英语国际人

出版时间：2008-1  出版社：外文出版社  作者：斯德克  页数：309  

前言

　　本书与市面上其他写商务对话的书不同，书中有八个固定的角色，这八个人每天都穿梭于商业职场，对话讲述的就是他们的故事。同时，与按照特定话题来设计安排的枯燥的对话不同，这本书是关于这八个人之间以及和他们的上司之间发生的故事，趣味横生。这一点书店里的其他书是不具备的。　　特别之处有三：　　第一，本书的作者来自英国，并且拥有多年在中国一流大学的教学经验。对话中充满了最时尚的表达方式，也就是说，你将会学到现在英国人最流行的口语。　　第二，对话中突出强调了词组、短语和表达法。因为在任何课文中，无论是口语还是书面语，由二、三、四，甚至是五个单词所组成的词组、短语和表达法都占据了主要部分。在我们日常的听说读写中，固定表达法的比例可能会高达70％，这就是我们的大脑储存词汇的方式。意识到这点很重要，与单个的单词相比，我们更倾向于记忆和使用词组。所以，在学习英语时，不要只记单个单词，而应该记忆词组和短语。　　第三，也是最重要的。这些对话紧扣人们的商业和日常生活，取材来自生活，原汁原味，是日常英语会话中所必须。　　非常感谢我的出版人蔡箐小姐给予我的鼓励和帮助。感谢Tori waters-wang为本书贡献了许多精彩的对话。最后，我还要感谢李杨和赵娇为本书所作的翻译以及她们孜孜不倦、精益求精的态度。

内容概要

　　意想不到的精彩场景，妙趣横生的英文对话，互动式学习，点燃英语课堂！　　《英语国际人：嘻哈口语办公室的故事》是一部实用的工具，它帮助读者快速达到流畅自如、沟通无障碍的英语水平；本书以东西方的文化差异为背景、多样的话题、海量的对话，使读者全情投入英语的世界，集中展现了英语口语中那些巧妙达意的地道用法，身临其境的口语情景，再配有录音光盘供口语模仿，以加深读者的记忆！

书籍目录

CharactersChapter 1　Your First Year at Work1.Meeting and Greeting2.Making New Friends3.Employee Contracts4.Business CallsChapter 2　Working for the Boss5.Different Types of Bosses6.Dealing with Criticism7.Sexual Harassment8.Making MistakesChapter 3　Working with Colleagues9.Office Parties10.Free Time11.Office Romance12.Office GossipChapter 4　Dealing with Customers13.Customer Relations14.Entertaining Clients15.Quality Control16.MarketingChapter 5　Personnel17.Job Titles and Descriptions18.Business English19.Staffing Problems20.Job InterviewsChapter 9　Business Opportunities21.Franchising22.Import/Export23.Expansion24.Web BusinessChapter 7　Holidays25.Annual Leave26.Golden Weeks27.Changes to the Public Holidays28.Foreign HolidaysChapter 8　Outside Work Problems29.Accommodation30.Travel31.Leisure32.FamilyChapter 9　Money33.Salaries34.Overtime35.Annual Bonus36.Perks of the JobChapter 10　Business Thinking37.The 6 Hats38.Blue-sky Thinking39.The Long Tail40.The 80/20 Rule

章节摘录

　　Weird Job Titles（Lulu and her colleague，Kiki，discuss amagazine article about weird job titles．）　　Kiki：What ale you reading?What on earth is a ChiefImagination Officer?　　Lulu：Guess!　　K：Whatever it is．do we need one here?Id like ajob title、likethat．　　L：I don’t think you would，it’S just a creative assistant actually，that means making the coffee and…　　K：Oh no!Forget tllat!What about this one…EnvironmentTechnician，what ever is that?　　L：Think about it，environment，that could be working environment，office environn~nt in general，how clean it is?　　K：Yes，yes，I bet it’S just a glorified cleaner!　　L：You’ve got it，it is a cleaner．Still，even with that j9b title，cleaning the toilets would be gross!　　K：Voice Data Executive．Now that does sound interesting．youknow how I love to sing．Maybe I could USe my singing voicein my job all day long．　　L：Nail，it Can’t be anything good，all of these have been awfuljobs SO far．Let’s thinks about this…data…well．some sortof information．And the voice thing，maybe it’S about passingon information verbally．　　K：Passing information verbally…SO on the telephone．A tele·phonist!You’re right，that’S pretty much what I do now andwhether I had that title or not Id still hate my job!　　L：Haha!At least you aren’t an Environmental Technician．you’ve still got that t0 be thankful for．　　奇怪的工作头衔（Lulu和她的同事Kiki在谈论杂志上一篇关于奇怪的工作头衔的文章）　　K：你在看什么?首席想象员到底是做什么的呀?　　L：你猜猜看!　　K：不管是什么，我们这儿需要一个吗?我希望有个像这样的工作头衔。　　L：我觉得你不需要。这实际上就是一个有“创造力”的助手，像；中咖啡呀什么的。　　K：哦。还是算了吧!别理那个了。这个怎么样?环境技术员，这又是做什么的?　　L：想想看，环境应该是指工作环境，一般是办公室环境。能有多干净?　　K：对。我敢肯定就是清洁工!　　L：你猜对了，就是清洁工。所以，即使对这种工作头衔来说，打扫卫生间的说法太不雅了。　　K：声音数据执行员，这个听起来有意思。你是知道的，我有多喜欢唱歌。也许我可以用我的歌声工作一整天。　　L：别了，那不可能是什么好差事，现在看起来都是很糟糕的工作。你想想看……数据……一些信息，然后是和声音有关的。也许是口头信息传讯员。　　K：口头传递信息……就是说和电话有关。一个话务员!你是对的，那和我现在的工作差不多，而且不管我有没有那个头衔，我真的不喜欢这份工作。　　L：哈哈，至少你不是环境技术员呀。你还是应该心存感激啊。　　Pay Rise or Promotion（Lulu goes home and discusses job titlesversus salary with spring．）　　Lulu：1 was reading a magazine article about weird job titles withKiki today，some of them weze almost impossible to guesswhat the job actually entailed．　　Spring：Yes．I’ve seen something like that,The funniest one Isaw was an Odd Shoe Examiner!Can you guess what theresponsibilities are for that job?　　L：Odd Shoe Examiner?Maybe they check people’S shoes．Imean the ones who got dressed in the dark，to check that theyare wearing a pair?Ive needed one of those before!　　S：That’S because you have too many shoes．no actually theresponsibilities are examining shoe uppers for any defectsbefore they leave the factory．　　L：Really?Totally not what I expected．Anyway．what I wasgetting to was if your boss gave you a wonderful new rifle，but no raise to go with it，how would you feel?　　S：At the moment my rifle is just“Document Translator”．Whatcould they call me，really?　　L：I don’t know．“Head of Creative Translation and Interpretationof Really Important Stuff”?　　S：Well．I’d definitely need the money to go wim that rifle．But Isee what you mean，some people do hold rifles over money．　　L：If I had a job rifle with“executive”in it．Im sure I’d feelbetter about myself，regardless of the money．　　S：Really9 All your boss has to do is add executive to your jobtitle and youd be happier at work?

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