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
active segment table
Adamucol
adherescent
Ahloso
albifylline
Antiglaucophane
arrgh
auroral spot
awk
baseheads
basic variables
biophylaxis
Blitzstein, Marc
Camellia-oil
Centrifix
circularly polarised light
Cleveland open cup
coraciidaes
coronal mass emission
crosswind axis
cylindrical center type grinder
deciamp
deflated by
detection width
dyin
Dysosma aurantiocaulis
emilia flammeas
ethynerone
facioplasty
flawe
focal-plane plate
frendt
gas-constant
ghola
go into one's act
hairpin bends
half-session
handshake protocol
heptameric
homovanillic acid
hotspot detector
Hypergiantism
hysterosalpingectomy
interdate
ishai
kangaroo stoppies
kaolinite
male cell
mast-cell leukemia
monolithic hybrid circuit
Mourenx
Muhlenbergia hakonensis
nn. anococcygici
nonprofane
nonsignifying
oil powder method
one heck of a lot
oxidised
pamotolol
panathinaiko
parametrization
peiser
permeablises
Pinehouse
pitch surfaces
plumbous pyrophosphate
public-awareness
reirrigating
request state
resulting from lack of tolerance
row sum of squares
rule-based program
runoff gathering
runway
Santa Maria da Serra
Scutellaria rivularis
secondary reaction
selenophosphate
servicing facility
SHSS
silverpoints
Snellen's reflex
specification astm
spinning protein
storm-surge
tasel
taste buds
Thyrocricoidectomy
Toamasina
transient motor
translatorships
Tubulodon
ultrasound keyboard
uncollectible notes
uniformly continuous
visual fire
votators
warning gong
waste heat treatment
wave voltage
zero compression
zone-plate interferometer