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
after loss realization
al-ansari
alkylidenes
ameling
astrogravimetric
athyriaceaes
be at odds
blithe meat
Bursa subcutanea prominentiae laryngealis
callois
Carteria
CD database
cene
combined cyclone and demister separator
culturomic
cylindrical bore
detector analyzer
digital sequence
ditch excavator
driftroad
Dumas method
e-r
error dection
ET-18-OCH3
external superheater
fawningly
flanged-nut
flucan
Frauenkirchen
gauge datum
geum alleppicum strictums
give credit where credit is due
gymnocin
has yet to
hawser apparatus
hitlists
hybrid analog computer
in disgrace
inveigler
Isotox
joint element
lawlin'
lekgotla
major histocompatibility complex (mhc)
Mersey beat
missive
mix-seeding
nake
nandrolone phenylpropionate
natural crimp
nerve-muscular apparatus
nonrectification
one's blood freezes cold
ophiarachnella gorgonia
oppositeness
overquote
oxyaphia
Paederia cavaleriei
page printing telegraphy
pawm
pedantocrats
perinavel pain
Phenylbiguanide
plastid mutation
plate-type recuperator
Porto Acre
postal guide number
potential trouble measure
pre-packaging
priori knowledge
pro-vicar
purple avens
put sb. to sleep
Ramesseum
regenerated flow
repeller voltage
Reynolds alloys
rhabdium
runner chain
santa cruz cypresses
scheffman
scientific modeling
ship axes
ship international call sign
slot-and-wedge bolt
soil texture map
starting weight
sticky material
streak-breasted scimitar babbler
suck back
tanjing
team management
throttling valve (hydraulic)
tieer
turbo-grid tray
vesuvius (vesuvio)
warty cicatricial tumor
weepable
white vaseline
wood-grain
xanthomonas ricinicola(elliott)dowson
Z winding