办公室英语口语第30期:Discussing a new manager 讨论新

Discussing¹ a new manager²
A: Have you met the new manager in customer³ service⁴?
B: No, I haven’t gotten over there in a few⁵ weeks. How is he?
A: She. She seems⁶ to be doing a pretty good job. Of course⁷, anything would⁸ be better than that last guy¹⁰!   
B: You said¹¹ it! I can't believe¹² he lasted as⁹ long as he did¹³.     

讨论新经理
A：你跟客户服务部的新经理见过面了吗?
B：没有。我有好几个星期没有到那去了。他怎么样? 
A：她是女的。看来做得不错。当然，任何人都比原来那个家伙强。
B：太对了。我简直不敢相信他居然呆了那么久。
 

1 discussing   

v.谈论( discuss的现在分词 )；讨论；商量；论述

参考例句：

• Boys are often more inhibited than girls about discussing their problems. 男孩子往往不如女孩子敢于谈论自己的问题。
• We spent the whole evening discussing domestic trivia. 我们整个晚上谈论家庭琐事。

2 manager   

n.经理；负责人

参考例句：

• The manager believes in him.经理信任他。
• In our company the manager has the last word.在我们公司经理有最后决定权。

3 customer   

n.顾客，主顾；家伙

参考例句：

• The customer is always right.顾客永远是正确的。
• I visited the customer yesterday.我昨天去拜访客户了。

4 service   

n.服务，公务部门，服役；vt.维护，保养

参考例句：

• The service in this hotel goes from bad to worse. 这个旅店的服务每况愈下。
• If I can help you,I am at your service.要是我能帮忙的话，我愿为你效劳。

5 few   

adj.很少的，不多的，少数的；int.少数的

参考例句：

• There are few woods in that area.那个地区几乎没有森林。
• I have a few questions.我有些问题要问你。

6 seems   

v.好像，仿佛( seem的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• She seems to feel ambivalent about her new job. 她似乎对新工作忧喜参半。
• Her return to the team now seems a certainty. 她的归队现在似乎已成定局。

7 course   

n.课程，讲座，过程，路线，一道(菜)

参考例句：

• The college course was then cut to three years.大学学制那时缩短到三年。
• Of course,I don't always sleep in the afternoons.当然，我并不总是在下午睡觉。

8 would   

aux.will的过去式；愿，要；常常；大概；将要，会

参考例句：

• Why would you say that?为什么你会这么说？
• Would you please help me?你能帮帮我吗？

9 as   

conj.按照；如同

参考例句：

• He got work in a hotel as a waiter.他在一家旅馆找到了当服务生的工作。
• In the hotel,the old men were drinking away as usual.在旅馆里，这些老人和往常一样喝个不停。

10 guy   

n.(美，口语)家伙；青年；男人

参考例句：

• She lost her heart to the handsome guy.她爱上了这个漂亮的小伙子。
• That guy is very hard to deal with.那家伙很难对付。

11 said   

v.动词say的过去式、过去分词

参考例句：

• He said to me that he could not come.他对我说他不能来。
• He said to his mother that he would do it by himself.他对他的母亲说他将自己独立做那件事。

12 believe   

v.相信；认为

参考例句：

• Believe it or not,that's the way it is.信不信由你，反正事情就是这样。
• I believe what you say.我相信你的话。

13 did   

v.动词do的过去式

参考例句：

• How many goals did you score in the last game?上一场比赛你们进了几个球？
• Why did you choose basketball in the first place?你为何首先选择篮球呢？