最近需要向大老板做汇报了，接受了一上午的presentation skill，总结起来注意三点：1.know your audience, 2. UnderstandWhywe present, 3.Learn a few principles by demo & practice. 用中国特色的话来说就是：1.知彼，2.知己，3.旁观者清.

1. I want to expand my horizons.
我想拓展我的视野。

2. I have made a tough decision, sir. Here is my resignation.
长官，我做了一个很困难的决定。这是我的辞呈。

3. I am quitting because I do not want to be stuck in a rut. I want to move on.
我不想陷入窠臼所以才辞职。我希望能向前迈进。

4. First of all, I would like to say that I have really enjoyed working with you. However, I think it is about time for me to leave.
首先，我要说的是，我真的很

rejoices in a keen mind.
拥有敏锐的头脑
salute an organization for its humanitarian work.
赞扬某组织的人道主义工作
A foul smell saluted our nostrils.
一股难闻的气味扑鼻而来
the ritual of an inauguration.
就职典礼
a fund of goodwill.
慈善储备
The outcome of the conflict shattered our dreams of peace and prosperity.
冲突的后果摧毁了我们对和平与繁荣的梦想
got the job through sheer persistence.
纯粹是通过执着的追求获得了那份工作
a long

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"It takes 213 quality controlled steps and the individual hands of 338 men and women to write the definition of accuracy."

                                                  Ronald Coburn
     

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The plan calls for additiona

hang on somebody’s sleeve 依赖某人  

hang out false colours
打出骗人的旗号
挂羊头卖狗肉

to be full of beans 精神旺盛
The children were too full of beans to sit still.
孩子们精力过于旺盛，无法安静地坐着

to get cold feet 感到怀疑、害怕或胆怯  

a skeleton at the feast 扫兴的人或东西  
宴席上的骷髅(古埃及人在重大宴席上都要放一具骷髅以提醒人们居安思危,不忘苦难和死