A: Tom is clever,really.
汤姆真的很聪明。
B: I know. He's practically a genius.
我知道。他算得上是天才。
【be up and running 开始运作】
be up and running 是指开店运作或是一项计划付诸实行。
A: What have you been doing lately?
你最近在忙些什么？
B: Well, I've been trying to get my surf shop up and running. It's a lot of work.
呃，我在忙我那冲浪店开店运作的事宜。很费工的。
be up and running也可指如汽车等机械组件的开始运作，或是电脑程序、整个系统的运作。
A: How is the computer program?
那个电脑程序情况如何？
B: It's up and running, but we need to watch it for a few weeks to make sure everything is OK.
已开始运作，但我们还要观察几个星期以确定没有问题。
1) How...work out? ……进展如何？……表现如何？
2) admit (v.) 承认
3) Filipino (n.) 菲律宾人
4) genius (n.) 天才
5) deadline (n.) 最后期限
