职场英文口语 第152期:工作评估(3)

 　　Think about the deals you've made, the people you've managed, that sort of thing.

　　想想你达成的协议，与人相处之类的事情。

　　Right. Well, I did complete two big contracts for the Imperial Lemon…

　　好的。我完成了两个与皇家柠檬有关的大合同。

　　You've had plenty of compliments for that.You seem to have a zest¹ for selling!

　　你干得太棒了。你似乎在销售上很有热情！

　　Err², right… and then there was dealing³ with Mr Ingle in the warehouse⁴.

　　是的，然后是在仓库和英格尔先生打交道。

　　Yes, that's a good example of dealing with difficult staff.

　　是的，那是一次和棘手员工交涉的好例子。

　　And what didn't go so well?

　　你有哪些方面不足呢？

　　Well… erm… working with Rachel… and cold calling I suppose.

　　我想是与瑞秋工作和打无约调查电话。

　　That wasn't easy.

　　这并不简单。

　　Ah yes. But you soon warmed up!

　　是的，但你上手很快。

　　And what should you do more of?

　　你还应该有什么改进的吗？

　　It's a tricky⁵ question Anna – but don't be ashamed about admitting things that you feel you could improve on.

　　这是个复杂的问题，安娜，但别害怕承认你有需要改进的事情。

　　Nobody's perfect!

　　没人是完美的！

　　Think about skills you'd like to improve.Oh OK.

　　想想你希望改进的技能。好吧。

　　Well Paul, I guess I could… develop some ideas for new products?

　　保罗，我想我可以对新产品提出一些想法？

　　Continue to work on the European marketing⁶ strategy...sell more Imperial Lemons… err…

　　继续推进欧洲市场策略，卖出更多的皇家柠檬……

　　That's enough Anna!

　　够了，安娜！

　　If you do all that, you'll put me out of a job!

　　如果你都做了，我就没工作干了！

　　Oh, I don't want to do that!

　　我并不想这样。

1 zest   

n.乐趣；滋味，风味；兴趣

参考例句：

• He dived into his new job with great zest.他充满热情地投入了新的工作。
• He wrote his novel about his trip to Asia with zest.他兴趣浓厚的写了一本关于他亚洲之行的小说。

2 err   

vi.犯错误，出差错

参考例句：

• He did not err by a hair's breadth in his calculation.他的计算结果一丝不差。
• The arrows err not from their aim.箭无虚发。

3 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

4 warehouse   

n.仓库；vt.存入仓库

参考例句：

• We freighted the goods to the warehouse by truck.我们用卡车把货物运到仓库。
• The manager wants to clear off the old stocks in the warehouse.经理想把仓库里积压的存货处理掉。

5 tricky   

adj.狡猾的，奸诈的；(工作等)棘手的，微妙的

参考例句：

• I'm in a rather tricky position.Can you help me out?我的处境很棘手，你能帮我吗？
• He avoided this tricky question and talked in generalities.他回避了这个非常微妙的问题，只做了个笼统的表述。

6 marketing   

n.行销，在市场的买卖，买东西

参考例句：

• They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
• He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。