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
acrylic pontic
albedo feature
alesandro
antibook
Aviemore, L.
azimuth stabilizer
barrier-free environment
bed-posts
Beer Head
bose-chaudhuri-hooguenghem code
brass borings
burghoff
candy gram
case fraction
censor contact
cerealist
check pawl
city center
counter intuitive
Cozie, Alpi(Cottiennes, Alpes)
crapitalists
criminal degeneracy
Crocynia
delivers up
dibromocamphor
Didymocarpus margaritae
direct inker
double motor drive
down-lead
dramaticism
durlak
El Tambo
estimated original reserves in place
fastness to washing shrinkage
flight no
fluoroamino acid
foredated check
fret saw with clamp
Frith.
fucose
fundus change of dermatomyositis
Fuxin
Gerlier's syndrome
ground rent
huxters
hypoaldosteronism
inpurple
interruption acknowledge
kloses
KWIM
land taxes
lead uranium ratio
Liverpool court of passage
lookers-in
luted
mao jackets
microcompressor
minimum path
mitsubaene
MJLC
modified stair-case wave
nation-to-nation
no selecting
NOT FASHIONABLE
open coil annealing process
opsonophilia
ossa incisivum
overbrim
overtaking the station
pagano
Prinzhöfte
processing agent
pulsating fatigue limit
Pālezgīr
RA-1
reconfigurable optical add drop multiplexer
reflective insulation
rollcompacted
roots of nerves
sacrodorsal
San Juan de César
seismic wave dispersion
selective solvent extraction method
sensorchip
sinter molding
start aside
strong sand
syndrome of upper hyperactivity of liver yang
system of sets
tabifical
terfluranol
the seal of love
tichina
to declare the contract avoided
tooth squeeze
traffic controls
tridymous
two-named paper
Walawala
wallman
wallow in wealth
will power