韋斯利：這是個好主意！這種支持也許會減輕他不少的壓力。
普麗揚卡：對！我今天下午就訂一個果籃，等我看完這些資料，開完預算的會議，打完電話給另一個客戶，完成我的業績報告，還有……
韋斯利：你知道嗎，普麗亞？也許我應該去訂那個果籃……CS
Smart Sentences
① Uh， Priya， I wouldn’t break out the champagne just yet.呃，普麗亞。我現在還不能為你慶祝。
break out the champagne： celebrate（慶祝）。例如：
After winning the contract from Google， it’s high time to break out the champagne.
贏得了穀歌的合同，是時候慶祝一下了。
② It seems that cases are breeding like flies these days. 看起來這些天案子是層出不窮。
breeding like flies： sth. emerges very fast and in large numbers（層出不窮）。例如：
In the past few years， online stores have been breeding like flies.
近幾年，網上店鋪源源不斷地冒出來。
③ Just when I saw a light at the end of the tunnel… 就在我剛剛看到希望的時候……
see a light at the end of the tunnel： sth. makes you believe that a difficult or unpleasant situation will end（看到成功的希望，看到希望之光）。例如：
With one more exam to go， they can now see a light at the end of the tunnel.隻剩下一項測試了，他們現在終於勝利在望了。
④ Now I feel like it was just a drop in the bucket. 現在我覺得那隻是滄海一粟。
a drop in the bucket： a very small or unimportant amount（滄海一粟）。例如：
What we did as beach cleaning volunteers was just a drop in the bucket compared to what needs to be done.
在需要做的工作麵前，我們所做的誌願海灘清潔工作隻不過是滄海一粟。
⑤ We’re being worn ragged just to keep the wheels moving around here. 我們為了讓這個行業運轉，已經精疲力盡了。
worn ragged： sb. is very exhausted（精疲力盡）。例如：
All the staff were worn ragged this busy shopping season.
所有員工在這個繁忙的采購季節都累壞
了。
⑥ For us， it’s sink or swim. 對於我們來說，沒有選擇的餘地。
sink or swim： succeed or fail without alternative through sb.’s own efforts（或成或敗，毫無選擇）。例如：
The company gives no training to the newcomers and they are simply left to sink or swim.
這家公司不對新人進行任何培訓，讓他們自生自滅。
⑦ I hope that things will level out sometime in the future， and we’ll be able to have a good economy without having so much overtime. 我希望將來經濟發展可以更穩定，我們可以不用加那麼多班。
level out： sth. assumes a more steady
course or path（某事更平衡、穩定）。
例如：
We hope the economy will level out this
year and it will be easier for us to find jobs.我們希望今年的經濟能趨於平穩，這樣我們可以更容易找到工作。