BEC商务英语活学活用：文化差异
Ⅰ.核心学习：Cultural Diversity at Work 工作中的文化差异
Michael: Billy! I think there is an inferno in the company kitchen.
迈克尔：比利!我觉得公司的厨房着火了。
Billy: Really! Why do you think so?
比利：真的吗!你为什么会这么想?
Michael: There is a terrible smell coming from there.
迈克尔：有一股难闻的气味从那儿飘出来。
Billy: Can you describe it for me?
比利：能给我形容一下吗?
Michael: Billy, it is a very strong smell that made my eyes water when I walked past.
迈克尔：比利，那是一种很强烈的气味，从那路过的时候我的眼睛都出眼泪了。
Billy: You are such a dill Michael. Maybe someone is re-heating their lunch.
比利：你真是个傻瓜迈克尔。也许是有人在加热他们的午餐。
Michael: This cannot be someone’s lunch! No one could eat something that smelled that bad.
迈克尔：不可能是某个人的午餐!没有人会吃味道那么糟糕的东西。
Billy: You know that we have people from many different countries working in the office and their cuisine is very different from ours.
比利：你要知道在我们办公室里工作的人来自不同的国家，他们的饮食跟我们是完全不同的。
Michael: But they are in our country now! They should act like we do!
迈克尔：可他们现在在我们的国家!他们做事的方式应该跟我们一样!
Billy: You cannot say that! What you just said is very insulting and ignorant. You need a lesson in Cultural Diversity at work.
比利：你不可以这么说!你刚才说的话很无礼也很无知。你需要了解一下公司中的文化差异。
Ⅱ.单词简析
1) Inferno: a very large fire
很大的火
ex:Whenever we have a barbeque, my father builds an inferno that cooks meat in about two seconds!
每次我们吃烤肉的时候我爸爸都把火烧得很旺，这样肉很快就烤熟了!
2) Dill: idiot, stupid person
傻瓜，愚蠢的人
ex:When I was learning to drive a car, my teacher called me a dill about 50 times each lesson.
我学开车的时候，我的教练每一次课要叫我五十次傻瓜。
3) Cuisine: a French word for food that is now commonly used in English
法语词，指食物，菜肴，现在已广泛应用于英语中
ex:I love living in the city because you have so many different types of cuisine to choose from!
我喜欢住在城市里是因为你有很多不同种类的菜肴可以选择!
4) Ignorant: someone showing a lack of knowledge or intelligence
无知：缺乏知识或智慧的人
ex:Some people say that ignorance is bliss, but I would rather have all of the facts.
有人说无知是福气，可我宁愿知道所有的事实。
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