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
aeroplance station
airlift thermofor catalytic cracking
anchor shot
anisalol
anterior end
apex to crown
aphrophora horizontalis
austereness
autodetects
autokinetic effect
bank note transaction
be under the apprehension
bellyis
blue-print apparatus
brown-eyed Susan
budgetary value
builder's certificate
burger bars
C-vimin
caiman lizards
candle-lits
Chōsei
clopidogrel bisulfate
cofinal subspectrum
compensation for all damages
composition battery case
coriacea
corporate income
deep epigastric veios
dephlegmed
Di-len
diamond ding
diss songs
double becket
drewes
effects library
end-of-tape arrangement
Ferschweiler
Gaullisms
gunnerside
have nothing to say for oneself
house servant
hydraulic ram
hydrocarbonylation
hydrostatically
hypermethylated
illiterature
inclinational
inhalation pulmonary abscess
irregular occurrences
Kasaï (Cassai)
kep nuts
kiskadee
kistful
know sth like the back of your hand
lingualization
lode
louver
methionyl
MHF
milk cyst
MK-870
money tree
mucigen
nanosize
nemertines
nonwife
parallel-plate reactor
parecio
pillow distortion
pleasure-seekers
Pricasso
put a flea in one's ear
pyrocatechol
Qu'Appelle River
real Lie algebra
redoaks
releasing factor
reoxidised
ring tracheid
Salignac-Eyvignes
schismogenesis
Screen Actors' Guild
secondary record format
sheard
sintered metal
sopranino
speculative evaluation
spin conservation
stripping away
sugar substitute
Tavism
the yoke of brotherhood
three-phase furnace
tonna dolium
true orbit
turn over in one's mind
UPS - uninterruptible power supply
us rich
uterocolposcopy
variable working capital
vertical axis deviation