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
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aatc
abrooked
accession order
acquired phlebectasia of the glans penis
amuda
Andersch's nerve
aphyric rock
beharrell
bird organ
brown hairstreaks
certificate of competency as master
Chunchi
clavus humilis
councilboard
crista
Dalwad
deferred condition code
delphintum hensyi french.
digital document interchange format
districting
Dobrovnik
double repeated
dynamo
engraving in the dot manner
equalization, adaptive
evo-stik
extramediastinal
false eyelashes
fly-away
follow up activity
Geoagiu
hand brake master step
hard faced
heated discussion
high-resolution camera
houbu (japan)
impedance screw
inevitable loss
inlet structures for siphon
interactions with radiations at the biomolecular level
intermediate-period seismograph
interventing
inverse Nyquist diagram
john stuart mills
joyfuller
kettle-pins
kickin' rocks
Kivijärvi
levothyroxine sodium
liturgical drama
low pollution
mace camphor
miguel primo de rivera
minimum control speed (mcs)
mitochondrial matrix
MTALH
Natsvlishvili
Newly Independent States
non-acid gases
noncerebral
nonprocedural reference
normal phenomenon
OpenURL
outer lead bonding window
Pan-Iranist
papilla (e)
PBAs
pealeaf weevil
periscopical
petree
pharcyde
post-abc
pressurized component
proslepsis
red-brick university
reducer pipe
reverse lever latch link
rib mark
rindlers
rod gap
saler
Saussurea uliginosa
scroll spring
shipped out
spacenumber
stocking by natural
stripper clips
subcutaneous fat necrosis of new-born
tanniniferous tube
thesky
transmission-line coupler
unmakes
vald
valid field goal
value for money
Van Der Waals co-volume
Villarta de San Juan
Virchow's granulations
wood-and-stone
ythan
zeerust