办公遭遇够尴尬 (4)

上次我们目睹了Simmy是如何因为英文词汇量不足，在西方工作的压力和郁闷下，使出了浑身解数，在下班后的当天夜里，把上班听到的所有动词、形容词、量词、易混词、多义词都一锅端了！下面我们来看看Simmy是如何使用学到的单词进行真实对话的——（Simmy现在心想：）“动起来，赶快动起来！”

1.8原装对话

1.8.1 我要设计办公室

A: How are you doing, Robert?

最近如何，Robert?

B: Not too bad, Sim. Yourself?

还行啊，Sim, 你呢？

A: Never be better. I wonder if you know anything about office design.

从来没有这么好过。我想知道你是否了解一些关于办公室设计方面的东西呢？

B: Well, kind of, (it) depends on what your questions are, actually.

哦…一点点，其实要看你问什么了。

A: What would be the first thing to think about?

那首先要考虑的是什么？

B. As far as I am concerned, assessing your power needs should come as step one of your office design.

就我而言，评估一下你的用电需求应该是第一步。

A: You really are hitting the nail. I felt sick of buying lots of office equipments at one go, to be honest. Moreover, they cost me an arm and a leg for the power.

看来你确实是一矢中的啊，老实说，我最讨厌一下子买过多的办公设备，而且它们的耗电量能把我给吞了。

B: Tell you what; you may be able to cut down on your power needs by combining some of your office equipment needs. For example, instead of having a separate printer, fax, copier, and scanner, you could have one multi-function machine that performs all these functions.

告诉你吧，其实你可以用需求统筹的方式节省用电的。比如说，你可以使用一台多功能合一的机器去替代单个的打印机、传真机、复印机、扫描仪的。

A: Wow! That sounds a plan indeed. Thanks a lot.

哇！那确实是个好主意。太谢谢了！

1.8.2 门卡必须随身带，否则一去难回头

A: Robert, today is my first day in the office. Is there any suggestion you want to give me? You are already a veteran member here.

Robert, 今天是我第一天上班。有没有什么建议要给我的？你已经是这儿的老兵了！

B: The most important thing to keep in mind is to bring with you your access swipe card all the time.

最重要的是随时随身带上你的门卡。

A: Really? Is it that important?

是么？有这么重要么？

B: Correct. I am serious. You need the swipe card to access the gate, clock in or off, and even go to the rest room.

当然。我可是认真的。你需要门卡进门、打卡上下班，就算你上洗手间也少不了它的。

A: What if I forget to take it with me in the rest room?

我如果在洗手间没带它怎么办？

B: You will be locked up in the toilet. Beyond that thick door, I can’t guarantee that someone may hear your shout if any.

你将会被反锁在洗手间里。那么在厚厚的门外，我可不敢保证有人能听到你的喊叫声了。

A: Oh, my God! Is that true…

天哪！原来那是真的啊……

1.8.3 帮帮我忙寄封信

A: I want to send a mail to a VIP of our business, Sim. Could you do me a favor?

我想寄一封信给公司的一位重要客户，Sim, 你能帮我一个忙么？

B: Sure, tell me how.

当然可以，告诉我吧。

A: Great. That’s easy. You just need to hold this page and stack the other three being printed out now behind it, then staple and stuff it in an envelope then mail out.

好极了，很简单的。你只需要拿着这张纸，然后把正在打印的其他三张摆在它的下面，接着用订书机订好，最后装进信封寄出去就好了。

B: Okay, no problem at all.

好的，没问题。

1.8.4 一式三份怎么搞

A: Hi sim, could you print three copies of this document for me, cos (because) I need to send it to one of our clients in triplicate.

你好，Sim, 你能帮我打印三份这个文件么，因为我需要把它一式三份寄给我们的客户。

B: Sure thing. I will do it right now.

当然可以。我现在就把它搞定。

A: Done. Here you go.

好了，给你。

B: Fabulous, mate!

好极了，伙计。

1.8.5 悬挂文件真麻烦

A: This is your coffee sir, double espresso, your favorite “guy”.

这是给您的特浓意式咖啡，先生，您最喜欢的。

B: Thanks Sim. Could you place this docket back to the suspension file for me?

谢谢你，Sim. 麻烦你帮我把这张收据放回悬挂文件夹好么？

A: No problem. By the way, which tab should I be looking at?

没问题。顺便问一句，应该放在哪个标签下面呢？

B: Tax record please.

税务记录，拜托了。

A: All right.

好的。

1.8习题反馈

1.8.1 Match the following descriptions with the correct words:

1. The people who reproduce a newspaper, book, business cards, etc. in large quantities by mechanical or electronic means. ______

2. You will need this if you want to make copies that can be shown on an overhead projector. ______

3. Reminders, notes, dates, times and details are some of the things you can jot down on this.

4. It usually consists of a name and an address, and a logo or corporate design, and sometimes a background. It may also refer to a piece of paper imprinted with such a heading. _____

5. A booklet containing information of a product or service. ______

6. Covering for a window _______

7. A piece of furniture or alcove with a door, for storage ______

8. The science of designing user interaction with office equipment and workplaces to fit different users. ______

9. A small cash fund for the payment of minor office supplies or other incidental expenses _______

10. A book for writing short official notes to others in the company _____

1.8.2 Fill in the blanks with correct adjective-natured verbs.

perfect, better, clear, right

Non-native speakers of English who are doing business in English would like to _____ their spoken English.

The fault will ____itself if you give it time.

The company hopes to _____ the working conditions of the employees.

We need to _____ our work before we can clock off.

1.8.3 Reading comprehension

‘An office workplace, like so many other products and services in the future, will fail if it only manages to be ordinary’… Adryan Bell, one of the pioneers in the design of work and workplace, uses his new book Re-imagining the Office as a canvas on which to paint a vivid and, at times challenging, image of the future office.

Through six inter-related themes, efficiency, effectiveness, engagement, expression, e-work and experience, he encourages the reader to challenge and re-invent many existing long-standing workplace conventions. These include basic aspects like office design and image, workplace status and symbolism, dependency on desks, use of alternative work settings and locations, territorialism, use of paper, exploitation of technology and flexibility with time. More fundamentally, he encourages a rethinking of the whole concept and location of the workplace – and its role in supporting our work and the organizations we work for.

The book is both backward as well as forwarding looking as the author remarks: “we can learn from the past. And we should not throw everything completely away in boldly pursuing, as we must do, the new future.

Re-imagining the Office is a call to arms for all those concerned with workplace design; with the engagement of employees; with the practical task of nurturing the culture of knowledge, innovation and transformation that are now seen as key to future competitiveness in business and the delivery of relevant and sustainable services in the public sector. (Source: Re-imagining the Office)

把不熟悉的单词摘录到下面的空白处,并且用中英文注解出来。

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Mark the following sentences with True or False by judging their validity according to the passage. If the sentence is not true, please write down your reasons on the line below.

The first sentence argues if workers in the office perform ordinarily, they will have to fail at work in the end.

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In the second paragraph, “engagement” means recruiting some new employees.

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In the second paragraph, “re-invent” implies to change completely.

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To challenge the work conventions consists of the way of using paper, technology and time.

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“A call to arms” is a metaphor for raising attention.

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Translate the underlined sentences into Chinese.

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1.8.4 Writing

You are an office administrator in an international telecommunication company. What would be your possible tasks for this position? Write an article to describe them. (100-150 words)

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