Unit9 AtWork
Dialogues /monologues:
1. TUC ：（ Trades Union Congress ）——英國勞工聯(lián)合會。
2. This should remind Britain 's employers just how much they depend on the good-will and voluntary extra work of their staff, the TUC says.
just ： 起強(qiáng)調(diào)語氣的作用 —— （是否）可以翻譯成“正是”，
全句是：這會提醒英國的雇主們自己是怎樣依賴于懷著善意且自愿加班工作的員工。 英國勞工聯(lián)合會說到。
3. And if it makes people and employers think a bit harder about organizing a better work-life balance, so much the better.
organizing ： 在這里我將它翻譯成營造。
全句是：如果它能夠讓職員與雇主充分考慮一下營造一個更好的工作.生活平衡點(diǎn)，那是不過了。
4. It is often said that more business is done during social events than at the office.
is done 這里是被動語態(tài)。 生意當(dāng)然是被做的咯。
全句是：經(jīng)常有人說在社交場合做成的生意比在辦公室里做成的多。
5. One person out of eight in labor force is said to be employed by a government unit on the state or local level. is that the case?
全句是：據(jù)說，八分之一的勞動力被政府部們或地方國有企業(yè)錄用。 是那么回事嗎？
Passage:
The Unite States supplies a larger share of the international trade than any other nation in the world. The transactions of trade between countries are often kept in American dollars, and payments are frequently made in American currency as well. Many American banks have established branches in important commercial centers overseas to handle the business that results from world trade. Similarly, many foreign banks also have branches in the United States .
The United States has many trading partners; one that has become increasingly important in recent years is China . The city of Shanghai in eastern China is one of the world's great seaports and has also become active in both manufacturing and finance in the world. Many American banks have set up offices there. John William is the manager of one of these branch banks in Shanghai .
John majored in accounting and business administration in Harvard. After graduation he got a job with a large New York bank. After two years in accounting, he was transferred to the loan involved international transactions. Some of them were so complicated that John felt he didn't have a broad enough background to understand them. To get more experience, he asked for a transfer to the bank's international department. He became so expert in international finance that he made it his career.
When the bank decided to open a branch in Shanghai , John was selected to set it up and run it for the first few years. He has been in Shanghai for more than three years now. He has a comfortable apartment in a high-rise building in the business center of the city. The bank provides him with a car and driver as well as the apartment.
Mandarin is the most common language of Shanghai , but John has learned only a few courtesy expressions. He has little need to speak Chinese, however, because all of the employees of the bank are fluent in English. His chief assistant, Miss Wang, went to graduate school in the States, so her English is excellent.
John has enjoyed being in Shanghai , but he may not be there much longer. Now that the bank is operating efficiently, he might be transferred back to New York in a few months. But he hopes to be back to china soon after for he loves it living there.
Dialogues /monologues:
1. TUC ：（ Trades Union Congress ）——英國勞工聯(lián)合會。
2. This should remind Britain 's employers just how much they depend on the good-will and voluntary extra work of their staff, the TUC says.
just ： 起強(qiáng)調(diào)語氣的作用 —— （是否）可以翻譯成“正是”，
全句是：這會提醒英國的雇主們自己是怎樣依賴于懷著善意且自愿加班工作的員工。 英國勞工聯(lián)合會說到。
3. And if it makes people and employers think a bit harder about organizing a better work-life balance, so much the better.
organizing ： 在這里我將它翻譯成營造。
全句是：如果它能夠讓職員與雇主充分考慮一下營造一個更好的工作.生活平衡點(diǎn)，那是不過了。
4. It is often said that more business is done during social events than at the office.
is done 這里是被動語態(tài)。 生意當(dāng)然是被做的咯。
全句是：經(jīng)常有人說在社交場合做成的生意比在辦公室里做成的多。
5. One person out of eight in labor force is said to be employed by a government unit on the state or local level. is that the case?
全句是：據(jù)說，八分之一的勞動力被政府部們或地方國有企業(yè)錄用。 是那么回事嗎？
Passage:
The Unite States supplies a larger share of the international trade than any other nation in the world. The transactions of trade between countries are often kept in American dollars, and payments are frequently made in American currency as well. Many American banks have established branches in important commercial centers overseas to handle the business that results from world trade. Similarly, many foreign banks also have branches in the United States .
The United States has many trading partners; one that has become increasingly important in recent years is China . The city of Shanghai in eastern China is one of the world's great seaports and has also become active in both manufacturing and finance in the world. Many American banks have set up offices there. John William is the manager of one of these branch banks in Shanghai .
John majored in accounting and business administration in Harvard. After graduation he got a job with a large New York bank. After two years in accounting, he was transferred to the loan involved international transactions. Some of them were so complicated that John felt he didn't have a broad enough background to understand them. To get more experience, he asked for a transfer to the bank's international department. He became so expert in international finance that he made it his career.
When the bank decided to open a branch in Shanghai , John was selected to set it up and run it for the first few years. He has been in Shanghai for more than three years now. He has a comfortable apartment in a high-rise building in the business center of the city. The bank provides him with a car and driver as well as the apartment.
Mandarin is the most common language of Shanghai , but John has learned only a few courtesy expressions. He has little need to speak Chinese, however, because all of the employees of the bank are fluent in English. His chief assistant, Miss Wang, went to graduate school in the States, so her English is excellent.
John has enjoyed being in Shanghai , but he may not be there much longer. Now that the bank is operating efficiently, he might be transferred back to New York in a few months. But he hopes to be back to china soon after for he loves it living there.