344 - 谈点正事、从头再来

1. Get down to business: to get serious, to begin to negotiate or conduct business

1）All right everyone, I hope you all had a good time catching up with each other. Now, let’s get down to business.

大家好，我希望你们聊得很开心。现在，咱们谈正事吧。

2）It’s already 4 pm and our deadline is 6 pm today. Now, let’s get down to business.

已经下午4点了，我们的期限是今天下午6点。现在咱们进入正题吧！

3）Let’s get down to business right away. We’ll have a coffee break after this.

 咱们马上开始谈正事吧。之后我们再喝杯咖啡休息一下。

4）Thank you everyone for your self introduction. Now without further ado, let’s get down to business.

谢谢大家的自我介绍。现在闲话少说，我们开始直入主题吧。

5）Be prepared to roll up your sleeves and get down to business.

准备好卷起袖子开始干正事吧。

2. Back to square one: To start something over again because a previous attempt failed.

1）It seems our previous strategy didn’t work. We are now back to square one.

看来我们之前的策略没有奏效。我们现在又回到了起点。

2）We’ll have to go back to square one if our proposal is rejected by the board.

如果我们的建议被董事会否决，我们就得从头再来。

3）If we lose this appeal, then we’ll be back to square one.

如果我们上诉失败，那就得从头再来了。

4）I cleaned up all the leaves from my lawn last weekend, but there was a storm last night and now I am back to square one.

我上周末清理了草坪上的所有叶子，但昨晚有一场暴风雨，现在我又回到了起点。

5）I used to run 5K everyday. But since I had the surgery and stopped exercising, I am now back to square one.

我以前每天都跑5公里。但是自从我做了手术，停止锻炼之后，我现在又回到了原点。

Vocabulary

Catch up: 聊天

Ado: 废话

Roll up: 卷起

Sleeve：袖子

Strategy: 策略

Board：董事会

Appeal: 上诉

Surgery：手术