商务英语词、句子 2.doc

第一章 at will 随意地 new recruits:新员工 loyalty n. 忠诚 （feel much loyalty to…） Hold on to 坚持，保留/retain nine to five 朝九晚五 at entry level 在入门级别（刚进公司的时候） to the needs of 按照…的需要 birth rate 出生率 dry up v. 枯竭，用光 covering letter n. 附信 between the lines 字里行间 consultancy firm 咨询公司 Bring success to 带来成功 forward-looking 有远见的, 向前看的 self-motivated 自我激发的，自己主动的 pre-course 预备课程 back office 事务部门，后勤部门 Job application 求职申请 Sign up 签合同，报名参加 call up 召唤 Raise awareness about 提高对…的认识 National Assembly 国民大会 be due to 即将 Behind the scheme 支持… rule out 排除, 取消 Live for the moment活在当下 Lay off/make redundant临时解雇 retire a bill赎回票据，retire documents 赎单 retirement of assets 资产报废 Have a day off 请假 Start a career 开创事业 Radio sales (marketing)无线电销售 account executive (AE)客户执行. Instant Gratification:迅速获得满足，直接奖励，及时行乐 Flip side: 相反情况 (opposite side/negative side) Contrary /other side office-based model of work 主要需要在办公室完成的工作 Come up with the goods 达到要求，满足期望，不负所望 life expectancy 预期寿命(=expectation of lifespan) are entitled to 有权利 Break one’s back:=break the back of sth全力以赴，竭尽全力 Break out backs for you(拼命工作)把腰累完了。 Go out there 去打拼，去努力 Bury themselves in a cubicle埋头苦干 Follow orders循规蹈矩 句子： 1.So we call you guys the” entitlement generation”. You imagine you are entitled to everything 你们这帮年轻人是养尊处优的一代，你们认为自己有权利得到一切。 2.There is an impression that the current generation of young workers has high expectations for salary, responsibility and job flexibility, but little appetite for hard work and little sense of loyalty to a company 人们对目前这一代年轻的雇员有这样一种印象，认为他们对工资、责任和工作弹性有很高的期望，但却不想努力工作而且对公司的忠诚度不高 3.A lot of twenty-somethings have a hard time making the transition to work-typically kids whove had success early in life and whove become used to getting instant gratification 许多二十几岁的年轻人发觉很难从学生生活过渡到工作生活，尤其是那些在早些时候获得成功的年轻人，他们已经习惯于能够得到迅速满足 4.It seems they expect to have in their first week everything that the veteran has worked 20 or 30 years to earn. 似乎他们想在第一个星期就能得到所有老职员工作了20 年或30年才得到的东西。 5.D