时间:2018-12-26 作者:英语课 分类:2012年ESL之商务英语


英语课

 


Grooming 2 a Successor 


Aisha: It’s only a matter of time before I retire and hand over the reins 3 to someone else. 


Javier: That won’t happen for years. 


Aisha: It’ll happen sooner than you think. I’ve given a lot of thought to the person I want to fill my shoes. After long consideration, I think that person should be you. 


Javier: Me? But there are a lot of people who outrank me in this organization and who have more experience. 


Aisha: That may be true, but I’ve decided 4 to make you my protégé. I’m taking you under my wing starting now to groom 1 as my successor. 


Javier: I don’t know what to say. I’m honored, of course, but aren’t you going to meet with a lot of resistance by choosing me instead of someone more senior? 


Aisha: I might, but I have confidence in you. With a little time, you’ll come into your own and you’ll make a fine leader for this organization. 


Javier: All I can say is thank you for having faith in me. 


Aisha: The opportunity is yours and it’s up to you what you make of it. 


Javier: I know that this is a once in a lifetime opportunity. I won’t let you down. 


Aisha: I’m counting on that. 


 


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 



1 groom
vt.给(马、狗等)梳毛,照料,使...整洁
  • His father was a groom.他父亲曾是个马夫。
  • George was already being groomed for the top job.为承担这份高级工作,乔治已在接受专门的培训。
2 grooming
n. 修饰, 美容,(动物)梳理毛发
  • You should always pay attention to personal grooming. 你应随时注意个人仪容。
  • We watched two apes grooming each other. 我们看两只猩猩在互相理毛。
3 reins
感情,激情; 缰( rein的名词复数 ); 控制手段; 掌管; (成人带着幼儿走路以防其走失时用的)保护带
  • She pulled gently on the reins. 她轻轻地拉着缰绳。
  • The government has imposed strict reins on the import of luxury goods. 政府对奢侈品的进口有严格的控制手段。
4 decided
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
学英语单词
-shouldered
acoustolith tile
anomaliflorous
appraise at the current rate
as drunk as a rat
athomeness
banana plugs
biostratigraphic unit
bistetrazole
calcimedins
calcyphosine
caraway seeds
caving in
chaffwaxes
chelonias
chloroazodin
comiculate
commonsensibly
commutant of bilateral shift
cyhalothin
desert-like
distant receiver
doubletracks
dumped motor-lorry
envelope delay distortion
Evita
extracted style
family kalotermitidaes
front header
garbage in garbage out (gigo)
gauging (gaging) instrument
grey cast iron shield
grid-controlled kinescope
ground echo
had no bearing on
heat recovery evaporator
hobo
hook-on type meter
horloge
immunological cell
infectious myoclonia
interactive system control
inversion symmetry axis
kerning
Kerouac, Jack
lead fluoborate
lencis
linear encoding
lissosphincters
live-steam heating
locomotive overall length
long-term-benefit
maturely
medical business
military tractor
monopoly commodities
muddyings
multi-accesses
navigator's seat
new obligation authority
Nyctanassa violacea
Nyimur R.(Nimur)
oak extract
Old Stratford
one-way ticket
ontogenesis
orbiter
orientation index
paim grip hand knob
panoramic radar
Pasteurella equiseptica
plung
probates
prodromuses
raised wage
rayon monofil
recover form underwriters
restorals
reversal ventilation
Rhizogoniaceae
sample coefficient of variation
sapele mahogany
second harmonic alternating current voltammetry
securements
short grasses
slope indicator
Sorbus insignis
sphagnum magellanicum
strong assumption
Stórifoss
superclass Chelicerata
Sweet.
syllogists
talleres
tepee
thus much
trancecore
tropical rain forest zone
Tāwariān
yaxchilan
yeast-one-hybrid system
zigzag width