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(diǎn)到的。是不是要提早一點(diǎn)呢?

A：Yes. Would you mind getting here around 8:30? We usually have our managers meeting at 9:00.

是的。八點(diǎn)半左右來你不會介意吧。我們通常在9點(diǎn)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(diǎn)?

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(diǎn)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(jī)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(xì)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(jī)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。