8、 First Day at a New Job
上班第一天
(1)Making an Introduction 介紹
A:Hi, I’m Cindy Jones. And you must be Tom.
你好,我叫辛迪•瓊斯。你一定是湯姆。
B:Yes, Tom Smith. Nice to meet you.
是的,我是湯姆•史密斯。很高興認(rèn)識你。
A:Let me introduce you to everyone. Kim, I’d like you to meet our new colleague.
讓我來給你介紹一下。金姆,來見一下我們的新同事。
C:Oh, hello, I’m Kim Lee. Good to meet you.
你好,我叫金姆•李。很高興認(rèn)識你。
B:Hi, I’m Tom Smith.
你好,我叫湯姆•史密斯。
C:Where will you be working?
你在哪個部門上班?
B:In the international sales division.
在國際銷售部。
C:Oh, right next door. We’ll be seeing a lot of each other then. Let’s have lunch some time.
噢,就在隔壁。那我們會經(jīng)常碰面的。有時間我們一起吃午飯吧。
B:That sounds great.
那好呀。
A:Let me introduce you to Jim now. He’s the manager of our division.
現(xiàn)在讓我給你介紹一下吉姆,他是我們部門的經(jīng)理。
D:Hey, you must be Tom. We’ve been expecting you. I’m Jim Miller.
你好,你一定是湯姆了,我們一直在等你呢。我的名字叫吉姆•米樂。
B:Nice to meet you.
很高興認(rèn)識你。
D:Welcome aboard. We’re like a big family here. If you need anything just ask.
歡迎你加入我們的行列。我們這里就像一個大家庭,如果你有什么事盡管開口。
B: Thanks for the warm welcome.
謝謝大家的熱情歡迎。
(2)New Job 新工作的開始
A:So, how was traffic this morning?
今天早上的交通怎么樣?
B:Not bad at all. It took me only twenty minutes to get here. By the way, I was wondering about my hours. I arrived here at 9:00 today. Would it be better if I came earlier?
不算太壞。我只用了20分鐘就到了這里。順便問一下,我還不知道我們的工作時間呢。我今天9點到的。是不是要提早一點呢?
A:Yes. Would you mind getting here around 8:30? We usually have our managers meeting at 9:00.
是的。八點半左右來你不會介意吧。我們通常在9點鐘召開經(jīng)理會。
B:No problem. And when do you usually leave, 5:00?
沒問題。你通常什么時候離開,五點?
A:Well, we usually leave when the work’s done. Sometimes that’s 6:00 or even later. Let’s play it by ear.
通常是工作完成了,我們就離開。有時候到6點或更晚。咱們看著辦吧。
B:Sure thing. And one more thing. Could you tell me how the telephone works?
那沒問題。另外還有一件事,你能告訴我怎么使用電話嗎?
A:Sure. Dial 9 for an outside line, and then the number you are calling. If you want to contact anyone in the office, just dial their extension.
當(dāng)然可以。打外線時先撥9,然后再撥電話號碼。如果是和公司里的人通話只要撥他們的分機號碼就行了。
B:OK. Thanks for your help.
好。謝謝你的幫助。
額外成就感
辦公室英語
manager 經(jīng)理;管理人員
* I must find out what my manager wants me to do today.
我得弄清楚今天經(jīng)理要讓我做什么。
* I get along great with the new manager.
我跟新上任的經(jīng)理相處很好。
division 部門;分區(qū)
* There are thirty people in my division. We all work on editing.
我們部門有30個人,都做編輯。
* I want to transfer to the customer service division.
我想調(diào)到客戶服務(wù)部。
A: I work for IBM. 我在IBM工作。
B: What division do you work in? 你在哪個部門?
fax 傳真
* No one mails letters today; everyone just sends faxes.
現(xiàn)在沒有人寫信了,如今個個都發(fā)傳真。
* Could you fax me the details tomorrow morning?
你明天早上把詳細情況給我傳真過來好嗎?
dial 電話撥號
* For long distance calls, dial 1 first.
打長途電話先撥1。
* I want to call America with this IP card. What do I have to dial first?
我想用這張IP卡打美國長途,我該先撥什么號?
超級短語
play it by ear 隨機應(yīng)變;看著辦
* There are no set working hours; we’ll play it by ear.
我們沒有規(guī)定的工作時間,看情況而定。
* I don’t have any special plans for the holiday. I’m just going to play it by ear.
我假期沒什么安排。到時看著辦。