Episode 1: Business Trends (eslpod)
原文地址：ESL Podcast 260 – Business Trends
短文内容：
Today, I’m going to be giving you a brief overview of the trends that are likely to affect our industry in the next 10 years.
It’s difficult to predict the fads that affect how the general public thinks and behaves.
However, by looking at recent polls, we have a good idea about one area that is likely to have a dramatic influence on the way we do business down the line.
The trend that I’m talking about is the environment. The biggest concern right now across major business industries here and in other parts of the world is about how “going green” will affect company outlook.
The growth of environmentally-friendly products has been off the charts in the past five years, and this trend is likely to continue for at least 10 more years.
If you’ll look at this chart up here, you’ll see what the major trend reports are forecasting. It’s my opinion that it’s time we sat up and took notice.
Script by Dr. Lucy Tse
知识点： 知识点：1. Trend:趋势
知识点：1. Trend:趋势something that changes in one direction overtime.
例句：The trends for the load of the primary server has been going up.
2. be going to be doing
这个不知道和be going to do sth.有什么区别，google上查了下好像两个都有很多人用，不过中国人普遍用be going to do sth.
我记得小时候学得是be going to do sth. 我自己常用的是will和be going to do
will / shall表示单纯的将来(即现在的之后)，will还可以表示”决心”、”意愿”；
shall 用于第一、三人称的问句中，还可以表示征求对方的意见。
例如： He will be back in a few days.(单纯将来)
I will study hard to keep up with my classmates.(决心或意愿)
Shall I go with you?(征求意见)
be going to＋动词原形多用于口语，强调事先的”打算、计划”要做的事情或有某种迹象要发生的事情
What are you going to do this evening?(打算)
Look！There are so many clouds in the sky. It’s going to rain， I think. (有迹象要发生的事情)
3. be likely to do sth.
be likely to do sth很有可能做某事
It’s likely that…某事很有可能发生．
4. predict
注意重音在di上，pri-’dikt, 预计，语言
synonym: forecast ,foretell
predict与forecast在预测、预报方面可以通用，而foretell只作“预言、预示”解。
for example:
I predict if we rebuild the index on last_modified column, the top sql’s buffer gets will drop by 30%.
5. fad
Pronunciation: ‘fad
a practice or interest followed for a time with exaggerated zeal
时尚, 一时流行的狂热, 一时的爱好
fad 一时的流行;一时的风尚
the latest fad
最新时尚
A fad is an activity,like bungee jumping ,that people go wild about for a while.Then the novelty wears off,people get bored,the fad dies out,and everyone moves on to the next craze.
我感觉这个词强调的是一时流行，一段时间后就不流行了
6. general public 大众
7. poll 选举之投票, 民意测验
Pronunciation: ‘pOl
8. dramatic 戏剧性的
Pronunciation: dr&-’ma-tik
这个词很实用，也有large, important的意思
After we enlarged the shared pool size, the server’s performance had a dramatic improvement.
9. down the line
录音中说it means “in the future”，但是我查韦伯字典的解释是 complete,金山词霸的解释是：完全的
和场景有关？不解
10. across vs. cross
这两个词都是表示“横越”、“渡过”之意，在拼写上仅差一字之微，故很易混淆。它们的区别在于词性和使用场合有所不同。across是介词；cross是动词。
Everyone shouts“kill it！”when a rat is seen to run across the street． 老鼠过街，人人喊打。
He has crossed the border into another territory． 他已越过边界进入别国的领土。
Many steel arch bridges cross the Mississippi in its lower reaches．在密西西比河的下游许多拱形铁侨横跨河面。
11. going green 绿色环保
12. environmentally-friendly : good for or don’t hurt the environment,绿色环保的
environmentally Pronunciation: in-’vI-r&(n)-m&nt&l-E
13. off the charts
very high, much higher or much bigger than what we thought, than what we predicted.
超出了预期，超出了规划
for example:
The growth of the database’s space has been off the charts in the past few days.
注意，这里用few days而不是a few days
14. it’s time that
注意这里实用的是虚拟语气
虚拟语气：表示动作或状态不是客观存在的事实，而是说话人的主观愿望、假设或推测等
Ⅲ其他形式的虚拟语气
⒈ it is +necessary等形容词后，that主语从句中虚拟形式使用，
这类形容词包括necessary, important, essential, imperative, urgent, preferable, vital, advisable等，
例如It is necessary that you listen to the teacher carefully.
或者It is essential that you be able to pronounce every single word correctly.
⒉ 在It’s (high/about) time 之后的定语从句中需用虚拟语气。谓语动词用过去式，例如It is high time that you went to school
15. sat up and took notice
begin to pay attention to something important, something you won’t pay attention before
