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
1-phenylbutane
agency by estoppel
Aglaia odorata
Anglo-Merino
anti-ovalbumin
antiglycolytic
authorization credential
autofellator
babblin
Ban Tha Don
batch process
benzoylprop-ethyl
Bethe-Hurwitz effect
Bike.
blast furnace block
boiler flue gas
bottom-hinged window
Boulting
cam die
camtovogesite
cherry pit
cinemaddict
clandestine operations
clearance for pulling condenser tubes
colamine
copepod
correcting signal
costal tuberculosis
cottonbelt
CPU architecture
deep water pier
demand function
desaeration
disk emulator
electric roaster
employee satisfaction survey
end-of-life decision
erbium-doped single-mode fiber
eviscerated carcass
exhaust hole
Exmouth G.
Extended capabilities port
fermi mechanism
first order expression
flashback
floating reserve
gain an offing
Gary Glitter
Gauss meter
grapple(r)
Herrhamra
high-aspect-ratios
hypothalamo-adenohypophyseal system
Impatiens tsangshanensis
implexus
injury of kidney
inosine pranobex
intermediate or interlobate moraine
investment income ratio
jenn-air
kind-heartednesses
knowledge aided protocol automation
latha
let sb down
locating surface
log grapple
loop-pile
lusy
mentalises
monetizer
mophy
myelacephalus
Napaea
non-planning
nonferromagnetic material
northern porgies
occupied beds
overrehearsed
pan-algebraic curve
photometer screen
polar cap stage
precipitation-measuring radar
Puccinellia florida
put sb in his place
recommitted
Safi, C.
Saint Venant's principle
Schistosoma mansoni var. rodentorum
service expense
shakespeares
smudginess
spread-linked note
tax analysis
technical achievement
thersitical
Thiodril
tinge
undiagnosably
urinal cakes
vertical text
whitish locus
zip cuffs