职场英文口语 第153期:工作评估(4)

 　　Now let's look ahead and set some objectives².

　　让我们往前看，制定目标。

　　Biscuit?

　　来点饼干吗？

　　Biscuits as an objective¹?

　　饼干是一项目标吗？

　　Oh I see…no thanks.

　　我懂了，不，谢谢。

　　We've all got to improve our sales targets so I'm asking all the team to make an extra ten sales deals this year.

　　我们都要提高销售目标，所以我要求今年所有的小组多达成十个销售合同。

　　Oh, ten, that's a lot.

　　十个，太多了。

　　It is - but I know you can do it.

　　确实，但我知道你能行。

　　And you mentioned developing new products, well I'd like you to do just that – but not plastic fruit, I'd like you to develop a plastic vegetable.

　　你提到了改进新产品，我希望你不只是做塑料水果，还要开发塑料蔬菜。

　　Potato, carrot, that sort of thing.

　　土豆，萝卜之类的。

　　Gosh. Well, OK.

　　天啊，好吧。

　　Oh and one more thing.

　　还有一件事。

　　Could you help Denise sort out the stationery³ cupboard?

　　你能帮丹尼斯收拾一下文具柜吗？

　　It's a right mess.

　　那里简直太乱了。

　　That's a lot of objectives for Anna.

　　对安娜来说，目标可真多啊。

　　She's got her work cut out for the next year.

　　明年她会有很多难以处理的工作要做。

　　Appraisals⁴ are a good time to review your work and plan what you are going to do next.

　　评估是你回顾工作和制定明年计划的好机会。

1 objective   

adj.客观的；n.目标，目的

参考例句：

• He tried to take an objective view of the situation.他试图对形势有个客观的看法。
• The cultivation in good taste is our main objective.培养高雅情趣是我们的主要目标。

2 objectives   

n.目标( objective的名词复数 )；[光学]（望远镜、显微镜、照相机及其他光学仪器上的）物镜；[语法学]1)。 宾语 2)。 宾格；[军事]出击目标

参考例句：

• Our objectives need to be precisely delineated. 我们的目标需详细解释清楚。
• Money will be crucial to the accomplishment of our objectives. 要实现我们的目标，钱是至关重要的。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 stationery   

n.文具；(配套的)信笺信封

参考例句：

• She works in the stationery department of a big store.她在一家大商店的文具部工作。
• There was something very comfortable in having plenty of stationery.文具一多，心里自会觉得踏实。

4 appraisals   

估计，估量，评价( appraisal的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He had read many detailed critical appraisals of her work. 他读了许多详细评论她的作品的文章。
• The English themselves are somewhat insular in their literary appraisals. 英国人评价自己的文学，也不免有偏狭处。