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
acer tschonoskii maxim.
ancestralism
arteriola medialis retinae
asymmetric lens distortion
autoschediasm
bacpac
Batemannia
bee culture
blanket exemption
boric acid spirit solution
Callicarpa peii
Catanil
chemise
code-division multiple-access
competitive conditions
convertible laptop
corticeus zoltani
Crescent Junction
crib death
cycloheptenones
denunciatory
desert dormouse
diaspironecrosis
digital course deviation indicator
don't you know
draughtless
dynamic load line
escape routine
Eur Ing
film scanning machine
finger-cot
finger-point
flush manhole cover
food packing technology
fried me
government-fundeds
hexapolymers
humovitrinite
hydrolysing enzyme
impulse voltage test
induction voltage
internal conjugate
irradiation pasteurization
isococlaurine
jandd
karyogonad
keep sth dark
kind heart
landammans
landing gear track
lane change
Libanotis acaulis
low-strontium aragonite
Madison Mills
make a promissory note
make an application to sb for sth
ME-M
Mendoza line
middle band
middle-eastern
mierkats
molecular yield
national council for accreditation of teacher education (ncate)
Neurooncol
nodosa polyarteritis
nonorganics
notion of subprocedure
nutrient requirement
oak coppice-wood
orthonormal function expansion
party-building
perfect competition
piricularia oryzae cavara
Polyaethylenglycola
poroophoron
posttyphoid
primitive religion
procedural justice
psychologic dyspareunia
pyopoiesis
radio window
reasonable force
rejets
relaxacons
scouring plant
silver-eyes
silvered mirror
songbooks
spirolactone
standard logic module
structure contour
sustoxin
tarriage
Tokyoites
tolcyclamid
Tonada
tossed away
tri-n-propyltin fluoride
vacation of judgment
wallowing in
Workout Period
zero crossing discriminator