职场社交英语口语对话 Lesson 11:你要知道动机何在吗? 职场社交英语口语对话 Lesson 11:你要知道动机何在吗? SCENE⑤ B 戴夫由上方遥,进吉娜的隔间【你要知道动机何在吗? 】Zina: Do you want to know what really 1) motivates Vince to be nice to me? 吉娜: 你要知道文斯对我好的动机何在吗? Dave: OK. What? 戴夫: 好啊。 是什么? Zina: It isn't 2) gratitude. It's fear. Vince is afraid I'll 3) jump to a 4) competitor. 吉娜: 那不是感激。 是恐惧。 文斯怕我会跳出去帮竞争对手。 Dave: You wouldn't do that. Would you? 戴夫: 你不会这么做,对吧? Zina: I might. Vince knows he needs to keep me happy. 吉娜: 我或许会喔。 文斯知道他得让我保持快乐。 Dave: What about your 5) accounts? 戴夫: 那你的客户呢?
语言详解A: Man, that guy was a really good boxer. 天啊,那家伙真是个好拳手。 B: You fought a good fight. But your next competitor will be even tougher. 你打了场好拳。 但是你的下个对手将会更强。 【nice to me 对我好】nice to 后面接“人”时,表示“友善、随和”的意思,例如:Grandma was nice to me when I visited her. 我去探望祖母时她对我很友善。 We should all be nice to the new-comer. 我们应该对那位新来的人客气些。 【I might. 我可能会】在英文中谈论可能的情态助动词(modals)有好几个,包括might, could, may, must。 大致上,might表示的可能是较低,而must较高。 Tina might be sick. (少于50%可能)Tina could be sick. (约50%可能)Tina may be sick. (约50%可能)Tina must be sick. (约90%可能)1) motivate (v. ) 给……动机2) gratitude (n. ) 感激3) jump to. . . 换(公司),尤指违反合约的情况。 4) competitor (n. )竞争者5) account (n. ) 客户,尤指生意上往来的客户。