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现代生活人心浮躁

人人都想抄近道，走捷径

司机开车走近道超速

工人工作偷工减料为了节省时间

厨师做饭偷工减料为了节省成本

数不胜数



Cut corners. (走近路，抄捷径，偷工减料)

我们一边抵制这种行为

一边有时候也会心里想走捷径

那歪果仁碰到这种情况会说些什么呢

他们都对这个态度是赞同还是反对呢

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Cut corners 来自平和英语村

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Today’s business English phrase is:  Cut corners.  “Don’t cut corners”, you may have heard this phrase before,  but do you know what it means?

Cut corners

If you cut corners, you're taking short cuts, or finding an easy way to do something that needs to be done more carefully, and you maybe missing important steps and process（进程）.

Some examples include:

Cut corners

1.Cutting corners now will cost you more time in the future.

2.The factory is not safe because they cut corners when they were building it.


It's easy to cut corners in our everyday lives, because we believe we can save time and money.  However, the reality is that costs everybody more time and money when we cut corners.

So don’t cut corners.



(要降低成本，不要偷工减料)



Kelly.M是平和英语村名副其实的元老级教师。性格率真爽朗，是一位对生活充满热情和追求的现代女性，曾于加拿大经营个人创业公司超过10年，积累了丰富的商业经营和管理经验。现任平和英语教师招聘和培训总监、英语教师培训导师，被形象誉为“英语教师的师傅”。擅长商务英语，英语教师培训和移民、留学面试培训。


学习技巧：

第一次听：关注意思，关注停顿；

第二次听：加深高频词汇印象，

第三次听：裸听。