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。
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acetyl-co A
an imitation diamond
anal area
analogue extremal system
arse-holes
authority oriented
barbarianism
be humbled to the dust
Beech Grove
Benzoazurine G
boulder clay
brake distributor
building berth
calcaneal rete
Castleellis
cenozoic group
chat rooms
chondromatous endothelioma
cigar drain
competitive enzyme linked immunosorbent assay
Country Homes
cradle crust
david-weill
default control setting
delinquish
detector with rolling grating
disclaims
displantation
double tetraploid
Echinostoma lindoensis
enterowe
expelling wind
Fissidentaceae
fringe ore
gaslighters
Gaspé, B.de
genus carphophiss
hyalophagy
hydrolyze
indirect action of radiation
information frame work
law of comparative advantage
Lefkonikon
Lepsha
light converting device
line duration
little bluestem grass
low-carb
marx brotherss
most significant character
mouse belt
multilinear programmer
multiple business system
myeloma nephropathy
nagor
niehaus
nonpersonnel
overpeopled
paid-up
parahydroxyacet-ophenone
passive comsat
passive resister
patent of revalidation
pattern-running torpedo
pcr-amplified
pedal-note
pegmatitic stage
petaurus breviceps
phacoanaphylactic glaucoma
polarfleece
posterior mesenteric artery
practical gastroenterology
prioritizer
prison gangs
ptysma
pulse system turbo-charging
Regulations on Management for Divers to Drag the Sea
reversing two-high mill
shadow organization
shaft alternator
soakin'
squattiness
Stadharfell
stimulosa
substandard lamp
tampoy
Tarenna depauperata
temporary leukocytosis
texrope belt V
tocantinss
total suspended particulate (tsp)
TP (target preparation)
transseptal left heart catheterization
unravishing
upper-plate
Veliki Strešer
veratrylamine
voltalic pile
wirtz
wolstonian glaciations
wu shih
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