Self-improvement 　　A:I've been bored recently. I need to do something to im-prove my life. 　　B:.Have you thought about taking one kind of course in the evening? 　　A :I've never thought about it. But I think I need to improvemy skills as a business man. 　　B: Well, like negotiating tactics，such kind of self-improvement courses can help you a lot in your career. 　　A:That's right. I'll pick some courses. I've never learned af-ter leaving from university. 　　B:Neither do I. But sometimes I find my knowledge and skillsare running out like burning candles. 　　A:Um，so there is a saying that，"You will be never too old tolearn". 　　B:Right. A lot of companies provide various kinds of major trainings in order to encourage their workers to continue studying. 　　A:Really? But I never heard there is any training in our company. 　　B:.Our company is planning a training course of English recently, because we've expanded our business to abroad. 　　A:That's great. Can I have the opportunity to take part in it? 　　B:Of course. Every worker has the chance .to join the trainding. 　　自我提升 　　A:我近比較厭倦。我需要做點事情來提升一下自己。 　　B:你想過晚上去上一門課程嗎? 　　A:我從來沒想過.但是我想我應該提升自己作為商務人士的技能了。 　　B:晤，像談判技巧這類的自我提升課程可以對你的事業有很大幫助。 　　A:對。我會選一些課程。自從離開*我就沒學習了。 　　B:我也是。但是有時我覺得我的知識和技能都在一點點的消耗完，就像燃燒著的蠟燭一樣. 　　A:嗯，所以有這樣一句諺語，“活到老，學到老”。 　　B:對。許多公司都提供各種專業培訓，就是為了鼓勵他們的員工繼續學習。 　　A:真的嗎?可是我從來沒聽說我們公司有培訓。 　　B:我們公司近正計劃英語培訓課程呢，因為我們的業務已經擴展到了國外。 　　A:太好了。我能參加培訓嗎? 　　B:當然。每位員工都有機會參加這個培訓。

? 　　put one's nose to the grindstone專心工作 　　"put one's nose to the grindstone"原意是“鼻子沖著磨刀石”，引申意義是“專心工作”。英語中與“nose"相關的習慣用語很多，而且應用幾率高，如:"with one's nose in the air(神氣活現，自高自大，目空一切); look down one's nose at(藐視，瞧不起，不理會)，thumb one's nose (at) sb.〔(對……)做蔑視的手勢(把拇指擱在鼻端，其余四指張開)，無視，拒不服從〕;not to be able to see beyond one's nose (鼠目寸光，見識短);Put one's nose in (露面，出現，到場)”。