程序员学商务英语之Administrative Office English

Dialogue-1 At a Meeting会议现场

1. let sb do sth. Have sb do sth. get sb to do sth. 让某人来做某事        

  Leave it to me. 交给我来办。

Let me do it. 让我来做吧。

  Have him call me back. 让他给我回个电话。

  I’ll have to get some guy to fix my toilet. 我得找个人来修理一下马桶。

1. Put your cell phone on silent mode.把手机调成静音。

Put your cell phone on vibrating mode. 把你手机调成振动。

1. opponent=rival=competitor竞争对手

India is the greatest rival of China in Asia.

印度是中国在亚洲最大的竞争对手。

1. the Great Depression大萧条
2. think aloud, think outside the box. 广开言路，打破陈规
3. He is invloved in this murder case. 他跟这宗谋杀案有关联。
4. stress on= emphasize on=pay more attention to…强调…
5. English Channel英吉利海峡; Taiwan Strait台湾海峡  
6. Compared with gas cars, EV=electric vehicles are energy-saving and

pollution-free. 跟油车比较，电车更节能，环保。

1. Let’s reconcile. =Let’s make up.让我们重归于好。
2. So much for today. 今天到这里。

Dialogue-2 Working Overtime & Asking for a Leave加班请假

1. You can’t be too careful when driving, after all, safety comes first.

开车时越小心越好，毕竟，安全第一。

1. Typhoon is coming, it seems we have to cancel the picnic party.

台风快来了，看来我们要取消这个野餐会。

1. Stop whining. = Stop complaining. 不要吐槽，抱怨。
2. Even if we don’t get extra pay, we have to work overtime, you know, we

don’t have a choice.

即使我们没有加班费，我们也得加班，你知道，我们没有选择。

1. I’m under a lot of pressure. 我压力很大。
2. It’s no big deal. 没什么了不起的。
3. I was wondering if you would / could lend me a million bucks, you see, I’m

trying to get my new apartment.

我想知道你是否可以借给我100万美金，你知道，我正在买新公寓。