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Americans in business have a language of their own. Some words and expressions deal with the special areas of their work. Some expressions are borrowed from different kinds of work such as the theatre and movie industry.

One such saying is “get your act together”.

When things go wrong in business, a boss may get angry. He may shout, “Stop making mistakes. Get your act together.” Or, if the boss is calmer, he may say, “Let’s get our act together.” Either way, the meaning is the same. Getting your act together is getting organized. In business, it usually means to develop a calm and orderly (有序的) plan of action.

It is difficult to tell exactly where the saying began. But it is probable that it was in the theatre or movie industry. Perhaps one of the actors was nervous and made a lot of mistakes. The director may have said, “Calm down, now. Get your act together.”

Another expression used by American business people is “cut to the chase”.

“Cut to the chase” means to stop spending so much time on unimportant details or information. Hurry and get to the good part.

Naturally, this saying was started by people who made movies. Hollywood movie producers believe that most Americans want to see action movies. Many of their movies show scenes in which the actors chase each other in cars, in airplanes or on foot.

“Cut” is the director’s word for stop. The director means to stop filming, leave out some material and get to the chase scene now.

So, if your boss tells you to cut to the chase, be sure to get to the main point of your work quickly.

Two    1     in American Business
American    2    have their own language. Some of the expressions come from different kinds of work.
Expressions	What does it mean?	Where is it from?
Get your act together	It means to plan your    3   in an orderly way.	★It is probable from the theatre or    4    industry. ★When an actor was   5    and made a lot of mistakes, the director told him to calm down and get his act together.
Cut to the chase	It means to   6     wasting time on unimportant details or information. It’s time to get to the    7   work.	★It is probable from movie industry. Hollywood    8   movies have many scenes in which the    9   chase each other in cars, in airplanes or on foot. And most Americans like to see these scenes. ★While filming a movie, the    10    says “cut to the chase” to film the chase scene directly.

Answer 1

1. Expressions  2. businessmen  3. work / action  4. movie   5. nervous

6. stop            7. main         8. action        9. actors     10. director