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A: Who was promoted the fastest in his peer group?
B: John became a section chief two years earlier than his age peers.

* age peer可解释为有着同等资历的同事(those with the same seniority),或者是同时期加入公司的同事(those who entered the company at the same time).

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A: I will be sent to Spain as the manager of our factory in Madrid.

B: Congratulations. I understand that your company is very active in overseas operations. How large an expatriate staff do you have?

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A: I would like to interview a few executives in your company. Could you arrange it?
B: What do you mean by executives? How high should their position be?
A: They should be higher than section managers, if possible.

* executive: 原本指行政人员/主管等, 但今天,意思更扩大至泛指一般公司职员. executive 有"经营者", "主管", "执行者"的意思；vice president 是"副总裁", 若加上 executive, 便是"执行副总裁".

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A: How often do you go out toe eat or drink after work with your co-workers?
B: At least once or twice every month I go out with my colleagues, because I believe that is the best way to get to know one another well.

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A: I've heard a lot about corporate culture. Please tell me what the exact definition of the word is.
B: In short, corporate culture is the company values and beliefs which affect important managerial decision making.

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A: From where do you commute to work and how?
B: I commute from Shatin by commuter trains.
A: How long does it take?
B: About two hours.

* commute to work: 乘公共车辆上下班
   commuting time: 上下班时间
   commuter trains: 市郊往返车
   commute over a long distance: 长距离路途上下班
   morning rush hours: 早上的繁忙时间.

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A: I understand that Japanese workers are diligent and seldom come to work late. Am I right?
B: Yes, tardiness is very rare.

* come to work late: 上班迟到. 也可以说: come late for work 或 be late for work. 迟到者: latecomer.

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A: I am a little feverish, but I will come to the office.
B: That's not goo.d Take a day off.

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A: I'm sorry, but Mr. Smith will be about ten minutes late. Could you wait for him?
B: Sorry. We should start all meetings on time. The meeting will please come to order.

* come to order: 会议开始.

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A: How many coffee breaks do you have?
B: We have two coffee breaks. One in the morning, and one in the afternoon.

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A: I received a letter from Tony who left our company several years ago. He says he has been promoted to general manager.
B: Great! Why don't you circulate Tony's letter among those who know him?

* circulate a letter/传阅信件. 在办公室内传阅的东西有: Circular notice (通告), interoffice memos (公司内的备忘录), documents (文件), proposals (建议书), correspondence (来往信件)等. "传阅"也可用 read and pass on来表达.

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A: Who is the chief executive officer of your company?
B: Mr. Andrew Brown, who is the president and the chief executive officer. In a Japanese company, the chairman, in most cases, is a titular position, and the president is the chief executive officer and concurrently chief operating officer.

[ 本帖最后由 ginbnag 于 2008-4-10 02:55 PM 编辑 ]

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A: What is the cash cow of your company?
B: What do you mean by "cash cow"?
A: The business or product which earns the biggest profits.
B: Then the video tape recorder is our cash cow.

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A: Which office of the company do you work at?
B: I started at the head office in America, but was transferred to a branch office in Hong Kong last month.

* be transferred to ~/被调职~；也可用 relocate, move等.

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A: This is Matthew. He. Would you put me through to Ms. Betty Zhou, please?
B: I'm sorry she is tied up at the moment.
A: What time will she be available then?

* be tied up/忙得不可开交；通常用于因忙着工作,以至没空接电话的情况. 也可简单地说: busy 或 not available.

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A: How do you do, Mr. Smith? I'm Susanna He and I'm very pleased to meet you. This is my business card.
B: The pleasure is mine, Miss He. I'm George Smith. I'm terribly sorry, but I have run out of my name cards.

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A: Could I speak to Mr. He?
B: I'm sorry he is out of the office now. He should be back after lunch.
A: Then I'll call again in the afternoon.

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A: What do you actually do in your company?

B: I am in charge of export sales.