Andy: hi, betty!
Betty: hi, andy, how are you finding your new job?
A: pretty good. My colleagues seem alright. So far everything is great.
B: that's nice. What do they have you doing over there?
A: well, I work in the marketing department. The corporate culture is totally different from my last employer. Before, when I was assigned a task, I was totally on my own but here most of the work is done in teams. Everyone works very closely with each other.
B: that' s really good. It's very important to feel like you are part of the team at work.
A: indeed. Team work is highly valued in this new company. I like our boss too. He is easy to get along with treats everybody with respect and appreciation. He's highly respected by all his employees.
B: that's great, that's good for a positive work environment and helps motivate employees. I wish my boss was like that.
A: true, take my former supervisor as an example. He was extremely controlling and overbearing. He always had to micromanage everything.
B: well, now you don't have to worry about that. This new place sounds really good.
A: yeah it is.
嘿,貝蒂!
嘿,安迪,你的新工作怎么樣?
很好.我的同事都不錯(cuò),到現(xiàn)在為止一切都挺好的.
那不錯(cuò),你在那邊做什么?
哦,我在市場(chǎng)營(yíng)銷部工作,這里的企業(yè)文化和我以前的公司截然不同.以前我分配到任務(wù)后,就只靠一個(gè)人來完成,但是在這里,大多數(shù)的工作都是在團(tuán)隊(duì)里完成的.所有人都要和其他人密切合作.
那真的很好,感覺自己是團(tuán)隊(duì)的一份子很重要.
確實(shí).這家公司特別注重團(tuán)隊(duì)合作.我也很喜歡我的老板,他很容易相處,尊重賞識(shí)每個(gè)人,所有的員工都很尊重他.
那樣太棒了,這樣的老板有利于創(chuàng)造一個(gè)積極的工作環(huán)境,并能激勵(lì)員工.我希望我的老板也能那樣.
是啊,那我以前的上司來說,他的控制欲就特別強(qiáng).又非常專橫,每一件小事他都要親自插手過問.
現(xiàn)在你就不必?fù)?dān)心了,這個(gè)新工作聽起來真不錯(cuò).
是挺好的.
Assign: to provide a person for a particular task or position 指定;指派
They've assigned their best man to the job.
他們指派了最優(yōu)秀的人擔(dān)任這項(xiàng)工作。
British forces have been assigned to help with peacekeeping.
英國(guó)軍隊(duì)被派遣協(xié)助維持和平。
Supervisor: a person who supervises sb/sth 監(jiān)督人;指導(dǎo)者;主管人 noun
I have a meeting with my supervisor about my research topic.
我要就我的研究課題同導(dǎo)師見一次面。
Controlling:有控制欲的
Overbearing: trying to control other people in an unpleasant way 專橫的;飛揚(yáng)跋扈的
an overbearing manner 專斷的作風(fēng)
motivate: to make sb want to do sth, especially sth that involves hard work and effort 推動(dòng)…甘愿苦干;激勵(lì);激發(fā)
She's very good at motivating her students.
她非常擅長(zhǎng)激勵(lì)她的學(xué)生。
The plan is designed to motivate employees to work more efficiently.
設(shè)計(jì)這個(gè)計(jì)劃旨在促使員工們更加卓有成效地工作.
On one's own:獨(dú)立自主
Corporate culture:企業(yè)文化
Team player:有團(tuán)隊(duì)精神的人