托业词汇：TOEIC之商用词汇28

会计考友

Section1
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The committee made many amendments to the agreement. For example, they increased the minimum pay, decreased the minimum hours, restricted the telephone service, and expanded the sales territories.
( q3 P9 b9 G- f. M' Z- G改正, 修改
& y  i6 A) u& l- ~从本期开始, 将选登上期的一些造句, native speaker -Bill (美国人)将会对这些句子提出他的看法,
  ?, e/ {! T- }: B* `9 C! |. T; ~There are some amendments which are add to the agreement.
& i2 ?0 r  X0 k* rBill: There are some amendments which are added to the agreement.
; L2 V. F, d9 O% R. D; i# E. ZI have to made some amendments for my study plan.
Bill: Amendment is a formal word for change and so it would not be used for a study plan.  I would say " I have to change my study plan."
! j0 F2 h! X0 ^We passed the plan without any amendment.
Bill: We passed the plan without any amendments.
The amendments were approved by the committee.
- ~% l% d6 g3 P1 c. yBill: That's an appropriate use of the word amendment.  
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' `$ A3 v2 D7 T5 w- T; u% c3 QThe company appreciated all the employees' endeavors to meet the deadline, especially the hours they worked nights and weekends.
% T1 `* x+ B# a2 r9 D$ g( e$ ]3 [(a) efforts
4 r  \: R# B- p6 {3 L  A4 A(b) positions
(c) thresholds
(d) entreatiespositions
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答案:  (a) efforts