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
air chamber diesel
ambulatory rosette
amphotony
analog transmission
antichymotrysin
assembly module
axle block
Bacillus pestis
bang-on
baysers
big bend national parks
blst.
bogdanovite
boron oxygen tetrahedron
carried along
chapmanship
Cheiridopsis
Clomiphene citratc
component strength
computation module
coresistance
cotton drop
debouzy
defibrinogenase
diplodiscus japonicus
dowager's hump
dungeoning
economy liberalization
egg container
euphorbon
far-reds
feelgoodery
feng ch'ing
finite simple group
framework directive
freezing effect
heat is on
hemangiopericyte
hero worships
highpass filtering
hylocomium splendens
imidazo-
impoverished material
infighting
international association of music libraries (iaml)
iodo-chlorobromide paper
iron concentrate
ISO/OSI model
juniperuss
katabolism
Korthalsella
lumen value
luttinger liquid
mangano-compound
massaged
monetary system
mother land
nilpotent component
nlsy
obstacle indicator
OM (operator manual mode)
optics of vision
patronat
Pintsch gas
Pleione scopulorum
poythress
prompt coincidence curve
propionylpromazine
radio telex service
ratchet sth down
reconception
repullulating
salty basin
scathingness
schedule of cases
scrutinize balloting
sctinographema
self indication measurement
selfcontradictory
serozymogenic cells
side charging
silver gilt
sing-along
softlifting
solar array drive assembly
spring perch
spurious tetanus
stabilizing equipment
stand-ins
stupenduous
T.R.box
talk show
tetrastarch
the proportion
trajectory-measuring system
tungids
two-phase ground
type of compounds
ultimate allegiance
Vieussen's limbus
went wrong
Yowah nut