时间:2018-12-05 作者:英语课 分类:职场礼节英语


英语课

 陈豪在美国公司已经工作了一段时间。今天老板要找他谈话。老板找谈话会有什么事呢? 陈豪心里有点不安,所以急着去请教美籍华人Mary。


 
(Office ambience)
 
陈:(很着急地)Hey, Mary,快,我有事问你。
 
M:What's the matter?
 
陈: 老板的秘书通知我老板过一会要找我谈话,可说的话我没听懂,说是为了什么punc...punc... 那个词我不知道...
 
M: Punctual?
 
陈:对,有点像,不过那个词最后的音好像是什么ty 来了。
 
M:Punctuality?
 
陈:Yes, yes. Punctuality. Punctuality是什么意思呀?哟,不好了,时间到了,我得去了。
 
(Sound of knocking on the door; opening the door)
 
Mr. Jones: Mr. Chen, it has been brought to my attention that you are frequently late for meetings. I want you to know that punctuality is important in American business and in our company too.
 
C: Sorry, Mr. Jones, I am not sure I understand. What exactly do you mean by punc... punctuality?
 
Mr. Jones: Punctuality simply means being on time. If a meeting is scheduled for one o'clock, everyone is expected to be in the meeting room and ready to start.
 
C: (自语:噢,开会要准时!) Mr. Jones, now I understand. I'll be on time for meetings from now on.
 
Ms. Jones: Good.
 
(Sound of pushing chairs and walking)
 
M: 嗨,陈豪,刚才我要告诉你 punctuality就是准时,你匆忙走了,大概没有听见。哎,老板找你干什么呀?
 
C:他批评我开会不准时。他不懂,可我又没法和老板争。你知道有的时候我专心工作忘了时间!
 
M. 那不行,上星期开会讨论财务,可数据全在你手上。你不到,会没法开。There's no way to have the meeting without you,所以你浪费了大家的时间。Being late is a sign of disrespect。
 
C: 我不是有意没礼貌,有的时候是没法控制的。那天我刚要去开会,电话铃响了。
 
M:That's simple. Don't answer it。 打电话的人要是有重要事情他会留言。你开完会可以打回电。
 
陈:还有一次,开会的时间到了,可是一个客户来看我。我总不能不见吧?
 
M:实在没有办法的时候,inform others that you are delayed。这样别人就会觉得你是尊重他们的。
 
陈:行,知道了。哎,Mary,你再给我总结一下吧,免得我忘了。
 
M:Punctuality simply means being on time; punctuality is important in American business; Being late is a sign of disrespect。
 
C:谢谢,Mary! 今天又学会一个词 -- punc-punctua-punctuality! punctuality!



学英语单词
Aconitum umbrosum
Aeolian mode
alienare
ambler super draft unit
Antarctic meteorite
Australian Brangus
average-height map
Avigliana
b. m. latissimi dorsi
bell receiver
Berthelot's calorimeter
bigproduction
bottom-lining
bubbleless
cartroads
chestnut-backed antshrikes
commercial letters
consistent estimator
continuous stocktaking system
cystadenocarcinomas
data gathering problem
decolorized sponge
Deovolente
differential voing
dividing worm gear
double piston cylinder
durand oak
enterocoele
epiclastic rock
estimated time of repair
etats-unis
etch angle
flash eliminator
florimer
fologoes
foot controlled valve
full-lines
general concept
German mark
goings-on
googolplexes
grande sonnerie
hayloader
head-money
healing
heart surgeries
Heinrich Theodor Boell
hoisting tackle
in-stock
incitement to incest
insolubilizing process
instantaneous reclosing
ipomeanine
jew's-ear
keyways
malleable copper
marking of an instrument for explosive atmosphere
microprogram control section
moral minimums
Moy
nanosyntactic
ngk
Nilvange
nitrofurans
oculonasal
Oenanthe hookeri
oh-hi-a
Oscar bait
Patrinia speciosa
pavan
peripheral graphic device
pontoon wharf
primaty mouth
Prisoner of War Medal
radio reception
read one's shirt
recooks
reducing end group
retrait lignager
rhetorised
rums
Schiller's ducts
standard thimble
Steenvoorde
stimming
sugar-snap
tapioca flour
theologico-
total compensation
traditor
tropical maritime air mass
uranidin
vacuum fusion analysis
velamentum
Venus's flower basket
vicia fauriae franch.
Voronezhskiy Zapovednik
wanle
watermelon seed oil
whilde
wreckings
Yukamenskoye