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
accidental activation
Agighiol
allege sth. as a reason
Appalachian Plateau
arietine
automatic switching of telegraph and telephone
autotrophic organisms
Ave, R.
battered woman
bestowage
beyond remedy
bills of fare
boy crazier
burner casing
career goal
CARYOPHYLLIIDAE
cellulites
cholinergic nerve
cockingbutton
colitoses
consumption-income ratio
contrarying
contrastively
controller power supply bay
convertible redeemable note
core idea
corruptrice
counterweighted flyline
cytoplasm of the host cell
depth to center
dolerocypria tsanyanga
ecblastesis
electrical capacity
ellar
engineering for dams
enterocleaner
flax decorticator
flupentixol
fructose 1-phosphate
fully-grown
get by the balls
Gheorgheni
go on wheels
good buy
herbicidal properties
heroic poem
hydraulic efficiency friction clutch
hydrogenous rock
incandescent filament lamp
Jack out of doors
Joules per kilogram
kindling
lampazo
leading edge root extension (lerx)
loss of voyage
macromolecular solution
magnesium chlorophoenicite
methylacryloyl-
mid-point theorem
moisture-resistant test
molecular field approximation
Moon, Sun Myung
multiregional
musculus ciliaris
natural frequency of a foundation
nonparaxial bpm
orthotropictungstate
outside screw nonrotating stem type
paleosecular
pass ... off
past ten years
PBJ
persulfurane
phagotype
Pit-prop
premature infant
pribislav
PTHS
ramp design speed
regulated quantity
residual valency
rontgen
see someone off
sepdumag
severe combined immunodeficiency disease
sit right
strain gauge torque transducer
structure-oriented command
superheated water
supplement traffic of goods
Tapili
Tepalcingo
the financial fabric of a bank
theft-boot
trophogenic layer
undereducate
unscuttled
vertical line charting
wishing-well
wood tester
wrapping-paper
yuxi