职场常用口语

1、职场常用口语职场常用口语Sabrina LiuSabrina Liu2014.10.302014.10.30G GIVINGIVING THETHE HISTORYHISTORY OFOF YOURYOUR COMPANYCOMPANY介绍公司历史介绍公司历史We werefounded / set up / establishedfounded / set up / establishedin 1981.我们成立于1981年。Wemergedmergedwith X company in 1990.我们和X公司于1990年合并。Weset upset upasubsidiarysubsidi

2、aryin the UK.我们在英国开办了一家分公司。The subsidiary wassold offsold offtwo years after and the remaining company wassplit into split into five differentdivisionsdivisions.分公司2年前出售，剩余公司分为5个部分。Wefloated onfloated onthe stock exchange last year, and we are nowlisted onlisted onthe London Stock Exchange.去年我们在证券交易

3、所上市，现在我们已经在伦敦证券交易所上市。T TALKINGALKING ABOUTABOUT YOURYOUR PRODUCTSPRODUCTS ANDAND SERVICESSERVICES介绍产品和服务介绍产品和服务Wemake / producemake / producepackaging material.我们生产包装材料。Wemanufacturemanufacturecar engines.我们制造汽车发动机。Wesupplysupplypaper products.我们提供纸质产品。Welaunchedlauncheda new washing powder last mon

4、th. We havepioneeredpioneerednew ways of reducing energy costs indomesticappliances.上个月推出了一款新的洗衣粉。我们开创了减少家电能耗的新方法。We areresearchingresearchingnew products for the homeentertainmentindustry. We hope to roll roll them outthem outearly next year.我们正在研发家庭娱乐产业新产品。我们希望能在明年尽早将它们量产出来。We aredevelopingdevelop

5、ingnew software for the internet. Our R&D department is working closely with ourinternational partnersinternational partners.我们正在开发网络新软件。我们的研发部门在和国际合作伙伴紧密合作。C COMPANYOMPANY PERFORMANCEPERFORMANCE公司成绩公司成绩We are themarket leadersmarket leadersin three countries. 在3个国家的市场上，我们是领军人物。We haveexpandedexpand

6、edouroperations. 我们已经拓展了业务。Our company hasgrown bygrown byone-third. 我们的公司扩大了三分之一。We makeannualprofitsprofitsof $1 million. 我们年收益为一百万美元。Ourturnoverturnoverisininexcessexcessofof$2 million. 我们的营业额超过两百万美元。COMMON EXPRESSIONS TO GIVE OPINIONS表达意见的不同方式I I thinkthink最常用、最普遍的表达意见的方式。正式和非正式情况下都可以使用。E.g. I t

7、hink if you offer a consistently good service to your clients, they will keep coming back to you.我认为如果你给客户提供始终如一的优质服务，他们会一直选择你们的服务。In my opinion In my opinion /In /In my my viewview这两个表达更加正式，并且通常在谈论重要问题时使用。E.g. In my view, they made a huge mistake in not selling the company when they had the chance.

8、在我看来，当他们有机会卖掉公司时却不卖是个重大的错误。It seems to me It seems to me /All /All things things consideredconsidered当你已经仔细考虑过一种情形时，你可以使用两种表达中任意一种E.g.It seems to me that they are spending more money than they need to attract new talent into the company.在我看来，在为公司引进新人才时，他们的花费比实际需求多很多。All things considered, I think we

9、 made a wise choice inrecruitingJames.总的来看，我认为招聘詹姆斯是一个明智的选择。If you ask If you ask meme当你的意见带有批评性质的时候使用这种表达。有时，人们甚至会在没有被询问意见的时候使用这个短语.E.g.If you ask me, she has spoilt her children far too much.依我看，她太过溺爱她的孩子了。To be honest To be honest /To /To tell you the tell you the truth /To truth /To be be frankf

10、rank知道别人可能不喜欢你要说的话时，可以用这三种表达来给出你的意见。E.g.To tell you the truth, your father was right when he said that youundersoldthe company.老实告诉你，你父亲对你低价抛售公司的判断是对的To be honest, I preferred it when you were blonde.老实说，我更喜欢你金发的样子。To be frank, I thought her acting was simply terrible.坦白地说，我觉得他的表演很糟糕。Frankly Frankly

11、 speakingspeaking这是一种更亲近和直率的表达意见的方式。E.g.Frankly speaking, I dont know what she sees in him.坦白地说，我不知道她看上他哪一点。PersonallyPersonally这个短语通常用来强调你标的的只是个人意见E.g.Personally, I think the CEO should apologize for his appalling behavior at the shareholders meeting.就我而言，我认为总裁应该为他在董事会的恶劣行为道歉。To my mind To my mind

12、/As /As far as Im far as Im concernedconcerned当你意识到其他人可能不同意你的观点时，可以使用这两种表达中的任意一种E.g.To my mind, private education is better than state education.依我看，私立教育比公立教育好。As far as Im concerned, tennis is a much more interesting sport than football.就我而言，网球比足球有意思多了。不确定的表达方法不确定的表达方法Perhaps/maybePerhaps/maybe这两个词

13、可以用在你对某事不确定的情况下，或是表达某事可能是真的也可能是假的。“perhaps”更加正式，常用在写作中，而“maybe”更多用在口语中。I wondered ifperhapsperhapshe had changed his mind about attending the party.我在想关于参加派对这件事，他是不是改变主意了。When can you give me an answer? I dont know.MaybeMaybetomorrow.“你什么时候能给我答复？” “不知道，也许明天吧。”Probably/possiblyProbably/possibly这两个词非常

14、容易混淆。“Probably”用来表达某件事很可能是真的，“possibly”则表示这件事可能是真的，但你并不确定。If house prices are low, itsprobablyprobablybecause there is a lack of demand.如果房价很低，那么很可能是因为需求少。Would you consider moving to another country for your work? PossiblyPossibly, Im not sure.“你会因为工作原因考虑移居其他国家吗？”“可能吧，我不确定。”ApparentlyApparently当你听说

15、了某件事而不是你自己确定这件事是真的的时候，你可以用“apparently”来表示这件事是事实。ApparentlyApparently, she resigned because she had an argument with her boss.显然，她辞职是因为和老板吵了一架。There is, apparentlyapparently, going to be an announcement about the new CEO tomorrow.显然，明天就会有新总裁的通知了。As far as I know/ as far as I am As far as I know/ as f

16、ar as I am awareaware如果你对某个问题了解得不是很全面，就可以用这个词。No one has complained,as far as I knowas far as I know.就我所知，没有人抱怨。As far as I am awareAs far as I am aware, the invitations to the party have all been sent.就我所知，派对的邀请函已经全部发出了。To the best of my To the best of my knowledgeknowledge当你认为某事是真的，但又不确定的时候可以用这句话。

17、To the best of my knowledgeTo the best of my knowledge, no similar book has been published.就我看来，还没有类似的书出版过。Not to my Not to my knowledgeknowledge当你认为某事不是真的，但又不确定的时候可以用这句话。Has the report been sent yet? Not to my Not to my knowledgeknowledge.“报告交上去了吗？” “我觉得没有吧。”I I imagine/suppose/guessimagine/suppose/guess这些词可以用在当你认为某事可能是真的，但又不确定的时候。“guess”更多地出现在美式英语中，尽管也有英国人会用。但是“suppose”是