I use these words every day: English Vocabulary Lesson · Speak English With Vanessa
学习10个日常实用英语短语，适用于职场和生活场景。通过短语理解和应用练习，提升你的英语表达能力。
Vanessa: Sorry, I can't help you.
瓦内萨：对不起，我帮不了你。
I'm off the clock.
我现在已经下班了。
If I said this to you, would you know what I was saying or would your heart start to pound,
如果我对你说这些，你会明白我的意思吗？还是会突然感到心跳加速？
your palms get a little sweaty, and you think, I don't know how to respond to that.
你的手掌开始出汗，你心里想：“我不知道该如何应对这种情况。
Well, never fear.
别担心，一切都会好起来的。
Today, I'm going to help you learn 10 phrases that I use every day, and you can too.
今天，我将帮助你学习10个我每天都会使用的短语，你也可以学会它们。
Hi, I'm Vanessa from SpeakEnglishWithVanessa.com.
嗨，我是 Vanessa，来自 SpeakEnglishWithVanessa.com 网站。
Like always, I have created a free PDF worksheet with all of today's important everyday vocabulary definitions and sample sentences.
像往常一样，我制作了一份免费的 PDF 工作表，其中包含了今天所有重要的日常词汇的定义以及例句。
Plus, at the bottom of the free worksheet, you can answer Vanessa's challenge question so that you never forget what you've learned.
此外，在免费工作表的底部，你可以回答凡妮莎提出的挑战性问题，这样你就永远不会忘记自己所学的内容了。
All right, are you ready to get started?
好了，你准备好开始了吗？
Let's get started with phrase number one that I use every day, and you can too.
让我们从第一个短语开始吧——这个短语我每天都在使用，你也可以使用它。
Phrase number one is I just need more minutes.
第一个需要强调的要点是：“我只是需要更多的时间（或：我只是需要更多的时间来完成这项任务）。
All of these phrases are phrases that I use at the end of the day or near the end of the day.
所有这些短语都是我在一天结束时或接近一天结束时使用的表达方式。
So what do you think that this one means?
那么，你觉得这个符号意味着什么呢？
When would I use this?
我什么时候会用到这个呢？
Take a look at the sample sentence.
请看一下这个示例句子。
I just need a few more minutes until I start making dinner.
我只需要再等几分钟，就可以开始做晚餐了。
Well, making dinner takes energy and effort, so do you get the feeling that I'm tired?
嗯，做晚餐确实需要消耗能量和精力；那么，你有没有感觉到我很累呢？
Yes.
是的。
I want to rest for a few more minutes.
我想再休息几分钟。
So often when my husband comes home from work, at the end of the day he says this.
我丈夫每天下班回家后，总会说这句话。
I just need five minutes of quiet before I help with the kids in the house.
在我去帮忙照顾家里的孩子们之前，我只需要五分钟的安静时间。
Well, this is a very reasonable request.
嗯，这是一个非常合理的请求。
He's had a busy day and he needs a five-minute time slot just to have some quiet before he jumps into the next job,
他今天非常忙碌，需要五分钟的时间来让自己安静一下，然后再投入到下一项工作中去。
which is helping with the kids and the house.
这有助于照顾孩子们和打理家务。
I just need five more minutes please.
请再给我五分钟时间。
Phrase number two that I use every day at the end of the day, and you can too,
这是我每天在一天结束时都会使用的第二句话，你也可以这样做。
is this one.
就是这个吗？
To wrap things up.
最后总结一下。
Do you think I'm wrapping a birthday present?
你觉得我正在包装一份生日礼物吗？
Nope.
不行。
Take a look at this sentence.
看看这个句子。
Give me a minute to wrap things up with work and then I can help with dinner.
给我一分钟时间，把工作处理好，之后我就可以帮忙准备晚餐了。
To wrap things up with work.
最后，来谈谈工作方面的事情。
Here, we're talking about simply finishing a task.
在这里，我们讨论的只是简单地完成任务而已。
I need to finish this task and then I can go on to the next thing, helping with the kids.
我需要先完成这项任务，之后才能去做下一件事——帮助孩子们。
I use the word things here because in English we often use the word things just as a stand-in for a general concept.
我在这里使用“things”这个词，是因为在英语中，我们经常用“things”来泛指某个抽象的概念或事物。
I didn't tell you the details of the project I'm working on.
我没有告诉你我正在从事的这个项目的具体细节。
I just said I need to wrap things up, and this is a great fixed phrase that you can use.
我只是说“我需要把事情处理好”，而“this is a great fixed phrase that you can use”（这是一个非常实用的固定表达，你可以使用）正好可以用来说明我的意思。
In my daily life, I try to wrap things up with work before my kids get home from school.
在我的日常生活中，我会尽量在孩子们放学回家之前完成所有工作。