Financial Times
Feb 13 2017
第一稿
学号：A16024
一．词汇运用（熟词新用运用学习）
On various occasions
enlisted ：
原句：On various occasions she has persuaded me to do things for her, just as she has enlisted thousands of others.
ran into :come across; meet sb unintentionally
the other day：前几天，不久前一天
Slightly : a little
at length ：（1）adv. Finally (2) talk about things in details
原句：It then went on at length about the theme of the year
7.feasible:capable of being done with means at hand
原句：Do let me know if that is feasible,
8.panel :a group of people gathered for a special purpose as to plan or discuss an issue or judge a contest etc
9.Restive：impatient especially under restriction or delay
原句：The length of the email made me feel restive and inclined to hit the delete button.
10.原句：we are partnering with XXX to launch the second annual YYY conference. I know you are busy but we would love you to host a session on women in business on the Saturday.”
11. Its subject line read: “If only you would...”
12.cut to the chase:切入主题
原句：What this does is cut to the chase — and the chase is flattery.
13. laying
There is no danger of ever laying it on too thick. There is no level at which flattery stops working, according to a study by Jennifer Chatman of the University of California, Berkeley.
14.function:a formal or official social gathering or ceremony(正式的聚会)
Thank you for talking at our function last week and for giving up your time.
15.
For a start it was miles too slow — an emailed thank you should arrive within hours, not the following week. （promptly）
16.
Equally, to be thanked for your time is singularly ungratifying. Time takes no skill to give.
17. Fiend:…迷，…狂(魔鬼)
She was a fiend with the thank-you letter.
18.rattle on:喋喋不休地讲话(talk incessantly and tiresomely)
The only difference for me now is that I no longer have to rattle on for a page and a half. Indeed, the shorter the better.
19.scorch：
Thank you for bringing the evening to life and for scorching wit and sense. You are our own Tina Fey.”
(谢谢你奉献了你的智慧和情感，使我们的夜晚增添了生机。你就是我们的Tina Fey）
20.
Actually, I had performed（act/do）indifferently. I knew that — and so did she. I will comply.
二．Sentence structure and its’ understanding
1.But hardly anyone has been taught how to do it properly.
Hardly词的倒装知识点
2.To be reminded that I am busy merely provided an excuse to decline.
被提醒到我现在很忙，反倒提供了一个拒绝的理由。
We have a lot of clever but worthy people talking, and we need your genius to liven it up
我们这次活动有很多聪明？？，同时我们需要你的才智使我们的活动增添更多生气。
And rather than ask if I had enjoyed it, it would have been better to attest（证明） how much they had enjoyed having me.
If 句型知识点：
