时间:2018-12-18 作者:英语课 分类:2013年ESL之商务英语


英语课

Being Territorial 1 at Work


Andy: What are you doing? 


Sita: I’m running some numbers for the new project. 


Andy: I thought that was Delia’s turf. 


Sita: She’s usually the go-to person for this type of information, but I need this info right now. 


Andy: I’d be careful about stepping on Delia’s toes. She doesn’t take kindly 2 to people encroaching on her responsibilities. 


Sita: I know she can be territorial at times, but I’m sure if I explain to her why I’m getting this information right this minute, she’d understand. 


Andy: Okay, but don’t be surprised if she thinks you’re trying to gain control of her little fiefdom. She’s really entrenched 3 and she doesn’t like anyone muscling in. 


Sita: Do you really think she’ll misunderstand my motives 4


Andy: I wouldn’t take any chances. Hurry up and finish what you’re doing, cover your tracks, and get out. With any luck, she won’t think this is the beginning of a turf war. 


 


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 



1 territorial
adj.领土的,领地的
  • The country is fighting to preserve its territorial integrity.该国在为保持领土的完整而进行斗争。
  • They were not allowed to fish in our territorial waters.不允许他们在我国领海捕鱼。
2 kindly
adj.和蔼的,温和的,爽快的;adv.温和地,亲切地
  • Her neighbours spoke of her as kindly and hospitable.她的邻居都说她和蔼可亲、热情好客。
  • A shadow passed over the kindly face of the old woman.一道阴影掠过老太太慈祥的面孔。
3 entrenched
adj.确立的,不容易改的(风俗习惯)
  • Television seems to be firmly entrenched as the number one medium for national advertising.电视看来要在全国广告媒介中牢固地占据头等位置。
  • If the enemy dares to attack us in these entrenched positions,we will make short work of them.如果敌人胆敢进攻我们固守的阵地,我们就消灭他们。
4 motives
n.动机,目的( motive的名词复数 )
  • to impeach sb's motives 怀疑某人的动机
  • His motives are unclear. 他的用意不明。
学英语单词
abbadoes
acceptable
actiums
Alfurian
aliphatic amine
Alpsian
Anapo, Fiume
angular spreading factor
anonymous informer
arena of the bears and bulls
Association of Islamic Groups and Communities
bacchariss
boardsailor
bolteth
brownfield
butt bolt
centricipitai
chakrabarty
concentrate tank
container type launcher
contractual serivce
corner sprocket
corporealizes
cortex of lens
cum-slut
current coupling
Desulfovibrio
diorite-porphyrite
duodiode
emergency feature
emergency shutdown rod transport mechanism
end-grains
enwrapment
ephemerial astronomy
estudiante
fantozzi
flower peduncle
GNPJVC (Guandong Nuclear Power Joint Venture Company)
harbo(u)r line
Hart.
heavy gauge nail
heeme
hydrofoil flutter
hypermigratory
incurvata
indictably
j.p.m.
kidded around
lacrimal lakes
laga
lesser retaliation
letterwise
limit condition of operation
mainsail
maximum immersed beam
Midyciclina
mindy
misstate
Momuy
negative characteristic humidity sensitive resistor
nephroureterectomies
net single premium
nonpeasant
onthrift
operating error
operator b
Ostrów Lubelski
ovarian mixed epithelioma
pared-down
Pat Cash
pin rack
platymeric
positive stripper
pseudo-static store system
quantification logic
reaction test for grease
redliner
relief road
resolvation
signal shutdown switch
simple deformation
soil pipe elbow
spooking
spote check
standing expense orders
steering-wheel geometry
strong local extremum
strontium nitrite
takes advantage
tank iron
telescoping screw
the right distributive law
Tonight Show
unipresence
vacuoles
valley of th cerebellum
vapour pump
Verbum sat sapienti.
vincaminoridine
whitefaces
Windows Experience Index
zonulotome