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
-barred
Abdukarim
alteri stipulari nemo potest
anchoring and shotcreting
as I live and breathe
Aster trinervius
Bcdedit
beckius
bilateral transducer
Bilina
blue-ribboned
bulgeless
car washes
Cary.
chinese-green
Chorzelów
coin changer
composite flash
CPT0
creeping zone barrage
creme de cassis
cumulative sum chart
dallas-ft
data communications buffer
Delacurarine
deprave-and-corrupt
dihydroubiquinone
dimethadione
disposal of fixed assets
dowel screw
dream-world
E. M. S.
earnings release
East Mariana Basin
electronic vulcanizer
embryonative
emulsion proteinuria
ensilage machine
fam'ly
fault-response
fiber optic mark photo sensors
Fiber-optic Service
fly in the face of discretion
forsench
free in and stowed
frequency doubling test mode
goliath frogs
grab game
grain pipe chute
gridironers
Hamrånge
hanger crack
high-flash naphtha
honex
hydato
iminoribitol
insistingly
instantaneous wave elevation
intricating
Invershiel
ladderbacks
large settlement
law betz's
Lee, R.
lend a hand
lichen albus of Von Zumbusch
Ligamentum talocalcaneum laterale
melchers
microfortnight
misstop
money order agency
myocardial-infarct
navigation warning for Atlantic
neither-confirm-nor-deny policy
NIPO
nonsolicit
olighidria
Owkal
Pawlik's grip
pre-tvs
process to process level communication
rabdo-
rip cutting
RMS (recovery management support)
rummily
simple tally mark
Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
sprattle
sugar milling machinery
sunshine pill
tectonic framework
teleprinter signal generator
tengiz
testing hybrids
thermal insulation door
transposal
umbrella arums
uridylic
usustatus
wandering pronucleus
water retention value
yestertech