影视剧中的职场美语 第19期:一回生二回熟
日期:2014-01-10 17:13

(单词翻译:单击)

经典再现

Oh, my god. Hi. You the "before"?
我…的…天!嗨,你是“化妆前”?
Before and after…the photo shoot. Are you delivering something?
化妆前,化妆后拍照的时候。你是来送东西的?
Oh, no! No. I…I work here.
不! 不是!我……我来工作的。
For?
替谁工作?
For the new editor in chief.
新任总编。
So everyone's in the conference room,
所有人都在会议室。Daniel马上要召开他的第一次职员会议。
and Daniel's about to start his first staff meeting. I'm Amanda, by the way.
顺便说下, 我是Amanda。
Betty.
我是Betty。
Okay,F.Y.I. , Betty, assistants are usually here before their bosses.
好的, 跟你说一下, Betsy,助理们通常应该比上司先到。
Oh, well, I was filling out paperwork in H.R.
我刚才在人力资源部填表格。
Yeah, just don't let it happen again. So, uh, where do you come from?
是吗,以后不能这样了。那你打哪儿来的?
Queens.
皇后区。
What job did you have?
以前干过什么?
Oh, actually, apart from internships and part-time jobs to pay for school, this ismy first real job.
实际上,除了实习和做兼职挣学费这是我第一份真正的工作。
That's funny.I was told I didn't have enough experience for the position.
很有意思。他们跟我说,对于这个职位我的经验还不够。

身临其境练一练

本段对话选自ugly Betty,《丑女贝蒂》

职场美语

First week on the job.How are you feeling?
在新工作上一个礼拜了,感觉怎么样啊?
It's a little overwhelming.I'm still learning my way around.
有点儿忙乱,我还在适应这里的环境。

How are you setting down as the new CEO?
刚当上首席执行官,感觉怎么样?
I't s a whole other skill set,so I am still learning my way around.
完全是新的一套技能要求,我还得摸索摸索。

精讲部分
I'm getting used to things here.
I'm still learning my way around.
到一个新的工作环境,对公司的规章制度,工作方式,公司文化,甚至卫生间在哪里都要一点一点来熟悉,这个摸索的过程就是:I'm learning my way around.等到对周围的一切都已驾轻就熟,那就是:I know my way around this place.这里的way around表示“周围,附近”,另外还可以表示“对某事很熟悉或者做某事很熟练”,如:I know my way around a computer. 我是电脑通。

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重点单词
  • conferencen. 会议,会谈,讨论会,协商会
  • settingn. 安装,放置,周围,环境,(为诗等谱写的)乐曲 动词
  • overwhelmingadj. 势不可挡的,压倒的