经典再现

Everyone, if you haven't met her, this is my new executive assistant Betty Suarez.
各位，要是你们还没见过她，她是我的新首席助理Betty Suarez。
Hi.
嗨。
She used to work at mode till just recently. Quite a different vibe here, hmm?
她不久前曾经在《时尚》工作。这里气氛很不一样吧？
Wow. Yeah. For starters, it's nice to see people actually eat.
哇，是的。首先，很高兴看到正常吃东西的人
and it's nice to work with people of all different colors and shapes and sizes and and handicaps.
很高兴看到不同肤色不同体形不同身材的人——还有行动不便的人。
Handicapable.
能干的人。
Right. I'm sorry. I…
对。抱歉，我…
Betty, you are our fish.
你就是我们的鹤。
Excuse me?
什么？
Our fish out of water. Put down that coffee and pick up a pencil.
我们立于鸡群的鹤。放下咖啡，拿起笔。
I want you to quickly write an article all about your experience working at mode.
我要你马上写一篇关于你在《时尚》的工作经历的文章。
Talk to the people that you interacted with. And, Betty, get me good, honest quotes, hmm?
跟你以前合作过的人谈谈，而且，Betty，给我真实的感受好吗？
A normal fish in sharkinfested waters.
在充斥着鲨鱼水域里的一条普通小鱼。
It's great! Get started. 600 words by tomorrow. And, girls, come on. We have a magazine to launch.
太棒了！开始写吧。600字，明天交给我。姑娘们，开始吧。咱们还得做杂志呢。

身临其境练一练

本段对话选自ugly Betty,《丑女贝蒂》

职场美语

I'd like you to meet our new manager.This is Mike.Mike,this is Alex.
这位是新来的经理，麦克。麦克，这位是艾利克斯。
Hey,man.I'll get you covered.It was a joke.Welcome.
嘿，老兄。我会罩着你的。开个玩笑。欢迎你。

Attention,everyone.I'd like you to meet our new manager.
注意一下，所有的人。向你们介绍一下新来的经理。
Hello.I'm David.I'm very pleased and honored to join this team.
大家好。我是大卫。非常高兴和荣幸能加入这个团队。

精讲部分

I want to introduce our new manager to you.
I'd like you to meet our new manager.
介绍新来的同事时，看起来最简单，却是最地道的说法是:I'd like to meet our new manager.meet是“见面”，非常随意，贴近日常用语，可以拉近新同事和老员工的距离。而introduce(介绍)很常见，意思也是正确的，但不如meet亲切。