商務英語口語對話:接任上司的職位
F: Don't you feel a little strange taking the place of your old boss after he was demoted?
M: Yes, at first I felt very awkward. After Bill was demoted and then resigned, it was kind of like somebody died! I mean the atmosphere in the office
was like a funeral parlor or something. And then I was afraid people would look at me as a traitor for filling in his spot when the management asked
me to...
F: Did they mutiny?
M: Thankful, no. I guess everyone understands the opportunity I had to step into a leadership role is so great for my career. I'm really moving up the
ladder now that I'm considered a supervisor. Aafter a couple weeks, it was like nothing happened.
M:it is a really good chance for you to get more exposure at work. supervisors get to take the credit for all the hard work of the people under them.
M: Yeah, and they also take the blame, that's what happened to my old boss...
你過去的老闆被降職後,你取代了他的位置,難道你沒有一點兒不習慣嗎?
是有點兒,一開始我感到很不舒服.比爾降職後,接着又辭了職,有點兒像死了人一樣?我是說辦公室裏的氣氛有點兒像殯儀館或者類似的地方.而且經理要我接任此職,我擔心人們會認爲我
是叛逆者.是爲了取代比爾的職位.
他們反抗了嗎?
謝天謝地,沒有人反抗.我想大家理解我不得不擔任起領導較色的機會對我的事業有多麼重要.大家把我當主管,我真的登上管理層了.再過一兩週,一切就恢復正常.
對你來說,這真是個好機會.能讓你在工作崗位上多些露臉的機會.主管們可以把自己手下人辛勤的勞動都歸功於自己...
是這樣,但他們也要承擔過失,這就是發生在我前任老闆身上的事...
來源:恆星英語-口語頻道
demote:to move somebody to a lower position or rank, often as a punishment 使降級,使降職,使降低地位(常作爲懲罰)
The boss demoted the careless waiter to busboy.
老闆把那個粗心大意的餐廳侍者降爲侍者助手.
traitor:a person who betrays their friends, their country, etc. 背叛者;叛徒;賣國賊 noun ~ (to sb/sth)
He was seen as a traitor to the socialist cause. 他被視爲社會主義事業的叛徒.
She denied that she had turned traitor(= become a traitor). 她否認自己叛變了.
mutiny:especially of soldiers or sailors 尤指士兵或船員 to refuse to obey the orders of somebody in authority 不服從;反抗;反叛
exposure:the state of being in a place or situation where there is no protection from something harmful or unpleasant 面臨.遭受(危險或不快) uncountable ~ (to sth)
prolonged exposure to harmful radiation 長時間接觸有害輻射
the company's exposure on the foreign exchange markets(= to the risk of making financial losses) 公司面對外匯市場的風險
來源:恆星英語-口語頻道
