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
ac model
acceptance of a bill of exchange
accusations
adjust account
Alovera
amnonia liquor
at discount
aubepine
automatic sequence timer
band-saw mill with auto-feed carriage
benthic fauna
bernarr
brain amine depleter
brand-newnesses
Cerro Pez, L.
Chisos Mountains
chlorinated limes
clearance curve
continuous casting sheet billet
crankpin end
critical shear stress
differential gear mechanism
differential of a morphism
disease control and prevention
double trenching
electric analog(ue) model
explosive compacting
farm tools showroom
Fatsia. Dcne. et Planch.
feels
fluorexone
formal variable procedure parameter
fruit spur
frustration function
germ meal
gild system
give someone the whisper
graphic display program
groovy
grow house
habituatives
high-speed look ahead carry generator
hitchment
homooligomeric
Husihui
isohal(s)ine
jarsful
katchina
key emitter parameters
known nothing about
limited access data
line of turning tool travel
local refraction
mangiferonic acid
Manuel II
marginalisation
megamansion
micro-economicss
near real-time
nerve nuclei
nipholite
north american free trade agreement (nafta)
ordinary integral manifold
overall width in transporting condition
parafango
partridgeberries
pin-striped
Pirquet's indices
plain segment
pressed-steel boot
primordial gases
progamic
proinsulin
reaction of animals
real-time clock diagnostic
reinstitutes
Rhododendron californicum
rolling grilles
Sayntsagaan
screwstock
Shared drive
shoot his way
short-range radio transmitter
shutdown heat
slutbags
soongoricus
sopaipillas
space telephony
spirula
standard oil
state succession
stepped cone
structureborne noise
swash plate compressor
thalloid climax
third-brush generator
throat brace pin
timbrell
transverse beam
unregenerable
water logged
zhitomirs