2015年ESL之商务英语 19 Dealing With a Language Barrier
时间：2018-12-03 作者：英语课 分类：2015年ESL之商务英语
Dealing 1 With a Language Barrier
Carol: Send another memo 2 to the Gibberese office. I think we have our wires crossed again.
Art: Don’t you think it would be better to call the office and speak to someone there? You might be able to get to the bottom of the misunderstanding more quickly.
Carol: I don’t speak Gibberish and we don’t have anyone bilingual in the office to act as an interpreter.
Art: Which means there’s no one who could translate our correspondence into Gibberish to make things easier.
Carol: That’s right. And plus, leaving a paper trail is better.
Art: You mean in case we have to cover our asses 3.
Carol: I wouldn’t put it like that, but breakdowns 4 in communication are inevitable 5 and it’s always helpful to be able to trace their source.
Art: Right. Okay, I’ll draft a memo and pass it by you before I send it, okay?
Carol: Sounds good.
Art: What I don’t understand is why we don’t simply hire people for this office who are fluent in Gibberish.
Carol: Do you know anyone who speaks Gibberish?
Art: Plenty!
Script by Dr. Lucy Tse
- This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
- His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。
- Do you want me to send the memo out?您要我把这份备忘录分发出去吗？
- Can you type a memo for me?您能帮我打一份备忘录吗？
- Her old car was unreliable, so the trip was plagued by breakdowns. 她的旧车老不听使唤，一路上总是出故障。 来自辞典例句
- How do we prevent these continual breakdowns? 我们如何防止这些一再出现的故障？ 来自辞典例句
- Mary was wearing her inevitable large hat.玛丽戴着她总是戴的那顶大帽子。
- The defeat had inevitable consequences for British policy.战败对英国政策不可避免地产生了影响。