The Japanese visitor was confused by another expression used by American business people. It is “cut to the chase”.
She heard that expression when she attended an important meeting of one company. One official was giving a very long report. It was not very interesting. In fact, some people at the meeting were falling asleep.
Finally, the president of the company said, “Cut to the chase.”
Cutting to the chase means stopping spending so much time on details or unimportant material. Hurry and get to the good part.
Naturally, this saying was started by people who make 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, or 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 employer tells you to cut to the chase, be sure to get to the main point of your story quickly.
67. After the woman visited the Untied States she might feel that __________.
A. her English was poor
B. It’s easy to master English
C. it’s difficult to make money
D. people there weren’t very friendly
68. In which situation could the words “get your act together” be used?
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