星期五晚上,Jason和Wanda劝同事Larry不要老加班,应该劳逸结合。Larry却说,手头总有做不完的工作。 L: But I feel like I'm wasting time if I go home and watch TV...even if I'm reading a good book I still feel like I sh

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Chris向一家香港公司的老板Hank和部门主管Rebecca介绍申请国际认证的程序。Hank觉得有点麻烦,可Rebecca认为值得,因为拿到国际认证,在美国和欧洲做生意就可以畅通无阻了。Chris赞同Rebecca的看

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公司老板召集手下Lisa和Ken开会,商量公司上市的问题。上市有哪些风险呢?Ken说, K: Well, the day we offer stock for sale is the day we will see how much faith there is in our company. If people don't think we're very val

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David跟Sandra聊天,谈到办公室里的勾心斗角是难以避免的,所以只能想办法面对。Sandra 说, S: Maybe I need to toughen up. You know that old saying: If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. D: Maybe...but have

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David在走廊上遇到同事Sandra,Sandra看上去很生气。 David: Hey Sandra, what's wrong? You look furious! Sandra: I've had it with Tim! I think I'm going to quit! D: But Sandra...you love your job! You spent months trying to get this posit

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David跟Sandra聊天,说起自己以前有个同事,特别喜欢name-drop. David说, D: We would be in a meeting and she would say. Yesterday I was chatting with Tom. She meant Tom Solomon...our CEO. S: Basically she was trying to impress peopl

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Gina带美国老板Jason去购物,Jason让Gina教他砍价。 Jason: So what's the general amount that they mark up by? Thirty percent? Forty? G: They could mark it up seventy percent or even one hundred! That's why you've got to have an in-depth w

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Gina带美国老板Jason去购物,Jason让Gina教他砍价。 Jason: What about walking away? Some friends back home told me if I don't like the price, just walk away and the vendor will run out and give me their best price. G: (Chuckle) Oh...the v

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王小姐到美国使馆签证,签证官Bob Jones受理她的申请。 B: Hello miss. Can I see your ticket number? W: Sure, here you are. And here are my application forms as well. B: Thank you miss...Wang. I'm Bob Jones and I'll be handling your

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Lenny下班等公车遇到同事Susan , 问Susan明天要装扮成什么,问得Susan一头雾水。 Lenny: Hey Susan, what are you coming as this year? Susan: Coming as? L: Yeah...for Halloween! We have a big office party tomorrow evening. There's

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很久不见的好友Lisa, Karen和Gina一起吃饭。三个人都说,现在手头很紧,彼此交换勤俭持家的经验。Karen 说, K: We've stopped going to the theater! We used to take the kids every Saturday, but with each ticket costing

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Jerry要去中国出差,找同事Amy请教。 Jerry: Hey Amy...your family is from China, right? A:Yep. I was born and raised in Shanghai. Why do you ask? J: Well, I hope you don't mind...but I'm planning a business trip to China soon and I was won

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三角洲通讯公司老板John Smith到银行申请贷款,接待他的是银行负责人Ted Johnson。 Johnson抱怨最近两年经济危机,贷款很难做,经常会迫不得已走法律程序,追缴贷款。 T: I do sympathize with people'

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Mike出差刚回来,遇到同事Larry. Larry: Hey, Mike! Good to have you back! You look exhausted! Mike: Hi, Larry. Yeah, I'm totally beat. I can barely keep my eyes open! L: Was it a rough trip? M: Well, it was actually pretty productive, but all

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Mike出差刚回来,被时差折磨得痛苦不堪,向同事Larry咨询缓解时差的好办法。Larry说, Larry: Some people take herbal medicine, but there's really no solid proof that it works. Some people take sleeping pills and try to sle

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Barry召集公司同事开会,有个坏消息要宣布。 Barry: Well, folks...I'm afraid I have some bad news. Our lawyers told me this morning that we are being sued. Chris: Sued? Who's suing us? Susan: And on what grounds? B: An Australian man n

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公司被人状告索赔,同事们在讨论如何应对。 S: So how does this work? What will we have to do? B: A lawyer will stop by next week and take statements from each of us. S: What kind of statement are they looking for? B: It will probabl

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项目主管Donny急冲冲地来找老板Simon. Donny: Simon, there's something we need to talk about. Simon: Go ahead, shoot. D: I think maybe we better step into your office. It's a bit of a sensitive issue. S: Oh, sure. Come on in. What's on your

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公司开会,经理Nick宣布,他们要在法兰克福的纺织品博览会上设展台,大家头脑激荡,看需要做哪些准备。Elaine说, E: I think we should have a little pow-wow with the team who will be manning the booth. They ne

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Carl下课,看到室友Benny买东西刚回来,好象很兴奋。 Benny: Hey Carl! Check this out! I just picked up three brand-new Hollywood movies...they haven't even been released in theaters yet! Carl: Um...you mean they're counterfeit copies

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