Mr Smith or John?（在线收听） |
| EnglishMr Smith or John? Jackie: Hello, this is 6 minute English. I’m Jackie Dalton and with me today is Neil Edgeller. Hello, sir! Neil: Sir! Very unusual, you don’t usually call me ‘sir’, Jackie! Jackie: I don’t, usually - I usually call you Neil, don’t I? Neil: Yes, you do. Jackie: And that’s because we’re colleagues and the way we interact in the office is pretty（漂亮的） informal really – it’s quite relaxed, we’re just use eachothers’ first names. And the reason I called you ‘sir’ is because thetopic of today’s programme is formality, or lack of formality at work. So, do you work somewhere where you can behave in a relaxed wayaround colleagues, or do you have to be very polite and maybe a bitdistant? Is there a dress code? Neil: Yes a dress-code is the rules for what you should wear in a certainsituation. So if a restaurant has a ‘no jeans’ policy, or dress-code, itmeans you have to wear smart trousers, you’re not allowed in if youwear jeans. Jackie: Well in a moment, we’ll be talking a bit about how things havechanged here. First, I have a question for you. A survey was carried outin Britain into dress-codes at work. And I’d like you guess what percentage of people said they’d prefer to be given a precise dresscode– in other words, would prefer to be told what kind of clothesthey should wear. a) 5%b) 23%c) 85 %Neil: I’m going to say 5%. Jackie: Well, we’ll find out at the end of the programme whether your answerwas correct. Would you say the BBC World Service is a fairly formalplace to work? (discuss)they’re on first-name terms – they call each other by their first name scasual – relaxed, informalJackie: Well it wasn’t always so. Carrie has been around at the BBC for nearly30 years and things used to be quite different when she joined. Howwould she have to address her boss? CarrieWell when I started in the BBC, my boss was very formal. He wore a suit and tie everyday to work and you had to call him ‘Mr’, so he was ‘Mr Bowman’. I wouldn’thave dreamt of calling him Eric, which was his first name. On the other hand, hedidn’t actually call us ‘Miss or Mrs’, we were called by our first name because wewere his underlings, we were his staff, but the boss was always called ‘Mr’ or ‘Mrs’. But, actually, on most occasions, it would have been a ‘Mr’. Jackie: Did you get that? She had to call her boss ‘Mr’. They certainly weren’ton first name terms. Well, Carrie also had to face even stricter rulesafter that. What did she have to do? CarrieA couple of years after I started at the BBC, I moved to a different department and there was a lady in that department who ran an office with about six or seven staff init and the staff had to ask permission if they wanted to go to the toilet. They weren’tallowed to just leave the office. And in fact, she timed them sometimes too anddecided if they were too long in the toilet. Jackie: Carrie had to ask permission to go to the toilet. Neil: ask permission – to ask if you can do something. Both: (discuss)BBC Learning EnglishJackie: We’re quite lucky, sitting here in our jeans, or corduroys. There was atime when that would have been out of the question. What didnewsreaders at the BBC used to have to wear while they werepresenting? CarrieLong, long before I joined, the newsreaders, which at that stage would have been onradio rather than on television had to wear dinner jackets to read the news, eventhough nobody could see them, other than other people in the studio. Both: (discuss)dinner jacket – formal suit usually worn for a special event6 minute English ?dress-down Fridays – an arrangement where you can wear casualclothes at work on Fridays, but dress more formally for the rest of theweek. Jackie: So a quick reminder of some of the vocabulary we’ve looked at: casual/informalformalfirst name termsdress codedress-down Fridaysdinner jacketto ask permissionJackie: And finally, the answer to this week’s tricky question…85 per cent would prefer a precise dress codeWhat would you prefer Neil? (discuss)That’s all for this week, join us again soon for more 6 minute English.（本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑） |
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