英語小達人每天10分鐘 320 First Name Is OK

[00:01.40]First Name Is OK 名字也好啦 [00:13.08]The boss of a large company noticed a new employee one day and told him to come into his office. 一天，一家大公司的老板注意到一個新來的雇員，于是把他叫到辦公室來。 [00:20.04]"What is your name?" was the first thing the boss asked the new guy. “你叫什么名字?”老板先問道。 [00:26.31]"John," the new guy replied. “約翰，”新來的答道。 [00:29.48]The boss scowled, 老板皺著眉頭說： [00:31.52]"Look, I don't mind what kind of a place you worked at before, “聽著，我不管你以前在什么樣的地方工作， [00:36.00]but I don't call anyone by their first name! 可是我們這不會用名字稱呼一個人! [00:39.09]It breeds familiarity and that leads to a breakdown in authority." 那樣叫法是會有親切感，但是會導(dǎo)致權(quán)威的喪失?！? [00:45.26]"I refer to my employees by their last name only--Smith, James, Henry--that's all." “我只以姓氏來稱呼我的員工——史密斯、詹姆斯、亨利——就是這樣，沒什么可說的。” [00:54.04]"I am to be referred to only as Mr. Hilton." “你要稱呼我為希爾頓先生?！? [00:59.15]"Now that we got that straight, what is your last name?" “現(xiàn)在告訴我你的姓氏是什么?” [01:03.52]The new guy sighed and said, 新來的嘆了一口氣說： [01:06.21]"Darling. My name is John Darling." “我姓達林。我叫約翰·達林?！? [01:10.13]"Okay, John, the next thing I want to tell you is..." “好吧，約翰，下面我要說的是……”

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