《美式商务习语》第三课.docVIP

Chapter?3.???Challenges/difficulties I’m?feeling?very?frustrated.??I?have?so?much?work?to?do?and?I’m?still?waiting?for?tech?support?to?up?grade?my?system??to?improve?the?processing?speed.??I?feel?like?I’m?doing?the?job?of?three?people.??I?tried?multitasking,?but?even??when?I?talk?on?phone?and?read???and?answer?my?emails?at?the?same?time.??I?can’t?get?everything?done.?? I’m?also?having?problems?with?my?staff.??I?have?one?person?who?always?makes?waves?and?causes?arguments?with?the?rest?of?the?staff.??Whenever?there?is?a?bottleneck?and?work?built?up?so?we?fall?behind?schedule,?she?is?usually?responsible.?? Our?budget?has?been?cut?so?I?have?to?find?ways?to?save?money.?This?means?I?have?to?cut?corners?on?hiring?so?I?can’t?bring?on?any?new?people.??I?just?have?to?make?do?with?current?team.? I?was?talking?with?Joe,?the?other?supervisor?during?the?break.??He’s?in?the?same?boat.??He?said?his?job?has?become?a?pain?in?the?neck.??His?boss?is?always?in?his?face?about?something.??We?both?feel?like?we?are?between?a?rock?and?a?hard?place.?My?wife?is?going?to?have?a?baby?so?I?need?to?have?a?steady?income.?Joe?is?about?25?years?older?than?I?am.??He?was?planning?to?retire?next?year.??But?he?put?all?his?eggs?in?one?basket?and?invested?in?a?high?tech?stock?that?was?supposed?to?make?him?a?million?dollars.??Then?the?market?went?south,?and?now?he?is?really?up?a?creek.?He?doesn’t?want?to?tell?his?wife?about?his?bad?investment.?So?now?he?has?to?keep?working?for?la?lot?longer?than?he’s?expected.? 习语1:?upgrade Definition:?Improve,?update,?or?chang?for??the?better upgrade更新,提升 He?needs?to?upgrade?his?job?skills?so?hell?be?more?employable.为了更好地找工作,?他需要提升他的工作技能. I?upgraded?my?computer?system?so?I?could?work?faster.因为我提升了我的计算机系统,所以我能更快捷处理我的工作. You?need?to?upgrade?your?wardrobe,?you?should?buy?some?new?clothes.你衣柜里的衣服该更新了.?你该买点新的衣服了. 习语2:?multi-tasking Definition:??Doing?more?than?one?thing?at?the?same?time multi-tasking同时做几件事情,?身兼数职 I?cant?keep?up?with?my?work.?I?need?to?try?multi-tasking?s