2014年ESL之商务英语 05 Showing Immaturity

 

Showing Immaturity 

Romero: Are you going to tell Amber¹ that she can’t have Saturday off of work or should I? 

Alice: You’d better tell her. I don’t think she’s going to take it well. 

Romero: I’ll do it, but I’m not looking forward to it. She can be really immature² when she doesn’t get what she wants. 

Alice: Yeah, that’s why I don’t like working with her. If things don’t go her way, she pouts³ and whines⁴. I don’t know why they don’t fire her. 

Romero: I think she’s just a little inexperienced. This is her first job, after all. Some of her behavior is pretty childish, but when she’s not kicking up a fuss or moaning about something, she does good work. 

Alice: That’s like saying somebody is a good worker when they’re not napping! 

Romero: She’s not that bad, but we do have to look past some juvenile⁵ antics when our employees are so young. 

Alice: Yeah, too bad we can’t have seniors selling to teenagers. 

Romero: I think that would open a whole different can of worms! 

 

Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 

1 amber   

n.琥珀；琥珀色；adj.琥珀制的

参考例句：

• Would you like an amber necklace for your birthday?你过生日想要一条琥珀项链吗？
• This is a piece of little amber stones.这是一块小小的琥珀化石。

2 immature   

adj.未成熟的，发育未全的，未充分发展的

参考例句：

• Tony seemed very shallow and immature.托尼看起来好像很肤浅，不夠成熟。
• The birds were in immature plumage.这些鸟儿羽翅未全。

3 pouts   

n.撅嘴，生气( pout的名词复数 )v.撅（嘴）( pout的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• "Now, none of your pouts, Miss. "好，别撅着嘴生气了。 来自飘（部分）
• I don't like to see you in the pouts. 我不喜欢看到你闷闷不乐。 来自互联网

4 whines   

n.悲嗥声( whine的名词复数 )；哀鸣者v.哀号( whine的第三人称单数 )；哀诉，诉怨

参考例句：

• The colony whines a centerless loud drone that vibrates the neighborhood. 蜂群嗡嗡喧闹的哀鸣振动邻里。 来自互联网
• The web whines with the sound of countless mosquitoes and flies trapped in its folds. 蜘蛛网内发出无数只被困在蜘蛛丝间的蚊子与苍蝇所发出来的声音。 来自互联网

5 juvenile   

n.青少年，少年读物；adj.青少年的，幼稚的

参考例句：

• For a grown man he acted in a very juvenile manner.身为成年人，他的行为举止显得十分幼稚。
• Juvenile crime is increasing at a terrifying rate.青少年犯罪正在以惊人的速度增长。