中级商务英语口语大全:性骚扰
Ⅰ.核心学习:Sexual harassment 性骚扰 Michael: Wow! Have you seen the new fox in the accounts payable department? 迈克尔:哇!你看到帐目支出部新来的狐狸精了吗? Billy: Not yet. Is she really hot? 比利:还没有。她真的很性感? Michael: She sure is. I think she is the most stunning woman I have even seen in our company. 迈克尔:没错。我觉得她是我在咱们公司有史以来看到的最迷人的女人。 Billy: Maybe we should go pay her a visit and introduce ourselves? 比利:也许我们应该去看看她,(向她)介绍我们自己? Michael: I’m not going with you. You will be trying to grope her hair and brush against her body all the time. 迈克尔:我不和你一起去。你会一直要去摸她的头发、蹭她的身体。 Billy: Michael, you know me better than that! I would never do such a thing to a colleague. 比利:迈克尔,你知道我没那么差劲!我永远都不会对同事做出这样的事情。 Michael: That’s good, because there are strict laws about sexual harassment in the workplace. 迈克尔:那很好,因为关于工作中的性骚扰有很严厉的法律条文。 Billy: I know. I don’t want to lose my job even if it is for the most beautiful woman in the firm. 比利:我知道。即使是为了公司里最漂亮的女人我也不想失去我的工作。 Ⅱ.单词简析 1) Fox: a derogatory word for a beautiful women, it is wise not to use this term 狐狸精:贬损漂亮女人的一个词,最好不要去用它 ex:Only someone with no manners would call a woman a fox! It’s not polite. 只有没有礼仪的人才会去叫一个女人狐狸精!这么做不礼貌。 2) Accounts payable: responsible for paying all of the company’s bills 帐目支出:负责支付公司的所有帐单 ex:To work in accounts payable you need a strong attention to detail and be able to count lots of money. 在帐目支出(部门)工作你需要高度注意细节(的东西),并且能够数很多钱。 3) Grope: grab, touch roughly 摸索:粗粗地抓,触摸 ex:I was groped on the subway one day so I turned around and kicked the very rude man in the shins. 一天我在地铁里被人摸了,所以我转过身,踢了那个粗鲁男人的小腿。 4) Colleague: Someone you work with 同事:和你一起工作的人 ex:It is very important to have respect for your colleagues - even if you don’t really like them. 尊重你的同事是很重要的-即使你不太喜欢他们。 相关资料 |