情景会话：抱怨工作

A:You look really wiped out. 
你好像全垮了。

B:I had meetings back to back all morning. Then the printer broke in the middle of putting together the Soap presentation, and the phone rang off the hook from the minute I walked into the office.
今天上午是连轴开会。在准备香皂介绍时打印机又出了问题。电话从我一进门就响个不停。

A:Not a good day, I hate to tell you that Mr. Andy wants to see the designs for the Polish Ad tomorrow morning. 
真不是好日子。我真不好意思告诉你，安迪先生明天上午还要看Polish 的广告设计。

B:I can’t believe it! I guess I’ll be here until 11 again tonight!
真难以置信！我想今天晚上又得在这熬到11点了。

1.look wiped out 看起来累垮了
You look really wiped out.
你好像累垮了。

2.back to back 一个接一个的
their first back-to-back victories of the season.
他们在本赛季的第一次连胜

3.in the middle of 在...中间
Who's pounding at the door in the middle of the night?
午夜时分，不知谁在敲门？

4.put together 整理
Tom put together a proposal that made beautiful sense.  
汤姆编制了一份理由充分的建议书。