第一天到公司上班,给上级和同事留下一个良好印象是一件非常重要的事情。得体的介绍和问候会给对方留下美好印象,还要记得初次见面时必不可少的一句话,就是"Nice to meet you.(见到您很高兴。)"每当对方报上姓名时,你一定要记得说这句话。当然用"Glad to meet you." 或"Pleased to meet you."也可以。
Eric Wang 第一天上班,他的领导 David Ferguson 将他介绍给新同事 Margaret Smith.
Mr. Ferguson: Good morning, Eric .I am David Ferguson, your supervisor.
Eric: Good morning, Mr. Ferguson.
Mr. Ferguson: Welcome to our department. Eric. It is a pleasure to have you join our department. I want to introduce you to the people you will be working with. By the way, please Call me David.
Eric: Thank you, David. I am delighted to be working here,.
Mr. Ferguson: Eric, This is your design group. Let me introduce you to the members of your team. MsSmith, I’d like you to meet Eric . Eric, This is Ms Smith.
Eric: Nice to meet you. Ms Smith,My name isEric .
Ms Smith :Nice to meet you, too.I am Margaret Smith, Everybody calls meMaggie.Sorry, I didn’t catch your name.
Eric: I am Eric. E-R-I-C. Eric.
介绍自己
I am David Ferguson。
My name isEric .
I’m Andrew Perez. Please call me Andy.
注意:David是名字,在英语中称作first name .Ferguson是姓。在英语中称作last name or family name.
介绍某人的句子
There is someone I’d like you to meet.
Let me introduce you to a friend of mine.
Susan, this is Andy Perez. Andy, this is Susan Hill.
Paul, this is Fred Brown. Fred, I’d like you to meet Paul Wang.
对新同事的问候语:
Glad to meet you.
Nice to meet you.
Pleased to meet you.
对新同事的问候语的回答:
Glad to meet you, too.
Nice to meet you, too.
Pleased to meet you, too.
Welcome to our company.
Welcome aboard! 欢迎你老本公司工作!
如果每没有听清别人的名字,可以说:
Sorry. I didn’t catch your name.
Sorry. What was that?
Sorry. Could you spell that?
你可以这样回答:
Sorry. My name is Andy. That is Andy. A-N-D-Y.(spell it)
一般说来,老外是很难正确读出中国人的姓名的。所以很多在外企工作的人,都用一个外文的名字,例如 James li, Andrew Sun. 由于发音的问题,经常老外会听错你的名字,及时纠正是很必要的。
Hello . My name is Tom.
Hi! Sorry. I didn’t catch your name. Could you spell that.
Sure. T-o-m. T as in tomato ;O as in open; M as in mountain.
Oh. Hi ,Tom.
为了能够拼出某个单词或名字,用一些常见的单词来帮助别人听懂, 可以说the letter + as in + a well –known word。例如T-o-m. T as in tomato ;O as in open; M as in mountain.
Dialogue 2:
In the kitchen at the Pearl Hotel, a newly graduated chef, Liang , started his first day.
Ms.White: Hello, I am Ms. White. the kitchen supervisor. Welcome to the Pearl Hotel.
Liang: Nice to meet you. Wow! This kitchen is really modern.
Ms. White: It's only one year old. So let me tell you how things work around here.
Liang: Thank you.
Ms.White :First, here's your time card. When you come in and when you leave, put your card in the time clock. You're going to work forty hours a week.
Liang:So that means if I work more than forty hours, I'll get overtime?
Ms.White: Right, you'll get time-and-a-half. Your paycheck is going to come every two weeks on Friday.
Liang: What are the hours?
Ms.White: The lunch shift is from nine to four. The dinner shift is from four to midnight.
Liang: Okay. Oh, Do I have insurance?
Ms.White: You have medical, dental, accident, and disability. You can read this later.
Liang: Am I going to work in the kitchen?
Ms.White: Yes, The pots and pans are over there, and the plates are here. And that's the refrigerator.
Liang: Can you tell me a little about my duties?
Ms.White: Yes, you're going to assistMr. Keays. He's a famous chef from France.
Liang: Oh, it is my honor to work with him!
Ms.White: You're going tohelp him prepare meals. He's probably going to ask you to wash vegetables and chop them. As his assistant, you're going to follow his directions.
Liang: Does that mean I won't be cooking?
Ms.White: He may ask you to cook something, but he's the chef. You're going to learn a lot from helping him.
Liang: That sounds exciting. I can't wait to start.
Ms.White: We're happy to have you, Liang.
Vocabulary and phrase
time card 工时卡
用于记录每天的工作时间。
When you come in , put your card in the time clock. 叫做 Punch in
when you leave, put your card in the time clock. 叫做 Punch out.