高频通用词 第 37 级 · 阅读短文

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My boss gave me a small job this week.本周老板交给我一个小活儿。 I had to check a long list of numbers.我得核对一长串数字。 It was my duty to make the list clean and right.把清单弄得干净又准确是我的「职责」。 I thought I would not fail.我以为自己不会「失手」。

But I worked too fast and made a bad mistake.但我做得太急，犯了一个不该犯的错误。 The file failed to open, and the numbers were wrong.「文件」打不开，数字也全错了。 I felt sad about this failure for a whole day.这次「失败」让我难过了一整天。 A friend told me not to give up so soon.一位朋友劝我别那么快认输。

So I took a short break and tried again.于是我歇了一小会儿，重新来过。 This time I asked a woman in our team for help.这次我请团队里的一位女士帮忙。 Her role was to keep our files in good shape.她的「角色」是让我们的文件保持整齐。 We fixed everything in one hour.我们一小时内就把一切修好了。

At night I went out to a small club to see a new film.晚上我出门去了一家小「俱乐部」，看了一场新「电影」。 It was about a firm that made a new drug for the army.片子讲的是一家「公司」为「军队」做出了一种新「药」。 The firm took a big risk with the drug.这家公司为这种药冒了很大的「风险」。 The main man did not want fame; he just did his duty.男主角不求名声，只是尽好自己的本分。