禮節美語：The Dangers of E-mail（美語聽力）

禮節美語：The Dangers of E-mail（美語聽力） ZT



陳豪在北京的ABC美國公司工作。同事Amy在複印間裏找到他。

(Office ambience)

A：Hi Chen Hao. May I talk to you for a minute after you finish copying those documents?

C：我馬上就印完了。什麽事？

A：It seems that you sent an e-mail to one of your colleagues last week. You said some uncomplimentary things about a co-worker.

C：什麽電子郵件？我怎麽不記得。

A：The one you sent to Bill complaining about Sue's work on your current project.

C：哦，我想起來了，上星期我確實給Bill發過一個電子郵件，因為Sue太氣人了。

A：It seems that you criticized her failure to meet deadlines, her inattention to detail and her inability to work with others.

C：是啊，當時我們剛開了一次特別重要的小組會議，確定項目提案的終稿。

A：I imagine there was a lot of pressure.

C：對啊，我是組長，所以壓力特別大。Sue不僅沒有按時完成工作，而且粗枝大葉，又不合作，所以我才發電子郵件給Bill抱怨。

A：Why Bill?

C：Bill做過這類項目，又跟組裏很多人共過事。其實啊，我就是想找個人，發泄一下。

A：It is understandable that you needed to vent to someone and get advice on how to handle the situation, but e-mail was the wrong way to do it.

C：不應該發電子郵件？可是當時你出差，Bill在開會，我沒有別的辦法。

A：Let's talk more about this later on. I have a meeting in five minutes.

C：好，一會兒見。

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幾小時後，在陳豪辦公室裏。

C：Amy, 你剛才說我不應該發電子郵件給Bill, 為什麽？

A：After Bill read your e-mail, he forwarded it to Lee who has also worked with Sue. I don' think Bill meant any harm. He wanted to know if Lee had had any of the same issues.

C：Bill 看完電子郵件後，轉寄給Lee, 那也沒什麽啊。

A：Wait. There' more. Lee and Sue are friends so Lee sent a copy of your message to her.

C：什麽？Lee和Sue是好朋友？這下可糟了。

A：You don't know how bad it is. Sue was upset and passed your e-mail on to several friends in her department. In short you email has created something of an office war. People are taking sides.

C：什麽？不過這可不是我的本意。你說我現在該怎麽辦呢？

A：You need to go directly to Sue and talk to her.

C：去找Sue當麵說清楚？

A：That's right. You owe her an apology for your bad judgment in involving Bill and not discussing your issues with her first.

C：一封短短的電子郵件，會把事情搞到這種田地。

A：The point is that e-mail should not be used to send messages that are sensitive or confidential.

所有跟帖： 

• Thanks for sharing. DING -23731241- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/06/2009 postreply 08:03:09

• Thank you very much. Good night. -婉蕠- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/06/2009 postreply 19:12:59

• 陳豪 is so bad at "辦公室政治" -lilac09- ♀ (2409 bytes) () 10/06/2009 postreply 11:32:15

• your friend IS smart -23731241- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/06/2009 postreply 12:06:38

• If I were him, I would have been the first one to jump out... -lilac09- ♀ (182 bytes) () 10/06/2009 postreply 13:25:11

• haha, moral of the story: stand back when time is not ready yet -好學又好問- ♀ (97 bytes) () 10/06/2009 postreply 13:14:38

• 好學mm. You're right. 俺奏是沒那份耐性. -lilac09- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/06/2009 postreply 13:31:31

• 謝謝好學又好問的總結。 -婉蕠- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/06/2009 postreply 19:17:27

• lilac是下筆如有神，謝謝分享職場的真實故事，寫得非常好。 -婉蕠- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/06/2009 postreply 19:16:04

• I got lots of typos when I had to rush it out between my meeting -lilac09- ♀ (125 bytes) () 10/06/2009 postreply 21:18:43

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• 回複：回複：禮節美語：The Dangers of E-mail（美語聽力） -婉蕠- ♀ (145 bytes) () 10/06/2009 postreply 19:19:49

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• 回複：回複：回複：回複：禮節美語：The Dangers of E-mail（美語聽力） -婉蕠- ♀ (57 bytes) () 10/07/2009 postreply 08:02:21