时间:2018-12-04 作者:英语课 分类:2016年ESL之商务英语


英语课

ESL Podcast 1176 – Limits to Advancement 1 at Work 


Gloria: Did you hear that Manuel is quitting? He took a job with another company. 


Sam: I’m not surprised. He came up against the glass ceiling and he decided 2 to jump ship. 


Gloria: Really? I didn’t know he was bucking 3 for promotion 4


Sam: He’s been trying to become a manager for three years, but other people have been promoted over him or they’ve hired from outside the company. 


Gloria: I didn’t know that. I was aware of the wage disparities within the company and the gender 5 pay gap within each department, but this is news to me. 


Sam: Haven’t you noticed that people who take extended leave to have children or try for some type of work- life balance are passed over for plum assignments, raises, and promotions 6? There are definite limits to advancement. 


Gloria: I thought it was just favoritism on the part of the bosses. Their friends got promoted and other people didn’t. 


Sam: That’s certainly true, but that’s only part of the story. 


Gloria: Why are we still working for a company with such unfair policies? 


Sam: Speak for yourself. I’m giving notice today. 


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 



1 advancement
n.前进,促进,提升
  • His new contribution to the advancement of physiology was well appreciated.他对生理学发展的新贡献获得高度赞赏。
  • The aim of a university should be the advancement of learning.大学的目标应是促进学术。
2 decided
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
3 bucking
v.(马等)猛然弓背跃起( buck的现在分词 );抵制;猛然震荡;马等尥起后蹄跳跃
  • a bucking bronco in the rodeo 牛仔竞技表演中一匹弓背跳跃的野马
  • That means we'll be bucking grain bags, bustin's gut. 那就是说咱们要背这一袋袋的谷子,得把五脏都累坏。 来自辞典例句
4 promotion
n.提升,晋级;促销,宣传
  • The teacher conferred with the principal about Dick's promotion.教师与校长商谈了迪克的升级问题。
  • The clerk was given a promotion and an increase in salary.那个职员升了级,加了薪。
5 gender
n.(生理上的)性,(名词、代词等的)性
  • French differs from English in having gender for all nouns.法语不同于英语,所有的名词都有性。
  • Women are sometimes denied opportunities solely because of their gender.妇女有时仅仅因为性别而无法获得种种机会。
6 promotions
促进( promotion的名词复数 ); 提升; 推广; 宣传
  • All services or promotions must have an appeal and wide application. 所有服务或促销工作都必须具有吸引力和广泛的适用性。
  • He promptly directed the highest promotions and decorations for General MacArthur. 他授予麦克阿瑟将军以最高的官阶和勋奖。
学英语单词
a shadow of your former self
abrim
acceptance of bribes
adjustment of seasonal variations
Aebeltoft
after engine arrangement
al-Mada'in
anelastic strain recovery
bear up for
BLFT
block multiplexing control bit
bondslaves
bone mineral
bouton de chemise
Boyden chamber
breaking wind speed
Buldurta
burmester point
cab signal
camly
Cariri
changed number
coastal defense
damage by parasitic plant
dewes
display subroutine
effective velocity ratio
electroendoscopy
Ersis
escalante
Florschiitz's formula
forestia depressa
forwarding agency
fuel(-consumption) rate
furnace clinker
geometric genus
golf buggies
Hanafist
heat performance
heug
hog score
hold for delivery on request
hydrographic office
iglus
kamptozoa
leaffishes
leather-bound
little old
lock washers
made the beds
mail address
methoxybenzene
model-driven architecture
Monkhouse
mozgovaite
noduli lymphatici tubarii tubae auditivae
nonconfinement
nonfibrillar
nonrecessionary
omdas
on-board check
overfall energy dissipation
passive recreation
pasticciotto
pericardial fat necrosis
photoelement
PI risk
Possession I.
potential probe
pressure wave front
Protesilaus
quargs
Raisen
rapid neutron
raw linseed oil
release-recapture method
rice Christian
rockwater
routine test method
rush roses
schon punga motor
search datum
silica-brick
sill high
smear ghost
spearhead attack
spring friction draft gear
starting inertia
stone burnisher
stonefield
sub branch office
summer squash
Tabalosos
tax value
three-field system
trace precedents
transflux
transverse magnetic (tm) mode
Trypetidae
vacuum-tube receiving set
Vichada
zukang