时间:2018-12-05 作者:英语课 分类:职场礼节英语


英语课

 陈豪在美国公司已经工作了一段时间。今天老板要找他谈话。老板找谈话会有什么事呢? 陈豪心里有点不安,所以急着去请教美籍华人Mary。


 
(Office ambience)
 
陈:(很着急地)Hey, Mary,快,我有事问你。
 
M:What's the matter?
 
陈: 老板的秘书通知我老板过一会要找我谈话,可说的话我没听懂,说是为了什么punc...punc... 那个词我不知道...
 
M: Punctual?
 
陈:对,有点像,不过那个词最后的音好像是什么ty 来了。
 
M:Punctuality?
 
陈:Yes, yes. Punctuality. Punctuality是什么意思呀?哟,不好了,时间到了,我得去了。
 
(Sound of knocking on the door; opening the door)
 
Mr. Jones: Mr. Chen, it has been brought to my attention that you are frequently late for meetings. I want you to know that punctuality is important in American business and in our company too.
 
C: Sorry, Mr. Jones, I am not sure I understand. What exactly do you mean by punc... punctuality?
 
Mr. Jones: Punctuality simply means being on time. If a meeting is scheduled for one o'clock, everyone is expected to be in the meeting room and ready to start.
 
C: (自语:噢,开会要准时!) Mr. Jones, now I understand. I'll be on time for meetings from now on.
 
Ms. Jones: Good.
 
(Sound of pushing chairs and walking)
 
M: 嗨,陈豪,刚才我要告诉你 punctuality就是准时,你匆忙走了,大概没有听见。哎,老板找你干什么呀?
 
C:他批评我开会不准时。他不懂,可我又没法和老板争。你知道有的时候我专心工作忘了时间!
 
M. 那不行,上星期开会讨论财务,可数据全在你手上。你不到,会没法开。There's no way to have the meeting without you,所以你浪费了大家的时间。Being late is a sign of disrespect。
 
C: 我不是有意没礼貌,有的时候是没法控制的。那天我刚要去开会,电话铃响了。
 
M:That's simple. Don't answer it。 打电话的人要是有重要事情他会留言。你开完会可以打回电。
 
陈:还有一次,开会的时间到了,可是一个客户来看我。我总不能不见吧?
 
M:实在没有办法的时候,inform others that you are delayed。这样别人就会觉得你是尊重他们的。
 
陈:行,知道了。哎,Mary,你再给我总结一下吧,免得我忘了。
 
M:Punctuality simply means being on time; punctuality is important in American business; Being late is a sign of disrespect。
 
C:谢谢,Mary! 今天又学会一个词 -- punc-punctua-punctuality! punctuality!



学英语单词
all-overish
aluminum gallium nitride
analogue amplifier
anorethisterone
back steam chest head
begilded
benzoylglucuronic acid
Berytidae
biophysics of cardiac muscle
birthweights
Bosanski Petrovac
buffer species
bull-leaping
C- section
car load freight unloaded at two or more stations
channel electron multiplier
cheeseparer
Chromobacterium indicum
Conline Bill
continuous adjustment
corkscrewy
cost-reduction
cut them out
cybertechnologies
cypselurus unicolor
dementie
derecognizing
doulateral winding
Edane
effective cross section
Emin He (Emel')
endowment mortage
engineering advice
failure rate average function
faying face
frederick church
Galician-Asturian
gene arrangement
Genoa, Gulf of
Goniatidae
goods insurance
grimboes
hard magnetic ferrite
high-angle shot
hinged bearing
human factors engineering (hfe)
Humboldt penguins
intercalation coordination compound
its feet
kobielak
labefactation
laser homing equipment
lasithi
legal cause
life-expectancy
made short work of
make up deficit
massed trials
mons veneriss
moon's age
multistory sand body
nestantalite
non-perfect fluid
nuclear generator
number of blows
ordering of events
oxygenation
Pentadecanone-2
phyllocarpic movement
pompelmouses
postfrontal fog
preferred estimator
presplits
prevailing mode
protecting rack
quaid-i-azam
ramalina hossei
random access number out-of-range
residual shim
ringbang
royale
rubellite
sagittifolium
shear slide
Shekhina
shell landings
social welfare expenditure
Soumoulou
speedometer needle
subscriber telephone set
swanees
sweep before one's own door
tangent length
tetrahydrofurfuryl benzoate
time of mixing
toggle link
treelings
uk pharmaceuticals
unmanned sensing satellite system
verticalizing
vichyites
viewing room