• The teacher conferred with the principal about Dick's promotion.教师与校长商谈了迪克的升级问题。
• The clerk was given a promotion and an increase in salary.那个职员升了级，加了薪。

4 prank   

n.开玩笑，恶作剧；v.装饰；打扮；炫耀自己

参考例句：

• It was thought that the fire alarm had been set off as a prank.人们认为火警报警器响是个恶作剧。
• The dean was ranking the boys for pulling the prank.系主任正在惩罚那些恶作剧的男学生。

5 wharf   

n.码头，停泊处

参考例句：

• We fetch up at the wharf exactly on time.我们准时到达码头。
• We reached the wharf gasping for breath.我们气喘吁吁地抵达了码头。

6 expenditures   

n.花费( expenditure的名词复数 )；使用；（尤指金钱的）支出额；（精力、时间、材料等的）耗费

参考例句：

• We have overspent.We'll have to let up our expenditures next month. 我们已经超支了，下个月一定得节约开支。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The pension includes an allowance of fifty pounds for traffic expenditures. 年金中包括50镑交通费补贴。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 asylum   

n.避难所，庇护所，避难

参考例句：

• The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
• Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。