新来的经理（二）_职场英语

新来的经理（二）

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公司要来新经理，员工们会有什么想法呢？看看下面的对话吧！

Jeff: Did¹ you meet the new manager² yesterday?

杰夫：昨天你看到新经理了吗？

Joan: I did. She seems³ very nice.

琼：看到了。她看起来很不错。

Jeff: I hope⁴ that she won't make too many changes around here though⁵.

杰夫：不过我希望她不要把这里的东西改动得太多。

Joan: Don't you like change?

琼：你不喜欢改变吗？

Jeff: Change can be OK, but I am just getting used⁶ to the way that the current⁷ systems⁸ work.

杰夫：改变是可以的，不过我就是习惯了现在这个制度的运作方式。

Joan: Most new managers⁹ like to make some changes when they start.

琼：大多数经理喜欢一上任就做一些改动。

Jeff: I know. As¹⁰ long as I still have a job, I will be happy.

杰夫：我知道。只要我还有一份工作我就高兴了。

Joan: Maybe the first change will be to show you to the door Jeff!

琼：也许第一个改动就是把你给开了，杰夫！

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1 did
v.动词do的过去式
参考例句：
How many goals did you score in the last game?上一场比赛你们进了几个球？ Why did you choose basketball in the first place?你为何首先选择篮球呢？

2 manager
n.经理；负责人
参考例句：
The manager believes in him.经理信任他。 In our company the manager has the last word.在我们公司经理有最后决定权。

3 seems
v.好像，仿佛( seem的第三人称单数 )
参考例句：
She seems to feel ambivalent about her new job. 她似乎对新工作忧喜参半。 Her return to the team now seems a certainty. 她的归队现在似乎已成定局。

4 hope
vt.希望，期望；vi.希望，期待；n.希望，期望
参考例句：
We hope you can come.我们希望你能来。 Hope you'll enjoy yourself there.愿您度过愉快的一天。

5 though
conj.虽然，尽管；即使；可是，不过，然而；adv.可是，不过，然而
参考例句：
It's quite pleasant today,though the wind is rather cool.尽管风有点凉，今天天气还是很不错的。 I will have a try even though I should fail.哪怕失败，我也要试一下。

6 used
adj.用旧了的，旧的；习惯于…；过去惯/经常
参考例句：
I used to work until nearly 6:00 o'clock each day.我过去常常工作到6:00左右。 He used to walk anywhere from two to five miles an hour.他过去经常一小时走二至五英里。

7 current
n.涌流，趋势，电流，水流，气流；adj.当前的，通用的，流通的，现在的，草写的，最近的
参考例句：
Electric current is often powerful enough to kill a man.电流常强得足以致命。 There is a story about her in the current number.最近一期上有关于她的故事。

8 systems
n.[物理化学]系( system的名词复数 )；制度；身体；系统
参考例句：
a comparative study of the educational systems of two countries 两国教育制度的比较研究 the increasing complexity of modern telecommunication systems 日益复杂的现代电信系统

9 managers
n.经理，管理人( manager的名词复数 )；以某种方式管理人、家庭、钱财等的人
参考例句：
the sectional interests of managers and workers 管理层和广大工人的不同利益 Making such decisions is not the sole prerogative of managers. 作这类决定并不是管理者的专有特权。

10 as
conj.按照；如同
参考例句：
He got work in a hotel as a waiter.他在一家旅馆找到了当服务生的工作。 In the hotel,the old men were drinking away as usual.在旅馆里，这些老人和往常一样喝个不停。