职场英文口语 第260期:宣布决定(1)

 Hello again and welcome back to English at Work – the drama about life at the plastic fruit production company called Tip Top Trading. 大家好，欢迎来到职场英语收听Tip Top Trading塑料水果制造公司上演的情景剧。

You may remember Anna, the company's newest and brightest sales executive¹, was offered a promotion² and a marriage proposal³ at the same time. 你可能还记得安娜，这个最聪明的女孩是这家公司新来的销售主管。最近她同时得到了工作升职的机会与求婚。

She's taken time out to think about her reply but everyone in the office really misses her. 她最近一直在花时间想该怎样回复，不过办公室里的每个人都很想念她。

I dunno Denise, I'd be good for Anna, I think we would be been a perfect pair. 丹尼斯，我真的不知道，不过我觉得我一定会对安娜好的，我觉得我们是天生一对。

Mr and Mrs Darcy… it sounds good… 达西先生和达西夫人……这听起来很好……

I'm back!Anna! I…we weren't expecting you. 我回来了！安娜！我……我们没想到你会这么快回来。

Yes I can see – perhaps you could tidy up your desk Tom. 我看出来了，汤姆，也许你该清理一下你的桌子。

Very funny Anna – still trying to be the boss!So did you have a good trip?Did you get some 'head space'? 好吧，安娜，你还是那么爱发号施令。你的旅途愉快吗？你的“大脑得到放松的空间”了吗？

He means time alone to think about the things you want to think about. 他的意思是，时间能让人想通应该考虑的事情。

Tell him you've been chewing things over – it means you've been thinking about your proposals⁴ and say I have come to a final decision. 告诉他，你已经仔细考虑过了。意思就是说，你已经考虑了他的求婚，并要得出一个最终的结论。

1 executive   

adj.执行的，行政的；n.执行者，行政官，经理

参考例句：

• A good executive usually gets on well with people.一个好的高级管理人员通常与人们相处得很好。
• He is a man of great executive ability.他是个具有极高管理能力的人。

2 promotion   

n.提升，晋级；促销，宣传

参考例句：

• The teacher conferred with the principal about Dick's promotion.教师与校长商谈了迪克的升级问题。
• The clerk was given a promotion and an increase in salary.那个职员升了级，加了薪。

3 proposal   

n.提议，建议；求婚

参考例句：

• I feel that we ought to accept his proposal.我觉得我们应该接受他的建议。
• They could not gain over anyone to support their proposal.他们无法争取到支持他们建议的人。

4 proposals   

n.提议( proposal的名词复数 )；推荐；求婚；赞成提案

参考例句：

• The director has given her assent to the proposals. 负责人已表示同意提案。
• The police gave the proposals their full backing. 警方对这些提案给予全力支持。