时间:2018-12-03 作者:英语课 分类:2013年ESL之商务英语


英语课

 


Listening to Motivational Speakers


Jamal: I really dread 1 these annual management meetings. We usually have to sit through the most boring motivational speakers giving us pep talks. 


Cindy: I think you’ll be surprised by the person they’ve hired to kick off our meeting. She’s supposed to be a guru on crisis management. 


Jamal: Oh no, not another one. 


Cindy: This one has a lot of real-world experience. She was a fighter pilot who has apparently 2 survived some very difficult missions. 


Jamal: What does a fighter pilot know about business? I can’t believe our company is shelling out thousands of dollars on speaking fees for someone like her to tell us how to do our jobs better. 


Cindy: I think that the idea is to understand how other organizations and professions handle crises, which may shed some light on how we can do things better. 


Jamal: Well, I don’t have high hopes. 


Cindy: Don’t you think she can teach us anything? 


Jamal: Sure, in fact our speaker has inspired me to try to get on the lecture circuit myself. 


Cindy: What would you speak about? 


Jamal: Avoiding corporate 3 waste! 


 


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 



1 dread
vt.担忧,忧虑;惧怕,不敢;n.担忧,畏惧
  • We all dread to think what will happen if the company closes.我们都不敢去想一旦公司关门我们该怎么办。
  • Her heart was relieved of its blankest dread.她极度恐惧的心理消除了。
2 apparently
adv.显然地;表面上,似乎
  • An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽,豁然开朗。
  • He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
3 corporate
adj.共同的,全体的;公司的,企业的
  • This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。
  • His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。
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