進入外企,英語是我們的必備技能,同時也是我們升職加薪的籌碼。然而當你剛剛走出校園,手里握著四六級證書,你卻發(fā)現,英語依然是你在職場中的軟肋。那么如何在你的四六級英語基礎上把英語升級成為你職場中的加分項呢?注意細節(jié)的把握,準確地用詞,使你的英語更加專業(yè)。
例:thing這個詞是非常普遍的一個詞,比如:many things,something, every thing. 我們總是非常頻繁的用這個詞。原因是這個詞是一個通用詞匯可以用來描述我們了解又或是并不了解的事物。所以我們如何用更加準確的詞匯來更好的表達thing這個詞呢? 1. a detail He told us all the details (everything) of his life. 2. a feature The new Galaxy smartphone has many unique features /functions (things). 3. an item There are twenty items (things) on the shopping list. 4. an issue There are many controversial issues (things) surrounding the building of the shopping centre. 5. a matter This is very serious – it’s a matter (something) for the police. 6. a point The minister made some good points (things) during his speech. 7. a subject The book covers many subjects (things). 8. a topic The journalist writes about a wide range of topics (things). 9. a trait Kindness and generosity are good traits (things). 10. an attribute Stamina is a necessary attribute (thing) for a long-distance runner.
例:在職場中想讓你的書寫看起來更加的formal,就要學習用formal的措辭。比如May 和 Can 的區(qū)別你知道么?這些英語中的細節(jié)就是拉開英語差距的關鍵。 當我們在請求,給予或拒絕的時候,通常我們會用can和can't。 ? Can I speak to Dave Williams, please? ? You can help yourselves to tea and coffee. ? I’m sorry, you can’t smoke here. 你或許也知道我們也會用May來請求,給予以及拒絕。 ? May I take a message? ? Passengers may not leave the airport while waiting for a connecting flight. 那么在may 和 can 之間有什么區(qū)別呢? 1). May is more formal (正式)than can when asking for and giving permission: e.g. May I speak to Mr Jones, please? 2). We use may when we want to sound more polite (禮貌): ? May I offer you another drink, sir? 3). We see or hear may, not can, in official announcements(官方), and on signs: e.g. Hotel guests may use the gym from 6 a.m. May vs. can = formal vs. informal 所以May/ May not 用于表示禮貌的正式請求或給予許可。Look at the difference between these two signs:
例:Wage/wages, pay, salary, earnings “工資,薪水”我們該用哪一個? ? income:指收入,收益,所得。 e.g. people on low incomes. ? wage/wages: 通常指按周領取的工資,工錢。 e.g. a weekly wage of 200. 周薪200元。 ? pay:指工資,薪水。 e.g. The job offers good rates of pay. 這工作報酬高。 ? salary:通常指按月發(fā)放的薪水。 那么如何區(qū)分這些“薪水”?pay在這些詞當中應用最廣泛,在工廠等工作的雇員按周領取工錢的用wages。辦公室工作的人員,教師,醫(yī)生等專業(yè)人員按月領取的薪金用salary,但是通常以年薪表示。 ? earnings 和income 怎么區(qū)分? ? earnings 表示工作所得的報酬,不包括非勞動所得,例如銀行存款的利息等。表示設法掙得的收入。 ? income 一般看作是可靠的固定收入。 ? 加薪20%就是:a 20% salary increase ? 付薪職位/領薪員工: a salaried position/employee. ? 薪水多少 : on salary of xxx. ? 年薪:annual salary of xxx 4. 基本工資:basic salary
? agenda:a list of items to be discussed at a meeting.( 會議)議程表,議事日程。 e.g. The next item on the agenda is the publicity budget. 議程表上的下一項是宣傳預算。 e.g. For the government, education is now at the top of the agenda. 對政府來說,現在教育是當務之急。 ? diary: 日記,同樣也可以用datebook記錄約見事宜,也可以用calendar。 ? schedule:工作計劃,日程安排 e.g. we are working to a tight schedule = we have a lot of things to do ? timetable:時間表,時刻表: a bus timetable ? timeline:時間線, 通常工作中我們會制定timeline來規(guī)定每一項任務的開始以及完成時間等。 例:bill, statement, invoice, tab 這些“賬單”你分得清么? ? bill: a piece of paper that shows how much you owe sb for goods or services 賬單 以上這些單詞,我相信大家都認識,并不是高難度詞匯,并且十分常用,但是這些細微的區(qū)別你或許并不熟悉。與其花更多的時間去認識很多你不熟悉的單詞,不如花些時間去更好的了解那些你已知的單詞,使你的用詞更佳的準確,讓你的英語更佳專業(yè)。 |
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