Cathy 跟同事Adam 正在讨论,一个人的穿着是否会对他的精神状态产生影响。Adam 说, A: Have you ever heard the saying, clothes make the man? It might be truer than we imagine. C: When a police officer or firefighter puts on

发表于:2018-11-30 / 阅读(96) / 评论(0) 分类 礼节美语

Lily跟同事Kyle和Jerry在聊西方给小费的文化,Jerry是从中国来的,觉得美国给小费的习俗很不方便。Lily说, Lily: I can see how the custom might make visitors uncomfortable. I've heard stories about restaurant staff ge

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Lewis要去美国芝加哥出差,想坐高铁去洛杉矶看家人,但同事Jay告诉他说,美国没有高铁,原因之一是坐飞机十分方便。 Lewis: So there's been no incentive to build super fast trains. Jay: Yeah, that's right. Al

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陈豪是在北京ABC美国公司工作。今天他下班后和公司里的美籍华人Mary一起去参加了一个招待会。现在两人正在往地铁站走。 (Office ambience) C: Mary,非常抱歉,我刚才没有给你介绍在跟我讲话的

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Daisy在公司走廊上跟同事Johnny打招呼。 Daisy: Hey Johnny, good to see you! How have you been? I haven't seen you in almost a month. Johnny: Eleven days, six hours, 21 minutes, and let me see....twenty something seconds. D: Umm....eleven w

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Jim在走廊上碰见同事Gary。 Jim: Gary, did you hear about my upcoming trip to New York? Gary: I think I did hear something about it. You and Henry are attending some kind of function, right? J: Yeah. It's an anniversary celebration for one of

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Jane向同事ANDY介绍公司的医疗保险。ANDY好奇地问: ANDY: It seems you really know a lot about insurance. J: Well, I'm Chinese and in our country people are pretty serious about insurance. I have two life insurance policies as well as

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Emily问同事Lisa要不要一起吃饭。 Emily: Hey Lisa...want to grab lunch with me? Lisa: Sure, Emily. We haven't done that in a while. E: Yeah...actually, we haven't hung out at all recently. You seem sort of under the weather. Is there somethi

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Claire最近工作压力大,我们听听Jim告诉Claire该如何减压。 J: There are lots of options for dealing with stress. What do you find works for you? C: I have no idea. I've tried ginseng, herbal teas...nothing seems to work. J: Oh, look.

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Chris早上在咖啡间跟同事Ben打招呼。 Chris: Hey, Ben...did you catch the game last night? Ben: Uh...what game? C: Baltimore defeated Texas by 17 points! B: Um...and what sport are we talking about here? C: Football of course! B: Oh...footb

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Kim跟朋友Anita一起去吃饭。Anita想跟公司要求涨工资,可是不知道怎么开口,Kim给她出主意。I can present quite a bit of hard data to demonstrate my usefulness to the company. K: That's great! Then you have to figure out

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Claire最近工作压力大,我们听听Jim告诉Claire该如何减压。 J:There are lots of options for dealing with stress. What do you find works for you? C:I have no idea. I've tried ginseng, herbal teas...nothing seems to work. J:Oh, look...t

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Brad和Pam邀请同事Jimmy下班后一起去酒吧,可Jimmy一再推辞,我们听听为什么。 Brad: Hey Jimmy, a couple of us are going out to Sam's Bar after work. Care to join us? Jimmy: Oh, um...thanks for the invitation, but I'm pretty ti

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公司董事David和Ken谈话,觉得公司CEO Vincent不称职。David说, David:One of Vincent's biggest problems is his tendency to micro-manage everything. He sticks his nose into everything instead of leaving the day-to-day decisions to the g

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公司董事会成员David找Ken谈话,显得很神秘。 David: Hey, Ken...I need to talk to you. K: Sure...what's up? D: Can we step into the conference room? This is a more private conversation. K: Sure... D: Ok...I'm just going to lay it all ou

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Sam和Lucinda在公司谈恋爱,被老板Joe找来谈话。Sam和Lucinda保证,两人的恋爱关系不会影响工作。让我们听听老板Joe是怎么说的。 J: I understand your position completely. And let me say: our company doesn't have

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公关部主任Janet Liu召集下属开会,询问中东代表团的活动安排。 Janet Liu: Good morning, Silvia. Good morning, Pete. How is my public relations team doing today? Silvia Kranson: Morning, Ms. Liu. Pete Chan: Very well, thank you.

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Jimmy因为天性腼腆,所以每逢社交活动,一律能推就推。同事Brad和Pam努力说服Jimmy, 因为social networking是事业发展一个不可缺少的环节。Pam说, P: You know, I'm not such a big fan of company events myself. I

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Patricia去找同事Kelly。 Patricia: Hey, Kelly...the boss just called me into his office. You and I have to go to Macau for a meeting with our international marketing department. The meeting is on a Friday afternoon so I was thinking we could spen

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Daisy在公司走廊上跟同事Johnny打招呼。 Daisy: Hey Johnny, good to see you! How have you been? I haven't seen you in almost a month. Johnny: Eleven days, six hours, 21 minutes, and let me see....twenty something seconds. D: Umm....eleven w

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