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

发表于:2018-11-30 / 阅读(80) / 评论(0) 分类 礼节美语

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

发表于:2018-12-25 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 礼节美语

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

发表于:2018-12-25 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 礼节美语

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

发表于:2018-12-25 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 礼节美语

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

发表于:2018-12-25 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 礼节美语

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

发表于:2018-12-25 / 阅读(44) / 评论(0) 分类 礼节美语

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

发表于:2018-12-25 / 阅读(36) / 评论(0) 分类 礼节美语

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.

发表于:2018-12-25 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 礼节美语

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

发表于:2018-12-25 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 礼节美语

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

发表于:2019-01-15 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 商务礼节美语

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

发表于:2019-01-15 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 商务礼节美语

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

发表于:2019-01-15 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 商务礼节美语

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

发表于:2019-01-15 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 商务礼节美语

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

发表于:2019-01-15 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 商务礼节美语

公司老板Jerry召集手下Lisa和Ken开会,商量公司上市的问题。Lisa问Jerry,是不是真的下定决心了。 L: But Jerry, have you really thought this through? You would essentially be giving up the company that your great-grandfat

发表于:2019-01-15 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 商务礼节美语

项目主管Donny急冲冲地来找老板Simon,因为公司即将竣工的加工厂突然遇到了麻烦,当地质检官员以建设标准不合格为由,索取贿赂,Simon表示,这个钱坚决不能给。Donny问要怎么办? D: What wo

发表于:2019-01-15 / 阅读(41) / 评论(0) 分类 商务礼节美语

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

发表于:2019-01-15 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 商务礼节美语

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.

发表于:2019-01-15 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 商务礼节美语

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

发表于:2019-02-12 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 商务礼节美语

Lewis 在走廊上遇到同事 Jay. Lewis: Hi, Jay! J: Hi, Lewis. Are you ready for your big trip to Chicago? L: Oh, yeah! I'm gonna nail the presentation. J: I'm sure you will. Hey, I thought I remembered from an earlier conversation that you have r

发表于:2019-03-15 / 阅读(202) / 评论(0) 分类 礼节美语