职场社交英语的学习

scene⑤ b 戴夫由上方探头，进吉娜的隔间

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？

d**e: 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。

d**e: 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。

d**e: 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表示的可能是最低，而must最高。

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。

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