Great employees show initiative rather than just sit back and hope someone else will solve the issue for them or give them a step up.
優(yōu)秀的員工在工作時(shí)顯得很主動(dòng),，而不是在一旁閑著，希望別人會(huì)替他們解決問題,，或者給他們幫忙,。

注釋：
這句話比較長(zhǎng)，需要注意的點(diǎn)也很多,，首先看到show initiative,，指在工作時(shí)顯示出主動(dòng)性。sit back指袖手旁觀,，在一旁閑著,。If you sit back while something is happening, you relax and do not become involved in it.
solve the issue和solve the problem含義相同，均為“解決問題”,，而后接的for表現(xiàn)的是員工的態(tài)度,。小編曾讀到過一句話：You are not working 'with' me; you work 'for' me. 前半句指二人地位平等，而后半句指從屬,?；氐皆洌琱ope someone else will solve the issue for them,，指的是這樣的員工心里期待別人會(huì)“替”他們解決問題,，而不會(huì)自己主動(dòng)。
give someone a step up,，字面上理解是讓某人上一個(gè)臺(tái)階,，引申出來也就是“給某人幫忙”,。

Often they had to display great courage to preserve their integrity or to make their way to the top.
他們往往需要展現(xiàn)出極大的勇氣來堅(jiān)守自己的原則或登上所屬領(lǐng)域的頂峰。

注釋：
integrity有正直,、誠(chéng)實(shí),、完善的意思，preserve someone's integrity,，保持某人的正直,，引申出來也就是“堅(jiān)持某人原則”的意思。
make someone's way指前進(jìn),、成功,，這里的成功尤指能夠自食其力，獨(dú)立謀生,。make someone's way to the top也就是登頂。這句話來自劍八真題,，照顧上下文,，整句翻譯過來應(yīng)為“所屬領(lǐng)域的頂峰”。

The band has performed in York before and has a large local following.
這個(gè)樂隊(duì)曾經(jīng)在約克表演過,，在當(dāng)?shù)負(fù)碛幸淮笈冯S者,。

注釋：
A person or organization that has a following has a group of people who support or admire their beliefs or actions.
following含義之一為支持者，如果說someone has a large following,，也就指這個(gè)人有大量的追隨者,、崇拜者。

How well do you know the people who live next door to you?
你對(duì)隔壁鄰居了解有多少,？

注釋：
people who live next door to you這個(gè)短語很好理解了,，從字面上來看就知道是鄰居，此外,，在英式口語中也常用于泛指普通人,。

I continue to be concerned about the other documents he may have.
我仍很關(guān)注他手上可能有的其他文件。

注釋：
concern一詞的用法很多,。表擔(dān)憂和關(guān)心時(shí),，可以用be concerned about，這里concerned是形容詞,；也可用concern about,，這里concern是動(dòng)詞；而someone's/there is concern about/for/over也指擔(dān)憂,，但concern用作名詞 ,。
此外，be concerned with,，指的是“與……有關(guān),，涉及”,。concern oneself about/with something指“對(duì)……感興趣，關(guān)心,，關(guān)注”,，be concerned to do something指“認(rèn)為做某事很重要”。

We were willing to help pay down their credit cards, but soon realized we were only supplementing their extravagant lifestyles.
我們?cè)驹敢鈳退麄冎Ц缎庞每?，但很快就意識(shí)到,，我們只是在補(bǔ)貼他們奢侈的生活。

注釋：
If you pay down a debt, or pay down part of a debt, you give someone part of or all of the money that you owe them.
pay down意指償還,，extravagant lifestyle指奢侈的生活方式,。We were willing to help pay down ... 這里用到了be willing to do something，而help pay down,，其實(shí)是help someone to do something,，幫助某人做某事，其中to省略了,。