商務英語口語對話:環境條例
A:What's Holding us back on the plant expansion project? We were supposed to see the specs on that ages haven't I heard anything about it? Did the whole project just vanish into thin air?
B:No, sir. The plant expansion project has been e was a snag up in the filng process to get the neccessary construction seems that the property we were slated to build on is also habitat for some endangered indigenous species.
A:You're joking, right? No wonder we've been tied up with this project. I know the environmental impact statement will take forever to get approval if they've found anything endangered on the site. Are they positive there is evidence of endangered species actually living there?
B: The environmental review board has a team on it fully we'll know more by the end of the week.
是什麼阻止了我們擴大工廠的計劃?我們本來很久以前就應該看到任務書了.爲什麼我沒有聽到什麼消息?整個計劃就這麼消失得無影無蹤了?
沒有消失,先生.擴大工廠的計劃被推遲了.在申請得到必要的建設許可證的過程中遇到了阻礙.好像是我們要在上面建廠的地產也是當地一些瀕危物種的棲息地.
你是在開玩笑吧?難怪我們一直受到阻撓.我知道如果他們那個地方已經找到了瀕危物種的話,那環境影響報告就永遠也不會被批准.他們肯定有證據來證明那裏真的生活着瀕危物種嗎?
爲此,環境調查委員會現在成立了一個調查小組.希望我們能在本週末之前瞭解更多的信息.
來源:恆星英語-口語頻道
Hold sth/sb back: to prevent the progress or development of somebody/something 妨礙進展
Do you think that mixed ability classes hold back the better students? 你認爲把不同能力的學生混合在一起的班級會妨礙較高水平學生的進步嗎?
Vanish: to disappear suddenly and/or in a way that you cannot explain (莫名其妙地)突然消失
The magician vanished in a puff of smoke. 魔術師在一股煙霧中突然不見了.
My glasses seem to have vanished. 我的眼鏡似乎不翼而飛了.
He seems to have vanished without trace. 他似乎消失得無影無蹤.
Snag: a problem or difficulty, especially one that is small, hidden or unexpected (尤指潛在的、意外的、不嚴重的)問題,困難,障礙,麻煩
There is just one small snag─where is the money coming from? 只有一個小問題 錢從哪兒來?
Let me know if you run into any snags. 要是遇到什麼麻煩,就告訴我.
Indigenous: belonging to a particular place rather than coming to it from somewhere else 本地的;當地的;土生土長的
the indigenous peoples/languages of the area 該地區的本地人╱語言
The kangaroo is indigenous to Australia. 袋鼠原產於澳大利亞.
來源:恆星英語-口語頻道
