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先不要往下看答案，一定要先講講看自己會不會這句辦公室常用英文，之後再核對答案進步才會快：

＂別把那桌上型電腦扔了，可能以後還會派上用場。＂

Do you ever get the feeling some companies just have too much money for their own good? And that maybe they could be using it to better purpose than lining lawyers' pockets?

單字是用想的，不是背的。

許多人問，到底怎麼做才能增加自己的英文字彙？單字背了也記不起來，勉強記起來了，也未必說得上，說上了又不見得說對，天吶？

要讓自己的字彙更多，靠創意，不要靠苦力。
現在告訴你一個方法，就從我們已知的單字開始；以前背過的很多單字，久了不用，你就覺得自己不會，其實它們都還存在你的腦袋資料庫裡，來一次brain storm，重新給英文單字生命！

來玩一個遊戲，請你把以下字彙的反義詞說出來，千萬不要先看答案，寫下來後再核對下面的解答：

Japan rebuild could take five years, World Bank says

Japan may need up to five years to rebuild from the disastrous earthquake and tsunami that has caused up to $235bn of damage, the World Bank said in a report.

找出英文錯誤，像擦掉眼鏡上的一層霧水！

還沒試試看上週在世界公民網路上的Debug嗎? 題目在這裡，每一句都有一個錯誤，看你能找出幾個！

1. Mandy will be in the hospital for two weeks. I will fill in for her while she's gone. (Mandy會住院兩周，她不在期間我會代理她的職務。)

Mistakes that can kill your career：It takes anywhere from three to 15 months to find the right job -- yet just days or weeks to lose it. Here are 10 traits that are career poison:

找到一個合適的工作可能要3到15個月時間——丟掉飯碗只要幾天或幾周。下面是10種職場毒藥的特點：

1. Possessing Poor People Skills
A little likeability can go a long way. Studies by both the Harvard Business Review and Fast Company magazine show that people consistently and overwhelmingly prefer to work with likeable, less-skilled co-workers than with highly competent jerks.