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
accurses
acoelomate triploblastica
ancient monument
Arbed lance carbon injection process
backing material
Baker City
begrown
block chlorination
blue spruce
bottoms of the inning
brodovitches
broperamole
capacitance-type transducer
cash outflow
CIQBA
cold charge practice
continuous vascular murmur
cutting off lathe
Debark'
deficit area
directional filter
discharge tank
Doricisms
dry valley(wadis)
energy avaliable
Eocanthocephale
epilachna microgenitalia
fungosa arthritis
furmeet
gas carbonitriding
generalized principle of superposition
genus polybotryas
guide RNA
Hanbalite
hapuka
have a butcher's
high energy marine environment
humbrick
hydrogen-peroxide
Hypertussis
insudate
isotopic cross-section
Kanchanjanga
Katayama taiwana
khufus
knift rail
l.t
light pole
limit region
liquid-phase loading
magic spells
matrix of relation
Mazdaism
method of undetermined multipliers
mutualart
nodules of spermatic cord
non-soluble substance
normal interval
nozzle ring
ocellar stripe
oil flow problem
oil well pipe
one-dimensional homology group
organ screen
parthenium integrifoliums
paryll
Pasayigit
pessimists
Pharmacectic
physical-science
PLCH
plug-finishing bur
Pteromedusae
quarterplate
Raman scatter
real driver
redressement force
roughing valve
run to completion
sailers chest
Scrotorrhaphy
segel
self-loading pistol
sellers' markets
shift spanner
Solanum giganteum
sprang
square signal
suffixing
superdrugs
susfut pk.
temper degree
the time has come
thermal performance calculation
TLC
uniformity of pulverization
unresponsable
war-chest
weapons free zone
wire-moving system
working chamber of caisson
xenopus borealis