禮節美語: When Your Best Friend Becomes Your Boss (美語聽力)

禮節美語: When Your Best Friend Becomes Your Boss (美語聽力) ZT



陳豪在北京的ABC美國公司工作，美國同事Amy到辦公室去找他。

(Office ambience)

A：Good morning, Chen Hao..

CH：Hi Amy.

A: I heard your best friend Brad got a promotion. Is that true?

CH: 沒錯。Brad如今是我的老板了。

A: That can make things awkward.

CH: 是啊，我們倆兒從好朋友一下子變成了上下級的關係，還真不好辦。

A: I think you will be able to work it out since you already recognize that things will be different.

CH: 人事處昨天才通知的他，所以我們還沒有機會談起這件事。

A: That's one of the first things you need to do and soon.

CH: 急什麽呀，他現在肯定特別忙。

A: Everyone knows that you and Brad are close friends. They are going to be watching to see what happens.

CH: 別說別人了，連我都不知道要怎麽處理這種關係。

A: It could go two entirely different ways.

CH: 兩種完全不一樣的可能？哪兩種？

A: Because you are his best friend, he might be tempted to give you special treatment by offering you the best assignments and according you unusual favors.

CH: 如果因為私人關係好，他就在工作上照顧我，那其他人肯定會有意見。

A: Yes. It would affect the way everyone views Brad. He could lose the respect of everyone who works with him.

C: 另外一種可能性呢？

A: I don't have time to talk about that right now, Chen Hao. Shall we meet for tea this afternoon and continue our conversation?

C: 好，那我們下午見。

******

Mary和Chen Hao兩人下午一起喝茶。

CH: Amy, 我們上午說，如果Brad特別關照我，那對我們兩人都不利。你說的另外一種可能是什麽？

A: He might go out of his way to avoid any hint of giving you special treatment and treat you more rigidly than the others.

C: 你的意思是，他為了避嫌，可能對我的要求會格外嚴格？

A: He might pass you over for assignments that you might otherwise have gotten.

CH: 這聽起來可不太妙。那下班以後呢？我們以前總是一起去打乒乓球，或是一起去喝酒。

A: I know that and I have heard you share some funny stories about each other. You'll have to be more careful about the tales you tell about your adventures.

CH: 不能再跟同事講Brad的故事？為什麽？

A: Others might misunderstand and think that you are trying to impress them with the fact that you and the boss are best friends.

CH: 要把工作和私人關係分開，還真不簡單。你覺得我有必要換到別的部門去嗎？

A: That's a possibility if things don't work out. If you can't accept Brad as your boss or he can't make the leap to being your supervisor, a change might be the only solution.

CH: 我想我們兩人一定能做到公私分開。

所有跟帖： 

• The best scanario is "I become a big boss". -任我為- ♂ (81 bytes) () 11/30/2009 postreply 08:55:57

• The best scanario is "任我為 became a big boss". -婉蕠- ♀ (17 bytes) () 11/30/2009 postreply 10:05:39

• 回複：The best scanario is "任我為 became a big boss". -任我為- ♂ (27 bytes) () 11/30/2009 postreply 16:01:31

• 好心態，讚一個。I'd like to be your best friend and -lilac09- ♀ (30 bytes) () 11/30/2009 postreply 11:00:23

• 謝謝。俺也喜歡。行，讓你當CEO了，俺喜歡數錢，當CFO吧？ -任我為- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/30/2009 postreply 15:56:28

• 真會挑肥差，嗯，教主前途無量呀~~ -lilac09- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/30/2009 postreply 16:26:08

• 俺回貼，怎麽回不上呢? -lilac09- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/30/2009 postreply 09:42:38

• 問候Sis. -婉蕠- ♀ (56 bytes) () 11/30/2009 postreply 10:08:07

• 回複：問候Sis. -lilac09- ♀ (42 bytes) () 11/30/2009 postreply 10:24:58

• 回複：回複：問候Sis. -婉蕠- ♀ (86 bytes) () 11/30/2009 postreply 10:28:29

• Sis. Finally I found it and I have posted above. Thanks -lilac09- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/30/2009 postreply 10:51:32

• Thank you very much. I really appreciate it. -婉蕠- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/30/2009 postreply 11:21:28

• 【[交了作業去上班]--朋友升成俺的官-俺有點小火咋涼拌？】來源: lilac09 -婉蕠- ♀ (182 bytes) () 11/30/2009 postreply 11:05:07