Situation情景:Cathy wants to transfer her post of receptionist into a
personnel officer. She came to talk with the general manager about this.
凯茜想从现在的前台调到人事部门工作。他去找总经理谈论此事。
Cathy: I've worked here as a receptionist for about a year,and I'd like to have a chance for
advancement.
凯茜:我在这做前台已经一年了,我期望一个升迁的机会。
Eric: Yes, I know that and I am
considering giving you an opportunity in another department.
艾瑞克:是的我了解这个情况,我也正在考虑在另一个部门给你一个机会。
Cathy: Really? Thank you so much, sir.
凯茜:真的吗?太感谢您了。
Eric: What job are you applying for?
艾瑞克:你想做什么工作?
Cathy: I'd like an office job in the
personnel department.
凯茜:我希望到人事部门做办公室工作。
Eric: Eh, I think you are qualified for this position now. Do you understand the duties?
艾瑞克:嗯,我觉得你可以胜任那个岗位。你知道那项工作的职责包括哪些吗?
Cathy: I'm not quite sure,but I think it should be typing,filing and answering phones.
凯茜:我不十分清楚,但我想应包括打字、管理文件和接电话等工作。
Eric: OK. It seems that you are quite familiar with that position. You have the seniority and I know you can do the job. Do you understand the probation?
艾瑞克:好,看起来你似乎对那个岗位很了解啊!你具备应有资历,你会把工作做好的。你了解公司的试用期情况吗?
Cathy: Yes, I think so. I have 30 days to learn the new job, right?
凯茜:是的,我知道。我需要在30天内学会新工作,对吗?
Eric: All right. One thing I want to tell you is that you will get a salary increase when you start your new position.
艾瑞克:对,是这样!有件事我想告诉你,你到了新岗位薪水会相应提高一些。
Cathy: That will be really helpful to my life.
凯茜:那我的生活确实会宽裕一些。
Eric: I hope you can keep working hard no matter where you work.
艾瑞克:不管你去哪工作都希望你会一如既往的努力。
Cathy: I'll try my best to learn the new job.
凯茜:我将尽力做好新工作。
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advancement 字面的意思是进步,前进。
This job offers good opportunities for
advancement.
这份工作会提供很好的晋升机会。
2 be
considering doing 考虑做某事,在consider后接动词要用动词
动名词形式。
例句:
My parents are
considering having a holiday abroad, for the summer vacation is coming.
暑期来了,我爸妈正在考虑来一个出国度假。
3 apply for 意思是申请,单独application即apply的名词形式就是申请书.另外,常用的apply的短语还有apply...to...,将......应用于,将......敷在......上面。
例句1 I advise that they apply to school for financial support.
我建议他们向校方申请财政支持。
例句2 We'd better apply what we learn to practice.
我们最好把我们所学到的应用到实践中去。
例句3 The nurse
applied some medicine to his wound.
护士给他的伤口上敷了一些药。
4 are qualified for 合格,能够胜任,称职
例句:
Our team is qualified for the semi-final.
我们队已经取得了半决赛的参赛资格。
5 answer phones 接电话,英语中的接电话绝不能字对字地翻成receive phones。
例句:
What makes me angry is that I made several phone calls to the company this morning, but no one answered the phone.
今天早上我打了好几个电话给公司但是没有一个人接电话,太让人生气了!
6 are familiar with 对某事熟悉,同样还可以用另一个短语be familiar to,但是这个短语的主语是物,宾语是人。
例句:
He is quite familiar with the characters in the novel. / The characters in the novel are quite familiar to him.
他对小说中的人物相当熟悉。
7 salary increase 加薪
例句:
The board promised to give a considerable salary increase for the workers in order to stop their strikes earlier.
为了早日使工人停止罢工,董事会许诺给他们加一笔可观的薪水。
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