礼节美语 – 167. Typhoon Delays 台风延误 (2)
老板Tom的班机因为台风来袭而停飞，从机场打电话给秘书Susan布置工作。 Tom: And if you don’t mind, call our factory in China and see if things are OK there. I’m…
礼节美语 – 166. Typhoon Delays 台风延误 (1)
老板Tom打电话给秘书Susan. Tom: (On the phone) Hey Susan, how are things at the office? S: Oh, hi boss. Things are fine.…
礼节美语 – 165. Staycation 居家度假 (3)
很久不见的好友Lisa, Karen和Gina一起吃饭。三个人都说，现在手头很紧，彼此交换勤俭持家的经验。Gina说，她们家实行三十天规则，想买什么东西，先要等上三十天，如果三十天过后还觉得需要的话，才能买，Lisa 觉得这个办法不错。 L: What a great rule! My kids keep bugging me to buy a flat screen TV and…
礼节美语 – 164. Staycation 居家度假 (2)
很久不见的好友Lisa, Karen和Gina一起吃饭。三个人都说，现在手头很紧，彼此交换勤俭持家的经验。Karen 说， K: We’ve stopped going to the theater! We used to take the kids every Saturday, but with…
礼节美语 – 163. Staycation 居家度假 (1)
很久不见的好友Lisa, Karen和Gina一起吃饭。Lisa先到，注意听她帮朋友点了些什么菜。 Lisa: Karen! Gina! So good to see you! Sit down! Karen: Hi, Lisa! Gina: Good to see you,…
礼节美语 – 162. Trade Expo 贸易博览会 (3)
公司开会，经理Nick宣布，他们要在法兰克福的纺织品交易会上设展台。大家头脑激荡，看需要做哪些准备。Mark说， M: The booth staff shouldn’t give away too much info about our manufacturing process. Basically the only things they…
礼节美语 – 161. Trade Expo 贸易博览会 (2)
公司开会，经理Nick宣布，他们要在法兰克福的纺织品博览会上设展台，大家头脑激荡，看需要做哪些准备。Elaine说， E: I think we should have a little pow-wow with the team who will be manning the booth. They…
礼节美语 – 160. Trade Expo 贸易博览会 (1)
公司开会， 经理Nick高兴地宣布， Nick: Well folks…I’ve got good news! Everything is finalized and we will be setting up a booth at…
礼节美语 – 159. Kickbacks 回扣 (3)
项目主管Donny急冲冲地来找老板Simon，因为公司即将竣工的加工厂突然遇到了麻烦，当地质检官员以建设标准不合格为由，索取贿赂，Simon表示，这个钱坚决不能给。Donny问要怎么办？ D: What would you like me to do? S: How much does this lowlife inspector want? D: About 2,500…
礼节美语 – 158. Kickbacks 回扣 (2)
项目主管Donny急冲冲地来找老板Simon，因为公司即将竣工的加工厂遇到了麻烦。当地质检官员以不合格为由，索取贿赂。Donny说， D: I hate to play devil’s advocate, but doesn’t everyone who does business here pay kickbacks? It’s a part…
礼节美语 – 157. Kickbacks 回扣 (1)
项目主管Donny急冲冲地来找老板Simon. Donny: Simon, there’s something we need to talk about. Simon: Go ahead, shoot. D: I think maybe we better…
礼节美语 – 156. Intuition 直觉 (2)
销售部的Steve, Faith和Katie围绕直觉展开了讨论。Katie说 Katie: I think perhaps everyone has different kinds of intuition. I’m a pretty bad judge of character, but…
礼节美语 – 155. Intuition 直觉 (1)
销售部的Steve, Faith和Katie开会讨论项目进展。Steve说， Steve: Ok, so are we all agreed that we’ll move forward on this project? Faith: You know, I’m…
礼节美语 – 154. Airport Hassles 机场麻烦 (2)
Lisa向同事Jonah抱怨，美国机场安检太麻烦。Jonah解释说： J: Anyone could be a bad guy. Remember that guy who tried to blow up a plane with a…
礼节美语 – 153. Airport Hassles 机场麻烦 (1)
Lisa从美国出差回来，同事Jonah问她此行的情况。 Jonah: Lisa! You’re home! Nice to see you! How was your trip to America? Lin: The trip was good,…