时间:2019-01-15 作者:英语课 分类:商务礼节美语


英语课

  Jessica看到同事Claire情绪很低落。

Jessica: Hey Claire, you look sad. What's up?

Claire: I guess I am a bit depressed 1.

J: Having a bad hair day?

C: (Chuckle) No, that' not it.

J: Come on. You can confide 2 in me. I know how to keep a secret.

C: OK... but you really have to keep this to yourself. I don't want to cause trouble.

J: Wow. Sounds serious!

C: You know my boss, Kevin?

J: Sure...I've met him at a couple of company functions.

Jessica开玩笑,问Clare情绪低落是不是having a bad hair day. 说某人have a bad hair day意思是因为不顺,心情不好。 Jessica说自己嘴很严,所以Clair可以confide in me, 把秘密告诉我。Claire告诉Jessica说,事情跟自己的上司Kevin有关。听起来好象挺严重。

C: Well, he keeps commenting on how pretty I am and he frequently touches my shoulders. He says I look tense and could use a massage 3.

J: And this makes you uncomfortable, right?

C: Yeah! I don't like it. I have a boyfriend and I'm not interested in Kevin at all. Plus, he's my boss and it's just a weird 4 feeling!

J: That sounds like sexual harassment 5 to me!

C: Really? Do you think it's that serious?

原来,Claire的上司Kevin经常夸她漂亮,还动手动脚,让Claire很不舒服。Claire有男朋友,而且I'm not interested in Kevin, 对Kevin没兴趣,所以感觉很奇怪。Jessica肯定地说,这是性骚扰sexual harassment. 这么说性质可就严重了。

J: The workplace is supposed to be a comfortable place to work in. You shouldn't have to be looking over your shoulder all day. It's the responsibility of a boss to make sure your workday is safe and productive.

C: Well, every time he comes out to speak to me, I worry he's going to do or say something that makes me uncomfortable.

J: That's sexual harassment and it's a crime!

Jessica说,工作单位应该安全、舒适,员工不需要随时随地提心吊胆。You shouldn't have to be looking over your shoulder all day. Claire承认,每次 Kevin 跟她讲话,她都很紧张,生怕Kevin的举止会让自己感到别扭。不过,她又说……

C: But overall he is a pretty good boss and most of the people in the office like him. I don't want to be the one to stir up trouble. Maybe I'm too sensitive.

J: Sexual harassment is a common problem. I remember I once had a boss who kept asking me out on a date...even though I was married and wearing my wedding ring!

C: What did you do about it?

Claire说,Kevin总的来说是个不错的老板;大家都很喜欢他,所以I don't want to be the one to stir up trouble. 不想当那个挑起是非的人。Jessica说,性骚扰是个很常见的问题,自己就曾遇到过一个老板,明知她已经结婚,还三番五次要跟她约会。Jessica是如何处理的呢?我们下次继续听。



adj.沮丧的,抑郁的,不景气的,萧条的
  • When he was depressed,he felt utterly divorced from reality.他心情沮丧时就感到完全脱离了现实。
  • His mother was depressed by the sad news.这个坏消息使他的母亲意志消沉。
v.向某人吐露秘密
  • I would never readily confide in anybody.我从不轻易向人吐露秘密。
  • He is going to confide the secrets of his heart to us.他将向我们吐露他心里的秘密。
n.按摩,揉;vt.按摩,揉,美化,奉承,篡改数据
  • He is really quite skilled in doing massage.他的按摩技术确实不错。
  • Massage helps relieve the tension in one's muscles.按摩可使僵硬的肌肉松弛。
adj.古怪的,离奇的;怪诞的,神秘而可怕的
  • From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来,他好像有点怪。
  • His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。
n.骚扰,扰乱,烦恼,烦乱
  • She often got telephone harassment at night these days.这些天她经常在夜晚受到电话骚扰。
  • The company prohibits any form of harassment.公司禁止任何形式的骚扰行为。
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aeronautical navigational electronics
air craft
Aisimi
alpha-beta transition
annunziato
armyworms
as crazy as a loon
bag dust filter
beam bearing
Benangin
bf, bf.
black-cab
blockwood pavement
boisterously
boss-fern
Bukhoro
capacity for public rights
carthon
chlorophyll corpuscle
cladophoran
colloverthwart
computer interconnects
conversation control
Creusot-Loire Uddelholm process
CRSV
current operating performance income statement
derivational compound
diagnostically
digital-advertising
Eaton Park
ejector lift
excursion rate
fail-soft function
fan-guide
ferrobustamite
first-out
glass object
grapeseed oil
hemqtarrhachis
hickenlooper
high-speed sequential processing
Higi
hop on the bandwagon
hydrokonite (hydroconite)
ilmens
inter-organizational
iron halogenide
Isobutylisovalerate
jamt
jen
Jenolan
job dyeing
keystone-type piston ring
kneeboarding
La Cavada
load time his tory
martinhal
measure twice, cut once
mechanical face seals
method analysis
microsoft commercial internet system
midmarket
murska
nanoprocessor
nonreduced
obtuse-angle
optimal growth path
Percy cautery
profit allowance
put it this way
raw casting
readable news
reversal colo(u)r film
rotary slasher
rural erosion rate
scaraboids
Scots Gaelic
seam fat
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seiters
self-propelled floating crane
separetionist
soapworts
splicing
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submerged tooth
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syllogisms
temporomaxillary
topographical parallel
townlets
Tracheophytas
trailing cavity
travelling roller pin
unextraneous
unit mass resolution
unyielding foundation
utility-company
Varaire
wakeys-wakeys
yoruba dance (w. africa)