名词工程; [机] 工厂，工场; 所有的事物; 全套物品; 作为（ work的名词复数 ）
动词（使）工作（ work的第三人称单数 ）; （使）运作; 运转; （使）产生效果
Heating & Air-Conditioning-(暖气和空调)
A：Wow, you keep this place cold.
哇，你这个地方真够凉快的。
B：Yep. It’s cold in the summer, hot in the winter.
是。冬暖夏凉。
A：Your electricity bills must be enomp3ous.
你的电费可不得了吧。
B：Yeah, well, it’s a small price to pay to be comfortable, in my mind.
是呀，可是，我觉得要住得舒适这点钱不算什么。
A：It is nice to come in here after a run.
跑步完进来这里真不赖。
B：Yeah. The central heating and air-conditioning works like a champ3.
是呀，中央冷暖系统简直妙不可言。
A：I usually don’t use it unless it gets really hot. I just open up some windows, and I’m fine.
除了真的非常热我是不会用（空调）的。就把窗户打开，这样就很好了。
B：My friend’s family did the same thing. I could never get used to it, though.
我朋友家里也是这样。可是我可不习惯。
了解航班情况
A：Do you have any direct flight to New Zealand?
你们有没有直飞新西兰的航班？
B：Sorry, we don't. But I think you can fly on Northwest 222 to Tokyo and then have a connecting flight on Japan Airline 123 to Auckland. And it is the most economical flight, just USD 560.
对不起，我们没有直飞的航班，但你可以乘坐西北航空公司222航班到达东 京，转乘日本航空公司的123班机到达奥克兰。这个航线也是最经济的，机票才560美元。
A：When does the Flight 222 depart?
那么222航班什么时候起飞呢？
B：At 11:30am. By the way, it also makes a refueling stop at Chicago.
上午11：30。顺便提一下，此次航班还要在芝加哥加油。
A：How big is the layover at Chicago?
在芝加哥加油需要停留多长时间？
B：Less than one hour.
不到一个小时。
A：And how long do I have to stay in Tokyo for the connecting flight?
我需要在东京呆多久才能转机？
B：Not so long, just one hour.
不长，才一个小时。
A：So the time for the whole journey is about...
那么整个旅程大约是…
B：About eleven hours.
大约十一个小时。
A：Let me count. OK, it works out for my time schedule. Thanks a lot.
让我计算一下，还行，比较适合我的时间安排。多谢。
B：You are welcome.
不用谢。
Promotional Activities-(促销活动)
A：As you know, the FastTrek 2000 is due for release next month. I think we've finally worked the kinks out.
正如你所知，FastTrek 2000 预定在下个月推出。我想我们已经解决了所有琐碎的问题。
B：Great. That's vital. Quality is the focus of the ad campaign. The boards must work well if they're going to be the cash cow we want them to be.
太好了。那很重要。品质是广告活动的焦点。如果要让这些适配卡如我们所要的成为摇钱树的话，就不能出乱子。
A：Let's go over our promotion plans again.
我们再看一遍我们的促销计划。
B：OK. We have six major retailers running demonstrations at most branches. And our exhibition team is already on the road setting up for computer shows.
我们有六家主要的零售商在大部分的分店做展示。而且我们的展示队伍已经为计算机展在起跑了。
A：Good. What about print and radio?
很好，那印刷品和广播呢？
B：We've taken out full-page ads for two large trade magazines. And more important, our press releases have been well received.
我们在两家大的商业杂志刊登了全版广告。更重要的是，我们的新闻稿已经全被采纳了。
A：Any larger ads?
有再大一点的广告吗？
B：Yes. We're putting the same full-page ad in the Sunday edition of three major newspapers.
有的。我们在三大报的星期天版面放了相同的全版广告。
A：Sounds perfect.
听起来很周全。
B：But nothing ever works out as you want it. So I have a number of other tricks up my sleeve, as well.
不过有时候就是会事与愿违，所以我还有很多其它的妙计。
1. 工厂：他拥有众多的分支机构..比如实验室(Labs),工厂(Works),娱乐中心(Games)等等.. 他认为,用户体验远远要比产品性能重要..于是,专门开放了体验中心.. 当然,对于企业解决方案他也不是不在意,因为,企业领域毕竟是个香饽饽..
2. 著作：用 文本 (texts)取代了 著作 (works),如欲取得最佳浏览效果,请使用最新的、使用串联样式表(CSS)的浏览器. 虽然你可以使用目前的浏览器浏览网站,但是,你不能获得最佳视觉享受. 请考虑使用最新版本的浏览器软件或在可能情况下让你的浏览器可以使用串联样式表.
1. Not only does the art of storytelling spin magic for the game industry, it also influences how advertising business works.
2. The organization she works for is funded partly by the Hong Kong business community.
3. To prove herself a worthy match, she works toward becoming a successful businesswoman herself.
4. I have a wonderful teacher named Emily who works with me and is very patient when I butcher her language.
5. We act in strict compliance with the authorization, and exploit digital copies of the works in a reasonable and legal manner.
6. Lopez once said she does squats and works with loads of weights in the gym to achieve her butt's shape.
7. Wyden says that while there are numerous interpretations of how the Patriot Act works, the official government interpretation of the law remains classified.
8. Monday's Nobel awards ceremony set off another buying rush on Mo's works among Chinese readers.
9. Neilson began buying works, but soon ran out of space to hang them.
10. Such a clause would raise the cost of public works projects funded by the stimulus package and affect the efficiency of the US economy.
noun
1. performance of moral or religious acts
e.g. salvation by deeds
the reward for good works
Synonym: deeds
2. buildings for carrying on industrial labor
e.g. they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles
Synonym: plant industrial plant
3. the internal mechanism of a device
Synonym: workings
4. works
4. everything available
usually preceded by `the'
e.g. we saw the whole shebang
a hotdog with the works
we took on the whole caboodle
for $10 you get the full treatment
Synonym: whole shebang whole kit and caboodle kit and caboodle whole kit and boodle kit and boodle whole kit whole caboodle whole works full treatment