職場社交英語
職場社交英語
下面是學習啦小編整理的職場社交英語,希望對大家有幫助。
職場社交英語:
SCENE① A 加州的資訊王達康辦公室
01、歡迎來到資訊王
Dave: Welcome to InfoKing. I'm Dave. Looks like you've 1) inherited Bob's 2) cubicle.
戴夫: 歡迎來到資訊王。我是戴夫。看來你已經(jīng)接管了鮑伯的辦公室隔間。
Zina: I'm Zina Romero. Sales. Who was Bob?
吉娜: 我是吉娜蘿美洛。業(yè)務(wù)員。誰是鮑伯?
Dave: Bob was a totally 3) studly 4) programmer.
戴夫: 鮑伯是個徹頭徹尾的壯男程序設(shè)計師。
Zina: Studly?
吉娜: 壯男?
Dave: You know. Big brain.
戴夫: 你知道嘛,就是頭好壯壯。
Zina: His stuff is still 5) tacked up on the walls. Did he leave in a hurry?
吉娜: 他的東西還釘在墻上。他走得很匆忙嗎?
Dave: The pressure got to him. Plus he wanted to get paid.
戴夫: 壓力讓他崩潰了。加上他又想拿到薪水。
語言詳解
A: Sitting in a cubicle all day. 整天坐在隔間里。
B: What do you hate most about working in an office? 你最恨在辦公室工作的哪一點。
【get to 影響,左右】
get to在對話中是指“影響,左右”,多半是指負面的情況:
A:The pressure has been really getting to me lately. 我最近真的被壓力壓得喘不過氣來。
B:Maybe you should take a vacation. 或許你該去度個假。
get to的另一個常見用法是“抵達”,這個短語在問路時很好用,相信大家也都不陌生:
A:How can I get to the train station? 我要怎么才能到火車站?
B:It's around the corner and to the left. 它就在轉(zhuǎn)角那邊靠左側(cè)。
get to還有一個常見用法,意思是“得以,才能夠”:
A:How did you get to be a politician? 你是如何才得以當政治人物的?
B:Many years of hard work. 多年的苦功。
1) inherit (v.) 繼承 2) cubicle (n.) (辦公室)隔間 3) studly 健壯帥氣的,“猛男”是stud 4) programmer (n.) 程序設(shè)計師 5) tack (v.) (用大頭針)釘上
02、你是怎么算薪水的?
Zina: How do you get paid? 1) If you don't mind my asking.
吉娜: 你是怎么算薪水的?若你不介意我問的話。
Dave: Not cash. But if our 2) launch goes well, my stock options will pay off, big time.
戴夫: 不是現(xiàn)金。但要是我們上市的情況很好,我的股票期權(quán)可就值大錢了。
Zina: And in the meantime, how do you pay the rent?
吉娜: 那這段期間你要怎么付房租?
Dave: I don't have to worry about rent. I live right here.
戴夫: 我不用擔心房租。我就住在這里。
Zina: What? In your cubicle?
吉娜: 什么?在你的隔間里?
Dave: Right here. Me and my PC. Home sweet home.
戴夫: 就在這。我和我的個人電腦。甜蜜的家庭。
語言詳解
A: We're launched a new website.
我們推出了一個新網(wǎng)站。
B: That's great. What's the address?
太棒了。網(wǎng)址是什么?
【big time 超級,非常】
big time是在口語中常??梢月牭降亩陶Z,用來強調(diào)句中程度的高,意即“超級,非常”,可以當做副詞用:
A:I need to go to the bathroom, big time!
我得要上廁所,超急的!
B:There's a toilet over there. Why don't you go?
那里就有廁所。你為什么不去?
也可以當做形容詞,寫做big-time:
A:She is a big-time movie producer!
她是個大牌的電影制片!
B:Really? Why haven't I heard of her before then?
真的?那怎么我以前從沒聽說過她?
1) If you don't mind my asking. 若你不介意我問起的話。這是客氣的詢問句。要注意的是,mind 的后面要接動名詞;而若提到是誰問的,則要用所有格。
2) launch (n., v.) 事業(yè)登場,投入市場
SCENE② A 隔周,吉娜到老板的隔間去看他
03、此話怎講?
Zina: What do you mean? If he was a good programmer, he should have been 1) raking it in.
吉娜: 此話怎講?若他是個好的程序設(shè)計師,他應(yīng)該早就發(fā)了。
Dave: The boss wanted to pay Bob with 2) stock options. But Bob didn't want to play that game again.
戴夫: 老板想用認股權(quán)當作薪水付給鮑伯??墒酋U伯不想再次玩那種游戲了。
Zina: Again?
吉娜: 再次?
Dave: At his last 3) start-up, Bob worked for stock and no salary. They 4) folded and he made 5) zip.
戴夫: 鮑伯上回參與的創(chuàng)業(yè)公司,他工作的酬勞是股票,不拿薪水。他們的公司倒閉,他半毛也沒拿到。
Zina: Ouch.
吉娜: 真慘。
Dave: Now he only works 6) freelance. Hundred 7) bucks an hour.
戴夫: 現(xiàn)在他只接個案做。時薪一百美元。
語言詳解
A: Their business folded last week.
他們的店上星期倒了。
B: No, I can't believe it! That was my favorite bookshop.
不,我不敢相信!那是我最愛的書店。
【W(wǎng)hat do you mean?這話怎講?】
這是談話時較隨便的講法,照說應(yīng)該是What do you mean by that? 另一個類似句型是What does the word mean?這個字作何解釋?mean 在這兩個句型的“意思、意表”解。
mean 也作“打算”解,須要注意的是后面只能接不定詞,不可接-ing式,例如:
Paul means to go to Taipei next week.
