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
air-foam systems
alphanumerical instruction
alternating current characteristic
Andropogon furcatus
approximation by rational number
arouse sb from a sound sleep
astronauticss
band massager
bayonet base
belgorod-dnestrovsky
Bernard therapy
Bitrufjördhur
Brak R.
bullase
caduc
caldow
Carroll Glacier
cesium magnetometer
coaxial beam spectrometer
cochlear ganglion
coil edge
collecting tube
cross-gender
debt bomb nations
diaphorus impiger
direct-recorded disk
disselect
double hexagon opening double offset box socket wrench
double-reduction gearbox
dough trough
dual level highway
elastoresistance
electroplating effluent
embryonal layer
emission flux
extraembryonic membrane
feeding drum
fetal thalidomide syndrome
fibre optic endoscope
flipbooks
floating arithmetic
four-months frost-free period
full supporting velocity
genus lycaeons
go out doing
golf cap
gross annual output value
half-a-pint
have a dislike to
hocm
horse gentian
hypostatie splenization
indubitabilities
japonia formosana
Kalapuya
laser material
least-squares procedure
lithified
man-things
medfield
melamphid
metallic ceramics
microcode simulation
mine static head
multilevel cell
Neufchâtel-en-Saosnois
neutrophilic dermatitis
nominal tariff rate
nutritional value
outer-space
phasing transformer
piercing point method
pilow
plating yarn carrier
practice sessions
prophylactodontia
recourse account
resulting trust
reverse hang
rocknes
root pliers
safina
Sargent law
sawbucks
scelerate
sign posting
Sir David's long-beaked echidna
Skippack
sling cart
smoke pot
standard resistance box
sum sb up
terraced roof
top bow rest
trash day
tribodesorption
true molal heat capacity
Vonitsa
vortex-stabilized arc
welfare system
wolph
writ of formedon