MR. RAMIREZ: Come in, Arnold. Have a seat. ARNOLD: Good morning. MR. RAMIREZ: Would you like something to drink? ARNOLD: No, thank you. I just had two cups of coffee at my desk. MR. RAMIREZ: So, you're a serious coffee drinker. ARNOLD: Yes, it keeps

发表于:2018-11-28 / 阅读(216) / 评论(0) 分类 商贸英语口语

LIFE IS A DO-IT-YOURSELF PROJECT 生活是一个自己动手的项目 An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. he told his employer contractor of his plans to leave the house building business and live a more leisurely life with his wife enjoying hi

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 英语背诵80篇

我朋友 Jenny 的老板实在很糟糕。这两个月来,他一直让Jenny觉得自己有机会被提升为部门主管,所以就没完没了地加班,自我表现。其实我觉得,她老板根本就是在欺骗她,牵着她的鼻子走。

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(106) / 评论(0) 分类 美国习惯用语

在上次节目中,我告诉过大家,我的一个朋友因为没有工卡,所以想找那种能支付现金的工作。我告诉他,这么做太悬了,如果被抓住,不仅他自己,而且雇用他的老板也要倒霉。所以他最好

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(113) / 评论(0) 分类 美国习惯用语

ask 请求 boss 老板,上司 can 能 come here a minute 来一下 handwriting 书写 in ... office 在办公室里 minute 分钟 next door 隔壁 terrible 可怕的

发表于:2018-12-17 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 新概念英语第一册单词MP3

电影词典 sword fighting 击剑 美国俚语 剧中:On the blink, I think you like me. on the blink 坏了,有问题 blink 眨眼 e.g. I could not text message you because my mobile phone has been on the blink ever since I dropped it in the la

发表于:2018-12-25 / 阅读(84) / 评论(0) 分类 听动感英语学口语

unit 153 抱怨加班 dialogue 英语情景对话 A:I am really exhausted, you know, I have been working without the weekend for two weeks. My boss always asks us to work overtime. A:我真的筋疲力尽了,你知道吗,我已经有两周周末都

发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(264) / 评论(0) 分类 高频英语口语对话

【Transcript】 Don: It's not too late! She's still here. Get back over there. Herbert: I can't. Anyway, her 1) interests are completely 2) different from mine. Don: How do you know? Herbert: I talked about baseball and heavy metal. She was bored. D

发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(83) / 评论(0) 分类 世博实用听力

Nick: Hi everybody, this is Nick. Welcome to teaching series how do you say this in American English. 大家好,我是Nick. 每个人都有很风光的时候,在人的一生中,对吧?但是呢有些时候,由于不小心,或者突发事件

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(181) / 评论(0) 分类 全网最酷美语怎么说

【情景再现】 一位新员工由于工作失误导致公司损失了一个很重要的客户。今天下午公司要开例会,Catherine在上午下班时提醒这位新员工说:Bite your tongue if the the boss says something you don't like,

发表于:2018-12-30 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 凯瑟琳升职记

核心句型: You'd better shape up if you want to stay on. 如果你还想留下来的话,最好乖一点儿。 shape up直译过来就是:塑造好的形象,这个短语的正确意思是:好好表现,好好干。因此,当美国人说

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 轻松日记商务职场篇

核心句型: What we want is a plan that can fill the bill, not just a fair to middling one. 我们要的策划不能马马虎虎,必须十全十美。 fair to middling 在口语中表示:马马虎虎,还过得去,追求完美的人肯定不

发表于:2019-01-26 / 阅读(212) / 评论(0) 分类 轻松日记商务职场篇

Chapter 15 A Night at the Ritz 第十五章 里兹一夜 When the desk clerk at the Ritz Hotel saw the Boatman enter the lobby followed by an enormous snow-white swan with a black beak,当里兹饭店的服务员看到这个领着一只黑嘴的雪白大

发表于:2019-01-29 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 吹小号的天鹅

to put on the back burner to drag one's feet 我们经常说做事要看轻重缓急,有的时候不得不把正在做的事或计划要做的事先搁置一边。美国人把这叫做:to put on t

发表于:2019-02-02 / 阅读(130) / 评论(0) 分类 美国习惯用语

It is often said that politeness costs nothing. In fact, it seems that a little more courtesy could save businesses £5billion every year. 俗话说礼多人不怪。事实表明,对员工以礼相待每年能为公司节省50亿英镑的支出。

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

Horrible Bosses 恶老板 Truth is nicer than fiction 现实比电影好得多 A horrible film is generating a lame debate 一部糟糕的电影引发一场蹩脚的争论 Horrible bosses come in many flavours. There are psychopaths, bullies and prat

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(41) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人综合

to be canned to kiss up to 今天Michael 和李华下了班以后就去逛街。他们边走边聊,李华会学到两个常用 语:to be canned 和to kiss up to。 M: Man, it was crazy at work tod

发表于:2019-02-12 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 美国之音《流行美语》

Whether additional effort translates into higher wages depends on the other options available to workers and on their bargaining power 额外的努力能否转化为高额的工资取决于员工手中的工作选择以及他们的议价能力 in par

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人财经系列

Heaps of data about their activities within a work-space are gathered, while their cognitive contribution is reduced. 设备可以收集众多员工在工作场所的活动数据,但员工的认知贡献也会减少。 In both ways, such technologi

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人财经系列

我们今天要学的习惯用语都带有这个词horn。 Horn这个词有几种不同意思。首先它可以指象公牛之类大型雄性动物头上长的角。在我们今天学的第一个习惯用语里horn就是这个意思: take the bull

发表于:2019-02-19 / 阅读(87) / 评论(0) 分类 美国习惯用语