保羅打算下星期到臺北去。
A: What do you mean by sayingJudy is leaving the country.?
你說茱迪要出國是什么意思?
B: Well, she means to accept a job offer in Singapore.
她打算要接受新加坡的一個工作機會。
1) rake in 發(fā)財,大撈一筆
2) stock option 股票選擇權(quán),認股權(quán)
3) start-up (n.) 開始(創(chuàng)業(yè),工作,動工等)
4) fold (v.) 關(guān)店,倒閉
5) zip (n.) 零,烏有
6) freelance (a.) 無約、自由工作的
7) buck美元
04、我會讓你發(fā)財
Zina: Hi, boss. You wanted to see me?
吉娜: 嗨,老板。你說要見我?
Vince: Zina. Look, I know when I 1) hired you, I told you I'd pay you a salary. But I just can't.
文斯: 吉娜。聽著,我知道當我雇用你之時,我說過會付你薪水??墒俏覜]辦法。
Zina: Excuse me? I hope I didn't just hear what I think I just heard.
吉娜: 你說什么?我希望我不是真的聽到我以為我聽到的。
Vince: I know it's 2) awkward, but you're going to be thanking me later. I'm going to make you rich.
文斯: 我知道這說來尷尬,不過你以后會感謝我的。我會讓你發(fā)財。
Zina: You're going to make me rich by not paying me?
吉娜: 你要用不給我薪水的方法讓我發(fā)財?
語言詳解
A: How many people did the company hire this year?
公司在今年雇用了多少人?
B: Over two hundred.
超過兩百個。
【look聽著】
很奇怪,怎么英文的look會翻譯成中文的“聽著”?其實這正說明文化的差異。在英、美社會里,要對方在意你即將說的話,最普遍的語詞是look,而我們在同樣情況下卻說“聽著”。
A:Look, I'll give you ten dollars if you sweep the room for me.
聽著,如果你幫我掃房間,我就給你十塊錢。
B:Sounds reasonable.
聽起來蠻合理的。
1) hire (v.) 雇用
2) awkward (a.) 令人尷尬的的,感到尷尬的
05、我要提供你認股權(quán)
Vince: I want to 1) offer you more InfoKing stock options.
文斯: 我要提供你資訊王的認股權(quán)。
Zina: When you hired me, you knew you were going to be low on cash, didn't you?
吉娜: 你在雇用我的當時,就知道你會缺現(xiàn)金,對吧?
Vince: Let me explain. To get more cash, I'll have to borrow more from Vikam, the 2) venture 3) capitalists.
文斯: 容我解釋。為了要有更多現(xiàn)金,我就得跟投資我們的維康創(chuàng)投借更多的錢。
Zina: I know how it works. You don't want to give away any more of your future 4) profits than you have to.
吉娜: 我知道這種運作方式。除非萬不得已,你不會想把更多未來的利潤拱手讓人。
Vince: Exactly. Instead of 5) increasing their 6) position, I want to increase yours.
文斯: 正是。我不增加他們的股權(quán),反倒要增加你的。
語言詳解
A: I'm going to offer you a position in our sales department.
我要提供我們業(yè)務(wù)部的一個職位給你。
B: Thank you.
謝謝您。
【I know how it works. 我知道規(guī)矩?!?/p>
這里的work不是指“工作”,而是指“事物運作的道理與規(guī)范”,類似于行規(guī)的概念:
A:I am afraid we are going to have to fire you.
我恐怕我們得要開除你了。
B:It's OK, I know how it works. You just don't like me.
沒關(guān)系,我知道行規(guī)。你就是看不慣我。
【give away 送掉】
give away 這個短語看起來很簡單,不過有許多常用的意思,對話中所用到的give away 是指“贈送”。
A: Why did you give your bicycle away?
你為何把你的腳踏車送掉了?
B: It's too old. I want to get a new one anyway.
那臺太老了。反正我要換新的。
1) offer (v.) 提供
2) venture (n.) 具冒險性的事業(yè)
3) capitalist (n.) 出資者,金主,capital 是“資金”。
4) profit (n.) 利潤
5) increase (v.) 增加
6) position (n.) 地位,此指“股權(quán)”。
06、我可不便宜
Zina: I'm not cheap.
吉娜: 我可不便宜。
Vince: I'm prepared to increase your 1) stake to three percent.
文斯: 我準備把你的股份增加至百分之三。
Zina: I've sold more 2) subscriptions to InfoKing in one week than you 3) expected me to sell in a month.
吉娜: 我一星期內(nèi)所賣出資訊王的訂閱數(shù),就比你期望的月業(yè)績要高了。
Vince: I know you're good, Zina. You know how much three percent could be 4) worth, don't you?
文斯: 我知道你很厲害,吉娜。你知道百分之三值多少錢,對吧?
Zina: Vince, I'm better than good. I'm the best. I want four percent.
吉娜: 文斯,我比厲害還要厲害。我是最棒的。我要百分之四。
Vince: Three-and-a-half.
文斯: 百分之三點五。
Zina: Done.
吉娜: 成交。
語言詳解
A: I expect you to follow all the rules.
我希望你遵所有的規(guī)則。
B: Yes, ma'am!
遵命,夫人!
【subscription to 訂閱】
subscription 或其動詞subscribe 后面都要用介系詞to才等于中文的訂閱,例如:
I renew my subscription to Time Express.
我續(xù)訂《時代雜志中文版》。
A:Many of my friends subscribe to the evening newspaper.
我的許多朋友訂了那家晚報。
B:Why?
為什么?
A:Only because they want the free Teddy Bear.
只因為他們想要免費的熊寶寶。
1) stake (n.) 股份
2) subscription (n.) 訂閱
3) expect (v.) 期待
4) worth (a.) 值得的
SCENE③ A 吉娜一早進公司