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
africaines
Aquinas, Saint Thomas
Auriol
autarchically
automatic unloading valve
Barmouth Oeste
bengaline de soie
bertonis
block beginning
bluebag (in sheep)
Calciday
carcinogenic action
change over mechanism
coaptator
column permeability
confinity
crystaljet
dazzle lamp
De Morgan, William Frend
deflouring
eccentric-shaft press
eternal flame
euphoric
exorcism
falsies
four-roll crusher
front and center
growth survey
hacbus
hamshari
head tilt
headlight glare
hexafluorenium
high pressure safety cut out
honeycomb type
hot water heaters
hoverbarge
hydraulic suspension
immeasurables
inkjet-printing
irregularity control
isopodan
kaltmarinaden
kyma
libitum
ligamenta talocalcaneum posterius
mergirl
molecular archeology
myshef
neutral point earthing
of all sorts
on your hands
optical fiber terminals
oropendola
Orphenadin
osmol
Oudia technique
own someone body and soul
parallel slalom
Parnassia tenella
Passiflora cochinchinensis
pay out
pelizaeus
personal life-saving appliance
petroleum microorganisms
piped gas
portable riveting forge
precipitation surge
pullo
put someone in the shade
pyrovanadium
radio beam station
reactive volt ampere meter
reduction percentage
reinforced brick-work
roughing runner
samplebox
sasajiscymnus lewisi
scratchbrushes
showerier
siciliano
skyborn
Spirillum violaceum
sticking point instrument
structuralizations
talker
target resource
technetium
tender to contract option
to fallow
transport network endpoint
travelling detector
Vinnytsia
Vitākri
volatilizing
watercress
wesch
whumped
wilnite (wollastonite)
wire tie machine
work people
yether