和老外聊天的地道口語第47期:團隊合作很重要
Andy: hi, betty!
Betty: hi, andy, how are you finding your new job?
A: pretty good. My colleagues seem alright. So far everything is great.
B: that's nice. What do they have you doing over there?
A: well, I work in the marketing department. The corporate culture is totally different from my last employer. Before, when I was assigned a task, I was totally on my own but here most of the work is done in teams. Everyone works very closely with each other.
B: that' s really good. It's very important to feel like you are part of the team at work.
A: indeed. Team work is highly valued in this new company. I like our boss too. He is easy to get along with treats everybody with respect and appreciation. He's highly respected by all his employees.
B: that's great, that's good for a positive work environment and helps motivate employees. I wish my boss was like that.
A: true, take my former supervisor as an example. He was extremely controlling and overbearing. He always had to micromanage everything.
B: well, now you don't have to worry about that. This new place sounds really good.
A: yeah it is.
嘿,貝蒂!
嘿,安迪,你的新工作怎麼樣?
很好.我的同事都不錯,到現在爲止一切都挺好的.
那不錯,你在那邊做什麼?
哦,我在市場營銷部工作,這裏的企業文化和我以前的公司截然不同.以前我分配到任務後,就只靠一個人來完成,但是在這裏,大多數的工作都是在團隊裏完成的.所有人都要和其他人密切合作.
那真的很好,感覺自己是團隊的一份子很重要.
確實.這家公司特別注重團隊合作.我也很喜歡我的老闆,他很容易相處,尊重賞識每個人,所有的員工都很尊重他.
那樣太棒了,這樣的老闆有利於創造一個積極的工作環境,並能激勵員工.我希望我的老闆也能那樣.
是啊,那我以前的上司來說,他的控制慾就特別強.又非常專橫,每一件小事他都要親自插手過問.
現在你就不必擔心了,這個新工作聽起來真不錯.
是挺好的.
Assign: to provide a person for a particular task or position 指定；指派
They've assigned their best man to the job.
他們指派了最優秀的人擔任這項工作。
British forces have been assigned to help with peacekeeping.
英國軍隊被派遣協助維持和平。
Supervisor: a person who supervises sb/sth 監督人；指導者；主管人 noun
I have a meeting with my supervisor about my research topic.
我要就我的研究課題同導師見一次面。
Controlling:有控制慾的
Overbearing: trying to control other people in an unpleasant way 專橫的；飛揚跋扈的
an overbearing manner 專斷的作風
motivate: to make sb want to do sth, especially sth that involves hard work and effort 推動…甘願苦幹；激勵；激發
She's very good at motivating her students.
她非常擅長激勵她的學生。
The plan is designed to motivate employees to work more efficiently.
設計這個計劃旨在促使員工們更加卓有成效地工作.
On one's own:獨立自主
Corporate culture:企業文化
Team player:有團隊精神的人
