情景会话口袋书人际篇129:无法接听(1)(在线收听

   1. He is on a business trip.

  他现在出差了。
  还能这样说:
  He's on business now.
  He is taking an official trip.
  谚语:
  Better the foot slip than the tongue trip.
  宁可失足,不可失言。
  2. He is off today.
  他今天放假。
  还能这样说:
  He is on vacation.
  He isn't working today.
  应用解析:
  be badly off 生活贫困,运气不佳;
  be comfortably off 生活宽裕;
  be better off 情况好些,生活比较宽裕;
  be worse off 情况更差,更加贫困;
  from the off 从头开始
  3. He is not in now.
  他现在不在。
  还能这样说:
  He is out now.
  He is not here now.
  4. He's out to meet with customers now.
  他外出见客户了。
  还能这样说:
  He's out to see clients right now.
  He goes to see the clients.
  谚语:
  Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.
  不要小题大做。
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