BEC商務(wù)英語情景對(duì)話-文化差異
下面是學(xué)習(xí)啦小編整理的BEC商務(wù)英語情景對(duì)話-文化差異, 希望對(duì)大家有幫助。
Michael: Billy! I think there is an inferno in the company kitchen.
邁克爾:比利!我覺得公司的廚房著火了。
Billy: Really! Why do you think so?
比利:真的嗎!你為什么會(huì)這么想?
Michael: There is a terrible smell coming from there.
邁克爾:有一股難聞的氣味從那兒飄出來。
Billy: Can you describe it for me?
比利:能給我形容一下嗎?
Michael: Billy, it is a very strong smell that made my eyes water when I walked past.
邁克爾:比利,那是一種很強(qiáng)烈的氣味,從那路過的時(shí)候我的眼睛都出眼淚了。
Billy: You are such a dill Michael. Maybe someone is re-heating their lunch.
比利:你真是個(gè)傻瓜邁克爾。也許是有人在加熱他們的午餐。
Michael: This cannot be someone’s lunch! No one could eat something that smelled that bad.
邁克爾:不可能是某個(gè)人的午餐!沒有人會(huì)吃味道那么糟糕的東西。
Billy: You know that we have people from many different countries working in the office and their cuisine is very different from ours.
比利:你要知道在我們辦公室里工作的人來自不同的國(guó)家,他們的飲食跟我們是完全不同的。
Michael: But they are in our country now! They should act like we do!
邁克爾:可他們現(xiàn)在在我們的國(guó)家!他們做事的方式應(yīng)該跟我們一樣!
Billy: You cannot say that! What you just said is very insulting and ignorant. You need a lesson in Cultural Diversity at work.
比利:你不可以這么說!你剛才說的話很無禮也很無知。你需要了解一下公司中的文化差異。
Ⅱ.單詞簡(jiǎn)析
1) Inferno: a very large fire
很大的火
ex:Whenever we have a barbeque, my father builds an inferno that cooks meat in about two seconds!
每次我們吃烤肉的時(shí)候我爸爸都把火燒得很旺,這樣肉很快就烤熟了!
2) Dill: idiot, stupid person
傻瓜,愚蠢的人
ex:When I was learning to drive a car, my teacher called me a dill about 50 times each lesson.
我學(xué)開車的時(shí)候,我的教練每一次課要叫我五十次傻瓜。
3) Cuisine: a French word for food that is now commonly used in English
法語詞,指食物,菜肴,現(xiàn)在已廣泛應(yīng)用于英語中
ex:I love living in the city because you have so many different types of cuisine to choose from!
我喜歡住在城市里是因?yàn)槟阌泻芏嗖煌N類的菜肴可以選擇!
4) Ignorant: someone showing a lack of knowledge or intelligence
無知:缺乏知識(shí)或智慧的人
ex:Some people say that ignorance is bliss, but I would rather have all of the facts.
有人說無知是福氣,可我寧愿知道所有的事實(shí)。