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age peer
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: What is the average age of employees in your company?
B: Thirty-two years old. Due to the rapid aging of the non-production workers, however, that will rise to about 40 in ten years' time.

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A: Everybody says that he has become a manager faster than his peers because he is a great apple-polisher.
B: I agree. I hope his apple-polishing will not work any more.

apple-polisher 拍马屁的人/阿谀奉承的人；同义词有flatterer, sycophant, toady, egg sucker等

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A: How have you been? I haven't seen you for months.

B: I just returned from a two-year assignment in London.

A: Is that true? I didn't know that at all.

* assignment 是"被分配的任务", "被委派的职位"的意思.

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A: Would it be possible to see Mr. Zhou for just a moment?

B: I'm sorry, Mr. Zhou has to attend a conference now. He will be able to see you tomorrow.

* attend a conference: 出席会议；也可说 take part in/participate in a meeting;
举行会议则是 hold/call a meeting
会议室: conference room

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A: Congratulations on your promotion! What is your new title?

B: Thank you. Just last week, I was appointed general manager responsible for the export of ABC-branded products.

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A: I have a terrible headache and will be absent from the office today.

B: That's too bad. Take care. Hope you'll be O.K. tomorrow.

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A: He doesn't look very happy recently. Do you know what happened?

B: He has been demoted from general manager to just an ordinary manager.

* be demoted = be degraded, be downgraded

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A: What do you actually do in your company?

B: I am in charge of export sales.

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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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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.

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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: 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'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: 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 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.