时间:2018-12-03 作者:英语课 分类:2014年ESL之商务英语


英语课

 


Playing Fair in Business


Marcel: Hey, why do you have the file for the Donovan account on your desk? I thought that was Evan’s account. 


Amanda: It is, but I’m about to snatch it from him. He won’t know what hit him. 


Marcel: You’re stealing his account? If you do that, you’d better watch your back. 


Amanda: You’ve got it all wrong. This is payback. Three months ago, when I was on the verge 1 of getting the Moralez account, Evan swooped 2 in and snagged it. He doesn’t play fair and now neither do I. 


Marcel: This sounds like the beginning of a feud 3


Amanda: Evan started it. If he wants to play hardball then what’s good for the goose is good for the gander. 


Marcel: You’re not worried that he’ll up the ante and try to do something even more underhanded? 


Amanda: Evan doesn’t scare me. 


Marcel: This could easily escalate 4


Amanda: Like I said, I’m not afraid of Evan. This is business. If you can’t take the heat, get out of the kitchen. 


 


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 



1 verge
n.边,边缘;v.接近,濒临
  • The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
  • She was on the verge of bursting into tears.她快要哭出来了。
2 swooped
俯冲,猛冲( swoop的过去式和过去分词 )
  • The aircraft swooped down over the buildings. 飞机俯冲到那些建筑物上方。
  • The hawk swooped down on the rabbit and killed it. 鹰猛地朝兔子扑下来,并把它杀死。
3 feud
n.长期不和;世仇;v.长期争斗;世代结仇
  • How did he start his feud with his neighbor?他是怎样和邻居开始争吵起来的?
  • The two tribes were long at feud with each other.这两个部族长期不和。
4 escalate
v.(使)逐步增长(或发展),(使)逐步升级
  • It would tempt Israel's neighbors to escalate their demands.它将诱使以色列的邻国不断把他们的要求升级。
  • Defeat could cause one side or other to escalate the conflict.失败可能会导致其中一方将冲突升级。
学英语单词
ACANTHASTIDA
acanthurus olivaceus
aceria pipturi
advisory committee of photometry and radiometry
aftercure
aguero
all purpose flask
alloy solder
amount of the offset
anal dilator
araeostyles
Arida-gawa
army co-op aircraft
Bagadya
barometric minimum
bassia latifolia roxb.
bearing currents
bedwet
bronner's acid
cable broadcast
calcarated
channel routine algorithm
compound catenary equipment
corrugating paper
corynite
cracked fuel oil
desilification
effossion
etist
foreign parties
frauts
Galilean binocular
geniculate body
genitourinary slit
glycerin monostearate
guide glade
hanging indention
heart stop
hordorine
horsage
i-vo
isothermal altitude
jailable
kingquad
leise
lithogenic-hydrologic deposit
manurial effect
matched games
meawing
mellery
methylglycopyranoside
mflpd (maximum fraction of limiting power density)
Michael Ellis De Bakey
molecular embryology
nanotrack
oryctolaguss
Packham
PAPBC
percussive rock drill
planetary reverse reduction gear
plum-coloured
prodifferentiative
put sth into words
quantum cryptography
quick access recorder
red letter day
relaxation movement
ring road system
Ruweijil, Jezira
sakong
saturation temperature
scaling variable
second order reaction
secondary calcining
short-circuiting arc welding
siegerrebes
sighting agent
skeleton unit
skeptopathy
sleeveboard
slide carriage
slug slot
soft-focuss
spontaneous peritonitis
squalus japonicus
stretchabler
suturae lingualis
terminal-based conformity
Three Springs
time constant of integrator
tristratified
tumultuations
ultracapacitors
unsarcastic
unwhisked
urbanite
vibration angle of screen box
wasted time
white about the gills
yakima
youngsters
zandl