ESL Podcast 924 – Getting Access to Important People
时间：2019-01-01 作者：英语课 分类：地道美语播客
英语课
Camile: That is a really good idea.
Nathan: Thanks, but there’s no way I can get past all of the gatekeepers in this company to get access to the president. He’s the only one who can green-light a project like this.
Camile: Can’t you present it to your boss first?
Nathan: If I bring the idea to my immediate 1 supervisor 2, she’ll either take it over or nix it.
Camile: What you need to do is to get the ear of one of his advisors 3 and do an end-run around the other managers.
Nathan: I’m not sure how I can do that. I don’t know any of the advisors in the president’s inner circle. We don’t exactly travel in the same circles, you know.
Camile: How’s your jump shot?
Nathan: Why do you ask?
Camile: My cousin works at the same gym where that the company president goes to exercise. Sometimes he likes to play a game of pick- up basketball, often one-on-one. If you got a call from my cousin when he’s there, you might be able to be get there quickly and be in the right place at the right time.
Nathan: You mean talk business on the courts?
Camile: Sure, isn’t that how real deals get made?
Nathan: You might have an idea there.
Camile: Yes, but one piece of advice: Let him win!
Script by Dr. Lucy Tse
adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的
- His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
- We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。
n.监督人，管理人，检查员，督学，主管，导师
- Between you and me I think that new supervisor is a twit.我们私下说，我认为新来的主管人是一个傻瓜。
- He said I was too flighty to be a good supervisor.他说我太轻浮不能成为一名好的管理员。
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