自考综合英语(二)下册详解第十五课上
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1.Students taking business courses are sometimes a little surprised to find that lectures on business ethics have been included in their syllabuses of study.——(Students taking business courses sometimes wonder why their courses include the topic of business ethics.) 选修商业课程的学生多少感到惊讶地发现他们的课程中,还有关于商来道德方面的讲座。
1) be surprise/pleased/delighted/glad/happy/sorry, etc.to do sth.:对……感到惊讶/高兴/兴奋/抱歉等。
又如: Henry's friends were delighted to hear of his success.
亨利的朋友听说他成功了,感到很高兴。
I'm very sorry to tell you that you didn't pass the exam.
我很抱歉地通知你,你考试没有通过。
2) ethics: (plural) moral principles that control or influence a person's behaviours道德
business ethics: moral rules or principles governing the behaviour of people involved in the business of selling and buying, which include fair play in conducting business, not operating dishonest practices, such as swindles, fraud, bribery syllabus: a list of the topics, books, etc. that students should study in a particular subject at school or college. 商来道德
2. they may be tempted to bend their principles to get what they want.为了达到目的,他们可能会做出违心的事情。
1) be tempted to do sth.: 受到吸引、诱惑而去做……。
又如: The boy was tempted to play the computer games after class every afternoon.
这个男孩每天下午放学后都被吸引去打电子游戏。
He was tempted to take a well-paid job a big company had offered.
他很想接受一家大公司答应给的一份高收入的工作。
Nothing would tempt her to leave her aging parents alone in the countryside.
她决不会把年迈的双亲单独留在乡下不管。
2) bend one's principles: do things against one's principles rather unwillingly 勉强做违背自己原则的事情。
Sometimes people will bend their principles to meet their desire for money and power.
有时候人们会做一些违背原则的事情以满足他们对金钱和权力的欲望。
注意以往学过的近似的意思: There would be no powerful will bending hers.
(那时)再也没有人把自己(的意志)强加于她了。
3) to get what the
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