时间:2018-12-03 作者:英语课 分类:2012年ESL之商务英语


英语课

 


Working With Unreliable People


Paul: What time is it? 


Jackie: It’s 2:30. The Cleveland office report should have been emailed to us by the end of the workday yesterday. What are we supposed to do now? 


Paul: If we don’t get their report, we’ll have to hold up the production of the annual report and if that happens, somebody’s head is going to roll. This really leaves us in a lurch 1. Who’s responsible for the report in Cleveland? 


Jackie: Noel Simmons. 


Paul: Oh, no. I know Noel. I used to work with him in the Columbus office. He was always dropping the ball on his responsibilities and I was always having to cover for him. 


Jackie: You must have had the patience of a saint 2! If he’s such a flake 3, why is he still working for this company? 


Paul: Beats me, but I know we’re in for a long wait if he’s in charge. We have to do something. Get on the phone and see if you can light a fire under him. Unless we keep on him, we’ll never see that report. 


Jackie: Okay, I’ll call the Cleveland office right now. 


Paul: And Jackie? 


Jackie: Yes? 


Paul: If he gives you a line or some kind of excuse, let me talk to him. 


Jackie: What’ll you do? 


Paul: I’ll take him on a trip down memory lane. When I used to work with him, I wasn’t always so patient – or polite. 


 


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 



1 lurch
n.突然向前或旁边倒;v.蹒跚而行
  • It has been suggested that the ground movements were a form of lurch movements.地震的地面运动曾被认为是一种突然倾斜的运动形式。
  • He walked with a lurch.他步履蹒跚。
2 saint
n.圣徒;基督教徒;vt.成为圣徒,把...视为圣徒
  • He was made a saint.他被封为圣人。
  • The saint had a lowly heart.圣人有谦诚之心。
3 flake
v.使成薄片;雪片般落下;n.薄片
  • Drain the salmon,discard the skin,crush the bones and flake the salmon with a fork.将鲑鱼沥干,去表皮,粉碎鱼骨并用餐叉子将鱼肉切成小薄片状。
  • The paint's beginning to flake.油漆开始剥落了。
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