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2010-08-06 09:01:57
A woman from Japan was telling a friend about her trip in to the United States. The woman had visited major businesses and investment companies in New York city City and Chicago.
" I studied English before I left home, " she said. " But I still was not sure that people were speaking englishEnglish. "
Her problem is easy to understand. Americans in business are like people who are in business anywhere. They have a language of their own. Some of the words and expressions deal with the special areas of their work. Other expressions are borrowed from different kinds of work . Such is such as the theater and movie industry.
One such thing saying is " get your act together" .
When things go wrong in the a business, an employer may get angry. He may shout, " stop Stop making mistakes, get . Get your act together" . "
Or, if the employer is calmer, he may say, let " Let us get our act together. "
Either way, the meaning is the thing, "getting same. Getting your act together " is " getting organized" . In business, it usually means to develop a common calm and orderly plan of action.
It is difficult to tell exactly where the thing beginsaying began. But, it is probably probable that is it was in the theater or movie industry. Perhaps one of the actors was nervous and made a lot of mistakes. The director may have said, " come Calm downnow, get now. Get your act together" . "
| 听写于：2010-8-6 9:01 | 用时：20:15 | |
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