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
(spring) orchid
acrinol
anode corrosion efficiency
antibiotic prophylaxis
antipassive
area of coverage
as is usual
Auggen
back payments
bar examination
bertie
biomacromolecule
brickman
brown lemmings
burden of proof
carbazeran
cardiometabolic
carrier electrophoresis
charnockite series
Chinese language computer system
Chongdongjin-ni
cleanout cock
cocksurenesses
coin silvers
committee on regional trade agreements
compound rubber
conyhood
cooees
cuprous arsenide
dampeners
decreest
decupling
deep-sea trade
DIPR
Edward Goldenberg Robinson
engine ash
estuarine residual current
fixed glass
float type gage
frontbencher
go-list
great wall of chinas
gyroinstrument
heavy cruiser
hermetically sealed connector
high-pressed particle board
high-velocity armor-piercing rocket
hindered settling classifier
hyperalgebras
immature conglomerate
ingrounded
initialization command
inner core
intermediate language
international radio time signals
jelletite
Jill, Sebkhet ej
ladder board
lagoon-fishery
lapstone
leuco-2,6-dichlorophenolindophenol
lewatit
low-expansion silica glass
lunnies
mammary fungus
Menderes, Adnan
model machine
multilogic data store
neurostearic
nizin
non-oil
open pressure
outplotted
overeating
pecham
petticoat pipe base bracket
place under restraint
pleurodont dentition
post away
preatmospheric
propanolamines
puzzle over sth
quartz flash tube
Rhododendron parmulatum
rustlingly
seismic motion
silky anteaters
soil depleting crop
strongylogaster fulva
subluxed
summer variety
synchro-position control
tackle and block
teillays
two humped instability
user-driven
water bacteria
Wedekindellina
wheat scouring
youth orchestra
Zosterin