新编剑桥商务英语中级第三版听力 01
时间：2018-12-05 作者：英语课 分类：新编剑桥商务英语中级第三版听力
1.1WORKING FROM HOME
I: Ok, Michela. You work from home now. Can you tell me about a typical 1 day?
M: Sure, I always get up aroud 7 and the first thing i do is get the kids ready for school.I take them at eight thirty and then i always start work at 9.
I: Do you ever have a day where you decide to have the morning off and start work at nine.
M: No,you can't do that. It's important with home-working off and have a timetable and stick to it. If you end up watching TV or doing the cleaning then it isn't for you. SO I have lunch at 12 and finish work at 2:30 to get the children.
I: Was that why you gave up your office job?
M: Yes, I wanted to spend more time with the children. It gives me more flexibility 2. Sometimes I need to work in the evening but usually it isn't a problem.
I: So how long have you been doing this kind of work?
M: For about five years. I've been with the same company since I left school but with the Internet and technology it's easy now to be at home.
I: So your employer 3 doesn't mind.
M: No. It means 4 the company saves money on office space and as long as I get the work done, they're happy.Sometimes I still go into work to meet clients 5 and so on. For example, I'M going in nearly every day this week because we have visitors from another company and I can't really invite them overto my house. Besides, it's nice to go in every so often. I like to see people and catch up on the gossip 6 and the news with my colleagues 7. I miss that side of going into work every day.
I: is there anything else you miss?
M:ERMM,no, not really. And I'll tell you what I really don't miss and that's having to spend 2 hours commuting on the bus and train every day
- This is typical Chinese English.这是典型的中式英语。
- It is a typical Persian garden.这是个典型的波斯式花园。
- Her great strength lies in her flexibility.她的优势在于她灵活变通。
- The flexibility of a man's muscles will lessen as he becomes old.人老了肌肉的柔韧性将降低。
- My employer deducted ten pounds from my wages this week.我的雇主从我本周的工钱中扣除了十英镑。
- His monthly salary is paid into the bank by his employer.他的月薪由雇主替他存入银行。
- That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
- We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。
- a lawyer with many famous clients 拥有许多著名委托人的律师
- She understood the importance of establishing a close rapport with clients. 她懂得与客户建立密切和谐的关系的重要性。
- She broadcast the gossip all over the town.她将这个流言传遍全镇。
- They spread a lot of tacky gossip about his love life.关于他的爱情生活，他们散播了许多不堪的闲言闲语。
- He wanted to confer with his colleagues before reaching a decision. 他想与他的同事先商议一下再作出决定。
- She is held in high esteem by her colleagues. 她深受同事的敬重。