职场社交英语:【38--他看不到大局】职场口语主题:职场社交口语话题【38--他看不到大局】 在吉娜的隔间Dave: That's what made Elvin so mad. I think he wants to 1) strangle you. 戴夫: 艾文就是因为这档事而气急败坏。 我想他要把你勒死。 Zina: Oh, Elvin doesn't know anything. He can't see the big picture. 吉娜: 喔,艾文啥都不懂。 他看不到大局。 Dave: Well, he doesn't know that you 2) recruited extra programmers. How did you 3) manage that? 戴夫: 呃,他不知道你又新招募了程序设计师。 你是怎么办到的? Zina: I just sat down with the 4) venture capitalist boys from Vikam and asked for more money. 吉娜: 我只是跟我们的投资方 “维康”的那些人坐下来,跟他们多要了些遥。 Dave: Can you do that? Isn't this Vince's company? 戴夫: 你这样行吗? 这不是文斯的公司吗? Zina: 5) For now it is. 吉娜: 暂时是。 Dave: Uh-oh. Here comes Elvin. 戴夫: 不妙。 艾文来了。
----------------------------------------------------------语言详解A: Arnold began managing his own company at the age of 23. 阿诺二十三岁就管理他自己的公司。 B: He must be a genius. 他一定是个天才。 【He can't see the big picture. 他看不到大局。 】big picture是“全局,大局”的意思,can't see the big picture是指仅能着眼于眼前发生的事,无法看出事物的整体遥,没有综观全局,长期规划的能力。 A: We'll only be able to pay everyone's salaries after our business establishes itself. 唯有在开始营运之后,我们才能付大家薪水。 B: But Johnnie can't see the big picture. He's unwilling to wait. He wants to get paid now. 不过强尼看不到大局。 他不愿意等。 他遥就要拿薪水。 你也可以劝告、建议他人look at the big picture“从大处着眼,衡量全局”。 A: I want all our employees to get equal pay. 我要我们所有的员工都拿一样多的薪水。 B: You've got to look at the big picture. It's just not possible right now. 你得要衡量全局。 这在目前是遥能的。 1) trangle (v. ) 勒死,使窒息2) recruit (v. ) 雇用,招募3) manage (v. ) 管理,控制4) venture capitalist 提供创业投资的投资方5) for now 目前,暂时