BEC商務英語活學活用：辦公室里的咖啡和點心

Ⅰ.核心學習：Office Coffee and Snacks 辦公室里的咖啡和點心

Michael: Hey Billy. Do you have any sugar left?

邁克爾：你好，比利。你有糖嗎?

Billy: No. I ran out yesterday. Do you have any creamer?

比利：不，昨天就沒了。你有奶晶嗎?

Michael: Nadda! I asked the receptionist to get some last week.

邁克爾：沒了!我上周就讓前臺去弄一些了。

Billy: How are we going to have coffee then?

比利：那么，我們怎么喝咖啡呢?

Michael: Black, bitter and strong I suppose.

邁克爾：我想我們只能喝苦而濃烈的黑咖啡了。

Billy: We should find a different way to make sure that we don't run out of the office essentials.

比利：我們應該找另外一種辦法，來保證我們不會用完辦公室里的必需品。

Michael: You mean essentials like paper and pens?

邁克爾：你是指象紙和筆這些必需品嗎?

Billy: No! Like coffee, creamer and sugar!

比利：不!是咖啡，奶晶和糖!

Ⅱ.單詞簡析

1) Creamer: white powdered milk that can be added to coffee

奶晶：可以加入咖啡的白色奶粉

ex:I don't like creamer, I prefer natural milk instead.

我不喜歡奶晶，我更喜歡自然的牛奶。

2) Nadda: none, nothing

沒有：沒有，什么都沒有

ex:The policeman got angry when I told him that I had nadda identification.

當我告訴警察我什么證件都沒有的時候，他生氣了。

3) Receptionist: person who sits at the front of the office to take calls

前臺、接待員：坐在辦公室門前，接電話的人

ex:A good receptionist is important because they are usually the first point of contact for clients.

有一個好的接待員是很重要的，因為他們經(jīng)常是客戶的第一個接觸人。

4) Essentials: things that you must have

必需品：一定要有的東西

ex:Some people say that food, clothing and shelter are life essentials.

有些人說食物、衣服和住所是生活的必需品。

5) Petty cash: a small amount of cash kept by companies to pay for the small but necessary items

零用現(xiàn)金：公司的小額現(xiàn)金，用以支付小額但是必需的物品

ex:The accountant said that we could use petty cash to buy paper but not to buy a new printer.

會計說我們可以用零用現(xiàn)金去買紙，但是不能用它買一個新的打印機。

Ⅲ.課文篇

Most offices are happy to provide simple water, tea, coffee and snacks for their staff for several reasons.

大多數(shù)公司，因為一些原因，愿意為他們的員工提供簡單的水、茶、咖啡和點心。

First, it means that you can provide them to customers and clients when they come to visit the office. Just a simple cup of tea can make a client feel more relaxed and help to get the business done.

首先，它意味著，當客戶和顧客來訪的時候，你可以向他們提供這些。簡單的一杯茶會使你的客戶感到輕松，并有助于做成生意。

Second, it saves times to provide drinks and snacks to staff. If the office does not provide them, the staff will have to leave the office to go and buy them, which of course takes time.

第二，向員工提供飲料和點心會節(jié)省時間。如果公司不提供，員工們會離開公司去買這些東西，而這當然會花費時間。

Third, the staff will feel that the company really do value them more highly if simple but essential thinks like tea and water are provided. Staff are more likely to perform better if they think that the company is trying to look after them.

第三，如果公司提供簡單但卻必需的東西，例如茶和水，員工們會感覺公司真的更重視他們。如果員工們認為公司正努力照顧他們，他們就可能會表現(xiàn)得更好。

Once you have decided to provide water, tea, coffee and small snacks to the staff you then have to decide who will be responsible for making sure that they are replaced when they run out. You could appoint one person to always be responsible or take turns having one staff member be responsible for one week and then another person taking over.

一旦你決定向員工們提供水、茶、咖啡和小點心，你必須決定誰會負責保證當這些東西用完后，會續(xù)加。你可以指定一個人，一直負責這項工作，或者讓員工輪流值日，每周有一名員工負責。

The company accountant will probably allow the cost of water, tea and coffee out of the company's petty cash. If not you could ask everyone to put in a small amount and then buy the essentials with that money.

公司的會計應該從公司的零用現(xiàn)金中準備出水、茶和咖啡的費用。如果不是這樣，你應該讓每個人拿出一點錢，然后用這些錢來買必需品。

Ⅳ.對話篇

Jeff: Are you going downstairs to get water Joan?

杰夫：簡，你要到樓下去喝水嗎?

Joan: No, it's my turn to put the coffee, sugar and creamer this week.

簡：不，這周輪到我放咖啡、糖和奶末。

Jeff: So you are going down to the store?

杰夫：所以，你要下樓去商店?

Joan: Yep. I will be back in five minutes.

簡：是的。我5分鐘后會回來。

Jeff: I think I should go with you to help carry all of those heavy essentials.

杰夫：我想我應該和你一起去，幫你提那些很重的必需品。

Joan: I think you only want to come with me so that you can get some sunshine!

簡：我想你只是想和我一起去享受一些陽光吧!

Jeff: No. I really do want to help you carry all of those heavy items.

杰夫：不，我真的想要幫你提那些很重的東西。

Joan: Well, I will believe you but thousands would not!

簡：好吧，我相信你，但是別人可不會!

Jeff: Just remember to bring the petty cash with you Joan!

杰夫：記住要帶零用現(xiàn)金，簡!