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
a rural area
abeyance
air-to-air gunnery
all against one
altenusin
american chestnuts
amount of business
applicaton for retiring bill
Arabopó, R.
bacidia sphaeroides (dicks.)a.zahlbr.
bar-lounge
bartramia halleriana
basic acetate method
bitt knee
bonhoeffers
brake thermal efficiency
bromotrifluoromethane gas system
Caligraphy.
cefluosil
clackdish
crowdy
Ctenophthalmus
departmental capital equipment
dysbulia
earlierize, earlierized
ethical audit
field waste
finishing line
Galega officinalis
genus scaphosepalums
George Simon Kaufman
give a crap
go by the title of
gonorrhoeas
hakonechloa
Heliotropium strigosum
high flux hollow fibre
Himmelberg
in the cart
incomplexity
irreducible algebraic equation
Kamehameha Day
Karri-Kot
lateral cyclic control
Leyden's paralysis
limoseric
linepair
lithostratigraphy
luters
macroform
meera
mesectoblast
mixed-radix number system
multiple optic papilla
Mx,Mx.
natural electrode
nickel-palladium arsenide
non-institutional
nor-leucine
o-iodoaniline
on the off chance that
palas
parochiaid
pegasids
peta-siemens
phagedena oris
phase density spectrum
picker locking lever
ptilosis
puruluent ear
quasi static load measurement
red-flowered
reinsertion of carrier
reproacheth
research interest
rubboli
sentencing factors
shift-register generator
short haul cable carrier system
short-range air defense engagement zone
spirobolus walkeri
stormbreakers
strontium thiocarbonate
structure of nucleon
suborder passeress
superior carotid ganglia
swainsona greyanas
talk up to
temporary tribunal
the forestry commission
throwables
transport ships
unclaimed packages
upper bunk
usability test
video phone
W states
walking bar rod
water-speeds
weak indication
work placement
workhorse.