Situational Words and Phrases 情景詞匯
1.accountant n. 會計員
A: Which job do you prefer, accountant or secretary?
甲:你喜歡哪份工作,會計員還是秘書?
B: Neither, I prefer an active job, such as being a salesman.
乙:都不喜歡,我喜歡具有主動性的工作,例如,推銷員。
2.appointment n. 約會
A: I'd like to see Mrs. ding. We have an appointment.
甲:我想見金女士,我們有約會。
B: OK, just a moment please.
乙:好的,請稍等。
3.at work 工作
A: Bill, there's a phone tail for you.
甲:比爾,你的電話。
B: For me? Who would be calling me at work?
乙:我的?誰會在工作時給我打電話呢?
4.benefit n. 福利
A: What benefits does the job provide?
甲:這份工作提供什么福利?
B: Sorry, lout in addition to the salary there are no benefits.
乙:對不起,除工資外沒有其他福利了。
5.bonus n. 獎金,紅利
A: They say all of us will get a bonus as the reward for a year's hard work.
甲:據(jù)說年終我們每人都會得到一份獎金,作為一年辛苦工作的回報。
B: How wonderful!
乙:太棒了!
6.colleague n. 同事,同行
A: How are you getting along with your colleagues?
甲:你和同事的關(guān)系怎么樣?
B: We are on good terms.
乙:我們處得不錯。
7.competent a. 適任的,有能力的
A: Margaret is a competent secretary even though she can't remember phone numbers.
甲:瑪格麗特是個稱職的秘書,只是她記不住電話號碼。
B: I agree, and I'm going to tale her to the hest Chinese restaurant in Chinatown for lunch on Secretary Day.
乙:我也這樣認(rèn)為,秘書節(jié)那夭我準(zhǔn)備帶她去唐人街最好的中式餐館吃飯。
8.convenient a. 方便的,有空的
A: When will it be convenient for you?
甲:您什么時候方便?
B: You might come over some afternoon between three and five, if that suits you.
乙:要是您方便的話,您可以在某個下午的三點到五點之間過來。
9.fire v. 解雇
A: You're fired. I've warned you several times not to be late, but you turned a deaf ear to it.
甲:你被解雇了。我已經(jīng)警告你多次不要再遲到了,可你卻當(dāng)耳旁風(fēng)。
B: But today,…er… my bike broke on my way here.
乙:可今天,……呃……我的自行車在來這兒的路上壞了。
10.handsome a. 可觀的,漂亮的
A: Do you have a satisfactory salary?
甲:你的工資令人滿意嗎?
B: No, people usually don't get a handsome salary for an average job as a clerk.
乙:不,作為職員的人通常是不會有令人滿意的工資的。
11.laid-off 下崗的
A: Why are you so worried?
甲:你為什么愁容滿面?
B: I've been laid-off, and don't know what to do next.
乙:我下崗了,不知該怎么辦才好。
12.memo n. 備忘錄
A: Will you be available this afternoon?
甲:今天下午你有空嗎?
B: Let me check with my memo,…sorry, today's all filled up.
乙:讓我看看備忘錄,……對不起,今天已排滿了。
13.office management 辦公室的管理人員
A: Are you familiar with the office management?
甲:你熟悉辦公室的管理人員嗎?
B: Yeah, I have worked with them before.
乙:是的,我以前和他們共事過。
14.overtime ad. 加班加點
A: It's not good to ask the workers to work overtime, is it?
甲:叫工人加班加點工作不太好,對嗎?
B: But nobody complained about it.
乙:可并沒有人為此而抱怨。
n. 超時
A: Will you do overtime tonight?
甲:你今晚要加班嗎?
B: I'm not going to do overtime tonight, but I've to talk with our boss about my salary.
I've been doing twa persons' job for this month.
乙:我今晚不打算加班,可我得和我們老板談一談我的薪水問題。這個月我一直是做兩個人的工作。
15.professional a. 職業(yè)的
A: I'm a professional basketball player in Yugoslavia.
甲:我在南斯拉夫是一個職業(yè)籃球運動員。
B: You must feel tired since you have to be active everyday.
乙:你肯定感覺很累,因為你們每天都得活動。
16.raise n. 增加工資
A: I got a $100-a-month raise last month.
甲:我上個月工資增加了100美元。
B: Congratulations!
乙:恭喜!恭喜!
17.resume n. 簡歷
A: May I have your resume, please?
甲:我可以看看你的簡歷嗎?
B: Yes, I need a job that ran give full play to my skills.
乙:可以的,我需要一份能發(fā)揮我特長的工作。
18.retire v. 退休
A: Have you heard what he will he doing after he retires?
甲:你聽說他退休后打算干什么嗎?
B: He has talked a lot about traveling around the world.
乙:他談了好多有關(guān)他要周游全球的事。
19.schedule n. 日程
A: May I see him today?
甲:能讓我今天和他見面嗎?
B: Sorry,he has a full schedule.
乙:對不起,他今天的日程表已經(jīng)排滿了。
20.shift n. 輪班,側(cè)班
A: Is it easy far you to adjust from day shift to night shift?
甲:對你來說從白班到夜班容易調(diào)整嗎?
B: No, but I' m accustomed to it.
乙:不容易,可我已經(jīng)適應(yīng)了。
21.starting salary 初始工資
A: You' l1 have a starting salary of $2,700 per month.
甲:你的初始工資為每月2700美元。
B: I'll take the job.
乙:我接這份工作了。
22.training n. 培訓(xùn)
A: We need to know whether you have the special training.
甲:我們想知道你是不是接受過專門的訓(xùn)練。
B: Actually, I received it when I was at college.
乙:事實上,我上大學(xué)的時候就接受了這種訓(xùn)練。
23.anion n. 工會
A: Our union will be striking for higher wages.
甲:我們工會打算罷工來爭取更高的工資。
B: gut your wages are much higher than ours.
乙:可你們的工資已經(jīng)比我們的高多了。
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