时间:2019-01-20 作者:英语课 分类:礼节美语


英语课

公司总裁Tim召集部门经理开会,讨论节能措施。


F: I know it might sound like an old-fashioned idea, but what about some kind of a carpooling program?


T: You know, that just might work for a few of our departments. I know a few of the marketing 1 guys live pretty close to each other.


H: Ah! But now we come to a problem. How do we convince people to sign up for a program that will - at least mildly - inconvenience them?


D: I have to confess, if you asked me to volunteer, I'd turn you down.


H: Sure. So would I. So we can't rely on the kindness of people's hearts. We're not bad people, we're just busy people.


Faith提议,可以考虑拼车计划,carpooling program。 Henry指出,拼车会给大家带来不便, inconvenience them, 问题是如何说服大家加入。 Sign up for something,是报名参加的意思。


T: I think I get your point. You're talking about a fundamental motivator. What Henry's saying is that people need an incentive 2.


H: Bingo! For the past few years, several companies have been experimenting with paying employees a tiny fee to carpool, use public transport or cycle. One organization in Florida pays twenty cents a mile.


D: Huh. I'd consider riding my bicycle if I was getting paid. That's like getting paid to work out!


总裁Tim说, I get your point. 我明白你的意思了。 Henry是说要给大家一些好处,incentive 。 Henry说, Bingo! 这在口语里很常用,意思是没错!对了!


H: Yeah! The company has to consider the fee as an investment in carbon reduction and in workers' health. Less driving means less stress.


T: It's a very interesting idea. But I think you're right....without an incentive, it's doomed 3 to failure.


H: It might seem like a lot of hassle and in the end you might only get a few people to change their commuting 4 habits, but just to put it into perspective, here's a fact from planetgreen.com: If every commuter 5 car in the U.S. carried just one more person, the nation would save 8 billion gallons of gas.


T: It really adds up, doesn't it? Thanks for the tips, Henry. I think we got a lot of food for thought today.


公司要把这笔钱看成是减少废气排放,促进员工健康的投资。总裁Tim表示赞同。 Henry说,虽然听上去好象挺麻烦,但如果美国每辆上班用的车里都多坐一个人的话,美国就能节省80亿加仑的汽油, It really adds up.


 



n.行销,在市场的买卖,买东西
  • They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
  • He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。
n.刺激;动力;鼓励;诱因;动机
  • Money is still a major incentive in most occupations.在许多职业中,钱仍是主要的鼓励因素。
  • He hasn't much incentive to work hard.他没有努力工作的动机。
命定的
  • The court doomed the accused to a long term of imprisonment. 法庭判处被告长期监禁。
  • A country ruled by an iron hand is doomed to suffer. 被铁腕人物统治的国家定会遭受不幸的。
交换(的)
  • I used the commuting time to read and answer my mail. 我利用上下班在汽车中的时间来阅读和答复给我的函电。
  • Noncommuting objects are as real to the mathematicians as commuting objects. 对于数学家来说,不可交换的对象与可交换的对象是一样真实的。
n.(尤指市郊之间)乘公交车辆上下班者
  • Police cordoned off the road and diverted commuter traffic. 警察封锁了道路并分流交通。
  • She accidentally stepped on his foot on a crowded commuter train. 她在拥挤的通勤列车上不小心踩到了他的脚。
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a put-up job
abradable
aera
anisotropic model filament
apple-pie
banking on
Bassariscus
born on the wrong side of the blanket
Bos primigenius
box score
bright tips
brososil
cam shaft bearing
cantilever stacker
check guarantee card
choke-capacitance coupled amplifier
collective protection room
comparative measurements
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ctd.
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demagnetizing ampere-turn
designation plate
dillingham
diveroli
DLAR
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equilibrium state probability
ester oil grease
exaugurated
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gain'
genus Dipsosaurus
Gnesta
hartmen
heathenisms
hello girls
high-speed steel ingot
Hirt extraction
hypersegmentation
ichthysmus
incapsulate
initial working capital
International Travel Service
joints of connectro
JPRS
laminated-wood plastic bearing
lattorfian age
loop divider
Mannaberg's sign
marhaba
mechanical recognition system
microcoaxial cable
military pavement
missouris
Mitreola reticulata
monodehydroascorbates
natrofarosite
Natrohisingerite
neurogeography
nitrogenuric
node-pair method
normal stereo
piston drive sampler
plastiform
pop-culture
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potassium priderite
prepared by
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punched (paper) tape
pureway-c
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rationall
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service representative
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simulations
skatist
solarised
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speed standard
syringoadenoma
Teall, Cape
the Faraday constant
time critical process
to board a plane
train working program
tumor angiogenesis
two-way time transfer
typewriter with exchangeable type elements
umzi
universal product coding
us trade representatives
Van Der Waals co-volume
variable-point representation
ventolin ampoule
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