Business Etiquette 礼节美语 第012讲
陈豪在美国ABC公司工作。他经常要用电子邮件和公司内外的人联系。今天他见到了一个他不认识的英文词，所以就去请教美籍华人Mary。
(Office ambience)
C: Hey, Mary，我知道etiquette 1这个词的意思是礼节，礼貌。可是，什么是netiquette? NETIQUETTE。
M: Netiquette是人们新创造的一个词。意思是网上礼节，也就是good behavior on the Internet。
C: 网上还有礼节！Why don't you give me an example.
M: 比如说，你最好不要全用大写来写email。If you type in all capital letters, people would think you are shouting your message。
C: 噢，怪不得那天销售部的Robert问我: Why did you yell at me? 可有的人给我email全用小写，那是什么意思呀？Whisper？说悄悄话呀？
M: No。 那天财务部的Kevin不是给我们俩写的email都用小写吗？全用小写一般是不正式的，like chatting with your friends。
C: Email本身就是不正式的。
M: That's true, but that does not mean you can ignore appropriate etiquette。我得去开个会，午饭时再接著谈吧！
C: Fine! See you at the cafeteria at 12:00pm.
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M: 哟，陈豪，你怎么吃那么快呀！
C: 我刚才真是饿死了，不过我很想知道还有哪些网上礼节。
M: 首先，在你送出e-mail 之前，check if there are mistakes such as spelling, grammar, punctuation 2 and word choice. If your e-mail is sloppy 3, you will be perceived as sloppy and disrespectful to the recipients 4.
C: 我有两次发e-mail给客户时忘了附件。几个客户马上回e-mail问我: What attachment 5?
M: 是呀，一旦e-mail发出去以后，你就没法收回了。发现错误后最好的办法就是纠正错误，再重新发一次。你应该在subject line里写: corrected version with attachment included。
C: 下回我一定这样做。
M: 最好是不要出这样的差错。Before you hit the send button, check your spelling, grammar, punctuation and word choice. Sloppiness 6 gives people a bad impression and is disrespectful to others. When mistakes are found, correct them and resend the e-mail. Typing in all capital letters seems that you are shouting, or typing in all lower keys are like chatting with your friends.
- The rules of etiquette are not so strict nowadays.如今的礼仪规则已不那么严格了。
- According to etiquette,you should stand up to meet a guest.按照礼节你应该站起来接待客人。
- My son's punctuation is terrible.我儿子的标点符号很糟糕。
- A piece of writing without any punctuation is difficult to understand.一篇没有任何标点符号的文章是很难懂的。
- If you do such sloppy work again,I promise I'll fail you.要是下次作业你再马马虎虎，我话说在头里，可要给你打不及格了。
- Mother constantly picked at him for being sloppy.母亲不断地批评他懒散。
- The recipients of the prizes had their names printed in the paper. 获奖者的姓名登在报上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The recipients of prizes had their names printed in the paper. 获奖者名单登在报上。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- She has a great attachment to her sister.她十分依恋她的姐姐。
- She's on attachment to the Ministry of Defense.她现在隶属于国防部。
- The choice of Sarah Palin epitomised the sloppiness. 选择佩琳作为竞选伙伴凸显草率。 来自互联网
- He chided the boy for his sloppiness. 它责怪这男孩粗心大意。 来自互联网