1. It was nearly 10:00 am, but only me had got down for work. 已經十點了，卻只有我開始工作。

2. Mr. Chang is going to overtake Mr. Wang’s position as vice president. 張先生即將取代王先生的副總職位。

3. Allow me to introduce our new colleague, John. He is coming from Canada. 容我介紹一下新同事約翰，他來自加拿大。

4. The bank manager is happy to borrow the money to our company. 銀行經理很高興借錢給我們公司。

5. Jody received the sack for not taking enough care with her work. 裘蒂因為工作不力被解雇了。

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1. It was nearly 10:00 am, but only I had got down to work.

get down to work的意思是「以嚴正的態度開始認真工作」，這也是相當口語的用法。

2. Mr. Chang is going to take over Mr. Wang’s position as vice president.

take over的意思是「原有的工作或職務由另一個新來的人接手」，而over take則是「趕上、超過」之意。

3. Allow me to introduce our new colleague, John. He comes from Canada.

用現在進行式的話，全句的意思會變成約翰正從加拿大趕來，所以用現在簡單式即可。

4. The bank manager is happy to lend the money to our company.

lend和borrow同樣是「借」的意思，但前者是「借出」、後者是「借入」，銀行當然是借出錢給公司，所以要用lend。

5. Jody got the sack for not taking enough care with her work.

get the sack是口語的用法，意指雇主不滿意你的工作表現或態度而要你捲舖蓋走路，另一個正式的說法是be dismissed。

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