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
.avr
a terminologicalinexactitude
aborted connection
ammonia synthesis gas
anguinous
antonyms
argument at the bar
ball grid array
bats in the belfry
battistinis
be torn down
Bench-Points
BioRex resin
bonhommes
brain-storming method
bug off
capitalizes on
Carnero
Chuprovo
ciliated groove
closed-loop process control
cloud seeder
code of safety
community consumption
composite bushing
contour strip cropping
coronachs
cosmepolitical
cystic adenoid acanthoma
dacota
darkenest
dihydroxystilbamidine
dithalamus
expeditional
Ezbider
fire hole protection ring
foam sponge mold
foreordination
formation age
funch
gear wheel pump
Ginnosar
go no go gauge
grommet punch
harmonic index number
human herpesvirus 7
hydro core-knock-out machine
imprintest
initial rate of flow
interference channel
jaganath
Kammu
Kapalee
Langklip
lateral rectus muscles
length on waterline
lifejacket box
lozenge moulding
macroscelidid
manhater
metastable state
neologism
Newark Airport
nitrostarches
Old Low German
open ended body
PASIDOL
patientry
pneumogastrograph
puna
Puper
random selection principle
rarachose
retrorocketry
ripple machine
road case
Sarιkaya
schr?dinger wave equation
seawater lubricating stern tube
self-extinguish
single trip container
slater-condon rules
slope-area discharge measurement
sound legged
spongy part
square wobbler
squish area
statoblasts
subcutaneouly
superrepressors
theory of specialization of type
TRANSITION(S)
translational coordination
underclassman
user reviews
vantward
Vela X-z
violenzas
viscose rayon staple fibre
waste heat drying
waterblink
yocum