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yoyo530521 发表于 2007-6-20 17:01

天天商务英语学习(中高级)2007-6-20 MP3下载

[table=98%][tr][td=1,1,639]天天商务词汇 [/td][/tr][/table][table=98%][tr][td=1,1,459][font=Bookman Old Style][b]curtail sth. (verb)[/b] 削减;限制[/font][/td][td=1,1,179][align=center][url=http://www.youmars.com/07ttxx/20070620%20curtail%20sth.%20(verb).mp3][color=#0000ff][/color][/url] [/align][/td][/tr][/table][table=98%][tr][td=1,1,131][align=center]解释[/align][/td][td=1,1,507][align=center][font=Bookman Old Style][size=2]to limit sth. or shorten its duration[/size][/font][/align][/td][/tr][/table][table=98%][tr][td=1,1,131][align=center]例句[/align][/td][td=1,1,507][align=center][font=Bookman Old Style][size=2]We really need to curtail our spending this year. It's getting out of hand.[/size][/font][/align][/td][/tr][/table][table=98%][tr][td]天天商务报道 [/td][/tr][/table][table=98%][tr][td=1,1,464][font=Bookman Old Style][size=2][b]Professional women? With little-girl voices?[/b][/size][/font]
职场女性,您是否说话嗲嗲声?
[/td][td=1,1,174][align=center][url=http://www.youmars.com/07ttxx/20070620%20professional%20ladies%20with%20little-girl%20voices.mp3][color=#0000ff][/color][/url] [/align][/td][/tr][/table][table=98%][tr][td][font=Bookman Old Style][size=2]Reporter Ashley Milne-Tyte noticed that many professional women in their 20s and 30s speak in ways that are, well, not very direct. She asked around about how women's voices matter to their careers. [/size][/font]
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[font=Bookman Old Style][size=2][b]KAI RYSSDAL: [/b]This being radio, we put a lot of emphasis on how people sound. In all honesty, though, we're not the only ones. Voices matter in the wider world of work, too. Every now and then there's just . . . something . . . about the way a person sounds that makes it hard to concentrate on what they're actually saying.[/size][/font]
[font=Bookman Old Style][size=2]It happens with men, of course. But reporter Ashley Milne-Tyte noticed that often it's women -- younger professionals in their 20's or 30's -- whose voices have a youthful quality. She asked around about how womens' voices matter to their careers.[/size][/font]
[font=Bookman Old Style][size=2][b]MONICA GOODLING: [/b]I may have taken inappropriate political considerations into account on some occasions, and I regret those mistakes.[/size][/font]
[font=Bookman Old Style][size=2][b]ASHLEY MILNE-TYTE: [/b]That's Monica Goodling, the former Department of Justice official who testified before Congress last month about the U.S. attorney firings. She's 33 years old. [/size][/font]
[font=Bookman Old Style][size=2][b]GOODLING:[/b] I don't believe I intended to commit a crime.[/size][/font]
[font=Bookman Old Style][size=2][b]ASHLEY MILNE-TYTE: [/b]Sheila Wellington cringes every time she hears women like Goodling, who sound years younger than they are. Wellington teaches a course on women in business leadership at New York University's Stern School of Business. She says that all-important first impression can be determined by a woman's voice as well as her looks. So it worries her that more and more of her students have voices that make them sound like kids.[/size][/font]
[font=Bookman Old Style][size=2][b]Sheila WELLINGTON: [/b]They're little girl voices that project, Take care of me, Be sweet to me, I'm vulnerable, I'm weak.[/size][/font]
[font=Bookman Old Style][size=2][b]ASHLEY MILNE-TYTE: [/b]Wellington suspects a touch of post-feminist backlash may be behind these baby voices. She says most of her students shy away from describing themselves as feminists - a term they seem to associate with man-hating harridans. She thinks they might be unconsciously pitching their voices particularly high to signal their feminine credentials. Or they could just be following the lead of the current crop of young Hollywood role models, who often sound like Alicia Silverstone's character from the movie "Clueless."[/size][/font]
[font=Bookman Old Style][size=2][b]CLUELESS TRAILER[/b] . . . And it's like when I had this garden party for my father's birthday, right? People came that like did not RSVP.[/size][/font]
[font=Bookman Old Style][size=2][b]ASHLEY MILNE-TYTE: [/b]Emily Lonigro says her voice was never that bad. But her boss did ask her to take some voice training.[/size][/font]
[font=Bookman Old Style][size=2][b]EMILY LONIGRO:[/b] She actually said, "Emily, we need to get the nlee-nlee-nlee out of your voice."[/size][/font]
[font=Bookman Old Style][size=2][b]ASHLEY MILNE-TYTE: [/b]Lonigro likes the sound of her voice now. She's mastered exercises to relax her lips, throat, and tongue.[/size][/font]
[font=Bookman Old Style][size=2][b]LONIGRO:[/b] So that your voice can actually flow out of you instead of getting all caught up right in your face. Or if you're keeping your mouth shut, it's like this, and it gets really small.[/size][/font]
[font=Bookman Old Style][size=2][b]ASHLEY MILNE-TYTE: [/b]Deborah Tannen teaches linguistics at Georgetown University. She's written several books including "Talking From 9 to 5: Women and Men at Work."[/size][/font]
[font=Bookman Old Style][size=2]Deborah TANNeN: Women in authority are in a double bind.[/size][/font]
[font=Bookman Old Style][size=2][b]ASHLEY MILNE-TYTE: [/b]If they sound too young, Tannen says, they run the risk of not being taken seriously. On the other hand, if a woman sounds too authoritative . . . [/size][/font]
[font=Bookman Old Style][size=2][b]TANNEN: [/b]. . . Well, that kind of undercuts our expectations for femininity, or for a woman. So she kind of has to choose between being a good authority figure and being a good woman.[/size][/font]
[font=Bookman Old Style][size=2][b]ASHLEY MILNE-TYTE: [/b]NYU's Sheila Wellington says it's important for women to cultivate a strong voice. She says a woman who sounds like a child risks being treated like one.[/size][/font]
[font=Bookman Old Style][size=2][b]WELLINGTON: [/b]In terms of career success, it's not a good thing. I don't think children get the responsibility to lead.[/size][/font]
[font=Bookman Old Style][size=2][b]ASHLEY MILNE-TYTE: [/b]Emily Lonigro is delighted to have left her little voice behind. But she hears others like it all the time. She says most women want to be liked and accepted. And having a forceful voice can get in the way of that, particularly in the workplace.[/size][/font]
[font=Bookman Old Style][size=2][b]LONIGRO: [/b]Making declarative statements is kind of intimidating. It's a lot easier to say "Um, I'd like to talk about our annual report today," than "I'd like to talk about our annual report today.[/size][/font]
[font=Bookman Old Style][size=2][b]ASHLEY MILNE-TYTE: [/b]Lonigro's already seeing the difference a change in a voice can make. She says her voice training has done wonders not just for her presentation, but her confidence as well. All in all, she says, she feels much more professional.
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