时间:2018-12-18 作者:英语课 分类:2013年ESL之商务英语


英语课

Being Territorial 1 at Work


Andy: What are you doing? 


Sita: I’m running some numbers for the new project. 


Andy: I thought that was Delia’s turf. 


Sita: She’s usually the go-to person for this type of information, but I need this info right now. 


Andy: I’d be careful about stepping on Delia’s toes. She doesn’t take kindly 2 to people encroaching on her responsibilities. 


Sita: I know she can be territorial at times, but I’m sure if I explain to her why I’m getting this information right this minute, she’d understand. 


Andy: Okay, but don’t be surprised if she thinks you’re trying to gain control of her little fiefdom. She’s really entrenched 3 and she doesn’t like anyone muscling in. 


Sita: Do you really think she’ll misunderstand my motives 4


Andy: I wouldn’t take any chances. Hurry up and finish what you’re doing, cover your tracks, and get out. With any luck, she won’t think this is the beginning of a turf war. 


 


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 



1 territorial
adj.领土的,领地的
  • The country is fighting to preserve its territorial integrity.该国在为保持领土的完整而进行斗争。
  • They were not allowed to fish in our territorial waters.不允许他们在我国领海捕鱼。
2 kindly
adj.和蔼的,温和的,爽快的;adv.温和地,亲切地
  • Her neighbours spoke of her as kindly and hospitable.她的邻居都说她和蔼可亲、热情好客。
  • A shadow passed over the kindly face of the old woman.一道阴影掠过老太太慈祥的面孔。
3 entrenched
adj.确立的,不容易改的(风俗习惯)
  • Television seems to be firmly entrenched as the number one medium for national advertising.电视看来要在全国广告媒介中牢固地占据头等位置。
  • If the enemy dares to attack us in these entrenched positions,we will make short work of them.如果敌人胆敢进攻我们固守的阵地,我们就消灭他们。
4 motives
n.动机,目的( motive的名词复数 )
  • to impeach sb's motives 怀疑某人的动机
  • His motives are unclear. 他的用意不明。
学英语单词
2-aminophenol-4-sulfonic acid
a value not less than the threshold for supervision
American
anamorphic map
auto-container
Bayes' theorem
big-leaguers
calixtus iis
capacitive saw-tooth generator
carotid pulse
chloroacetyl isocyanate
chromium electroplating
classified bibliography
cochleovestibular
colour hue
continuous movement projector
copper phthalocyanine dye
coreleased
crepuscularities
crystal fluorescence
cut one's coat according to one's cloth
design liaison meeting
dimension system of mechanics
dislocating
effective irrigation area
electrolytic acid cleaning
embargo import and export
Eutychian, Saint
fabric porosity
fistulous witherss
flatseam stitch
flowsheeting
forty winks
galluss galluss
genus Rutilus
godlore
grammaticizing
guarantee against double jeopardy
hattersleys
heat exchanger of cold helium
Hilary Rodham Clinton
hyperalaninemia
index lf living
induced-fit
iniquitousness
interleaving
international classification of patents
interruption mask
isotopic rate of exchange
Klimpfjäll
liquid elevating valve
local aggression
lustenberger
main oscillator
micronuclear
motoralternator
new time
Newtown Crommelin
not care a chip for
now-and-then
obstante
Omega tables
pay off function
pernor of profits
pig-nosed turtle
plasmalogen
Poggio Renatico
pre investment project
predominant trees
pressure gradient correction factor
Primula caldaria
radio pratique message
reduced presure test
rhomphaea sagana
rift grain
rod coupler
saagwala
scouring reservoir
semibounded operator
sense realism
short circuit current gain
single-suction impeller
siphamia versicolor
snoops
spunging
swamp white oak
synaptoplastic
synchronized SRAM
tabescent
talk at sb.
toroidal confinement
tragic figure
tuned dipole
unergative
unfair dismissal claim
vane exit angle
Vanuatuans
visual property
voluntary contribution
Wilbarger County
woodboxes
Zeppelin, Count Ferdinand von