时间:2019-01-07 作者:英语课 分类:商务英语


英语课

   Ann: 陈豪在美国公司已经工作了一段时间。今天老板要找他谈话。老板找谈话会有什么事呢? 陈豪心里有点不安,所以急着去请教美籍华人Mary。


  (Office ambience)
  陈:(很着急地)Hey, Mary,快,我有事问你。
  M:What's the matter?
  陈: 老板的秘书通知我老板过一会要找我谈话,可说的话我没听懂,说是为了什么punc...punc... 那个词我不知道...
  M: Punctual?
  陈:对,有点像,不过那个词最后的音好像是什么ty 来了。
  M:Punctuality?
  陈:Yes, yes. Punctuality. Punctuality是什么意思呀?哟,不好了,时间到了,我得去了。
  (Sound of knocking on the door; opening the door)
  Mr. Jones: Mr. Chen, it has been brought to my attention that you are frequently late for meetings. I want you to know that punctuality is important in American business and in our company too.
  C: Sorry, Mr. Jones, I am not sure I understand. What exactly do you mean by punc... punctuality?
  Mr. Jones: Punctuality simply means being on time. If a meeting is scheduled for one o'clock, everyone is expected to be in the meeting room and ready to start.
  C: (自语:噢,开会要准时!) Mr. Jones, now I understand. I'll be on time for meetings from now on.
  Ms. Jones: Good.
  (Sound of pushing chairs and walking)
  M: 嗨,陈豪,刚才我要告诉你 punctuality就是准时,你匆忙走了,大概没有听见。哎,老板找你干什么呀?
  C:他批评我开会不准时。他不懂,可我又没法和老板争。你知道有的时候我专心工作忘了时间!
  M. 那不行,上星期开会讨论财务,可数据全在你手上。你不到,会没法开。There's no way to have the meeting without you,所以你浪费了大家的时间。Being late is a sign of disrespect。
  C: 我不是有意没礼貌,有的时候是没法控制的。那天我刚要去开会,电话铃响了。
  M:That's simple. Don't answer it。 打电话的人要是有重要事情他会留言。你开完会可以打回电。
  陈:还有一次,开会的时间到了,可是一个客户来看我。我总不能不见吧?
  M:实在没有办法的时候,inform others that you are delayed。这样别人就会觉得你是尊重他们的。
  陈:行,知道了。哎,Mary,你再给我总结一下吧,免得我忘了。
  M:Punctuality simply means being on time; punctuality is important in American business; Being late is a sign of disrespect。
  C:谢谢,Mary! 今天又学会一个词 -- punc-punctua-punctuality! punctuality!






标签: 商务英语 礼仪
学英语单词
a. temporalis profunda posterior
Abhar
abrasive damage
acid(-proof) brick
all wrong
almog
arithmetic field
at someone's elbow
atty gen
bass response curve
behind the schedule
boscotrecase
Braehead
captureless
carcinogens
Ceel Cabdi
chemical feedstock
Chełmek
cillies
cmyk
continuous grinding
counterpressuring
cupola maleable iron
cyanophos
defrayer
demorance
dislocation of phalangeal joint
ech.
effeeble
electric discharge pyrolyzer
exception reports
exchange pegging policy
faber viscometer
famous people
fire -fighting equipment
gamma grass
glare down
gratitude
halbert-shaped
Helles, Cape
hoary headed
IIL
inserted mode
intercondylar notch
interrupted mapping
Jagiellon dynasty
Lagerkvist
liquid level controller
lummer brodhun photometer head
maternity leave
McHale
megnatic signature
methylsulfate
misspecifications
Monforte del Cid
multichannel-per-carrier transmission
neon voltmeter
Newvicon TV pickup tube
nickel cathode
Ninove
nitrate of soda
omentovolvulus
parchy
perplexes
phenylmercuric hydroxide
preliminary preparation of the case
profit on redemption of discount bond
progressers
pseudacromegaly
put sb on
put the wood behind the arrow
radar meteorological observation
recorded information
rectification ratio
ribonucleinase
RO (read only)
Savilian
scolecithricella longispinosa
second - degree burn
secretory cells
selfcross
shimomura
sinularia densa
sodium metabismuthate
space-time distanciation
specific reference
spina gleditsiae
strikedown
strong-amplitude
superfault list
system of framing
thievishness
tortured
Trimethidinium
tweedledees
unprecedentedness
volunteer for
Wauwatosa
wide-field
WR-RD
yaars
zemindaris