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
2-hydroxy-5-chloroaniline
abbreviated form
accessible position
advance stop
agnathus
algol type eclipsing binary
apolloes
azimuth axis
bad top
Bayliss, Sir William Maddock
beam reflector aerial system
beneficient
big-timeer
bit core
blastid
C-rats
chart of account
chisel type scrap cutter
commencement of the limitation period
completely invertible operator
continued isomorphism
critical dilution
cronecle
crystal axial line
cucurbita maximas
cumulative origin
delta deposits
dinginesses
direct division
dogleg-left
don't-care non-determinism
eclipse plumage
enclose herewith
extent of market
false mange
fariz
filipendulous
genus Zaglossus
gerontologists
group decision
hornage
hour hands
humanise
hyalocrystalline texture
idempotent of rm code
idol worships
illumines
inboard aileron
index-fingers
Jamesport
kingdoms of denmark
Kipanga
line tape
lorences
lymphogranuloma benignum
Lékoumou
manual acting
matzoon
medial angle of the eye (or nasal angle of the eye)
Michelle
multiloading operating system
no-par stocks
normal inhibition
not-provens
nut-gall
outstanding run request
park bench
petroleum intersectional service
portable fluid extinguisher
predetermination
Presicce
prolificum
promesenteron
pulser rack
radices curcumae zedoariae
radices valerianae
relading
resolved band
reventilate
sales call
Saunders' sign
Schottky vacancy
skirt length
spin reorientation
spintrian
ST_reading-and-writing_people-who-write-for-work-or-pleasure
stellafane
subvents
symploca caespitosa
the valley
thoracoabdominal combined war injury
toradol
total gain
transient luminous events
true acidity
undirtied
unexceptive
Victorin gentian
water line length
wheddon
winnow out
wound of eye