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
AAA disease
activspace
an alumni reunion
bad boy
Bhilwāl
bonded cargo
boppard
bw-servers
cardiac defect
cast hollow blade
center of cross force
central necrosis of hepatic lobule
colorlessly
compendium
control unit terminal
counterdrains
cratonic cover
creatives
cuspid clasp
darapiosite
Diandranthus brevipilus
dilat-
dissipative tunnelling
douzet
endocrinogram
epitrope
facundity
farinogramme
Fibre Channel over Ethernet
file set
Flufacid
fluidic braking
forewatch
forward facing simple wave
fretwires
functional block level combination circuit
gammacism
gluttoned
glyphylline
guide line control panel
helsinks
host application program
human death
in line subroutine
Kühren
La Alberca
Lanmeur
light actuated silicon controlled switch
lobelia violet
logic behaviour
loudspeaker positioning
magnetostructurally
Mahlah
Menemen
methylene chlormadinone acetate
micro causality condition
micro-coulombs
microthrombus
mid place
mutasarrif
Neuregulin-1
nightwish
overstretched
petris
plain lighting
portable seismographs
ports of entry
pre-hook
premium on currency
primiparity
profit on paper
protocevine
proximity junction
psychoimmunology
rack railroad
radar input mapper
rated d.c. output current
reactor loading
repeat reading
rhopographus formosanus
roll in riches
roshanak
rostratus
satellite navigation system
second-story
self-relaxation
sensory property
single-layer routing problem
stratigraphic geology
subcommissural organ
sulfate reducting bacteria
telescopic top mast
the FTC
tobinary
town development
trading partner
tubbing
unmotorized
viscin thread
Walcourt
Weems
Zellendorf