进入外企,英语是我们的必备技能,同时也是我们升职加薪的筹码。然而当你刚刚走出校园,手里握着四六级证书,你却发现,英语依然是你在职场中的软肋。那么如何在你的四六级英语基础上把英语升级成为你职场中的加分项呢?注意细节的把握,准确地用词,使你的英语更加专业。
例:thing这个词是非常普遍的一个词,比如:many things,something, every thing. 我们总是非常频繁的用这个词。原因是这个词是一个通用词汇可以用来描述我们了解又或是并不了解的事物。所以我们如何用更加准确的词汇来更好的表达thing这个词呢? 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:在职场中想让你的书写看起来更加的formal,就要学习用formal的措辞。比如May 和 Can 的区别你知道么?这些英语中的细节就是拉开英语差距的关键。 当我们在请求,给予或拒绝的时候,通常我们会用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. 你或许也知道我们也会用May来请求,给予以及拒绝。 ▪ May I take a message? ▪ Passengers may not leave the airport while waiting for a connecting flight. 那么在may 和 can 之间有什么区别呢? 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 (礼貌): ▪ 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 用于表示礼貌的正式请求或给予许可。Look at the difference between these two signs:
例:Wage/wages, pay, salary, earnings “工资,薪水”我们该用哪一个? ▪ income:指收入,收益,所得。 e.g. people on low incomes. ▪ wage/wages: 通常指按周领取的工资,工钱。 e.g. a weekly wage of 200. 周薪200元。 ▪ pay:指工资,薪水。 e.g. The job offers good rates of pay. 这工作报酬高。 ▪ salary:通常指按月发放的薪水。 那么如何区分这些“薪水”?pay在这些词当中应用最广泛,在工厂等工作的雇员按周领取工钱的用wages。办公室工作的人员,教师,医生等专业人员按月领取的薪金用salary,但是通常以年薪表示。 ▪ earnings 和income 怎么区分? ▪ earnings 表示工作所得的报酬,不包括非劳动所得,例如银行存款的利息等。表示设法挣得的收入。 ▪ income 一般看作是可靠的固定收入。 ▪ 加薪20%就是:a 20% salary increase ▪ 付薪职位/领薪员工: a salaried position/employee. ▪ 薪水多少 : on salary of xxx. ▪ 年薪:annual salary of xxx 4. 基本工资:basic salary
▪ agenda:a list of items to be discussed at a meeting.( 会议)议程表,议事日程。 e.g. The next item on the agenda is the publicity budget. 议程表上的下一项是宣传预算。 e.g. For the government, education is now at the top of the agenda. 对政府来说,现在教育是当务之急。 ▪ diary: 日记,同样也可以用datebook记录约见事宜,也可以用calendar。 ▪ schedule:工作计划,日程安排 e.g. we are working to a tight schedule = we have a lot of things to do ▪ timetable:时间表,时刻表: a bus timetable ▪ timeline:时间线, 通常工作中我们会制定timeline来规定每一项任务的开始以及完成时间等。 例:bill, statement, invoice, tab 这些“账单”你分得清么? ▪ bill: a piece of paper that shows how much you owe sb for goods or services 账单 以上这些单词,我相信大家都认识,并不是高难度词汇,并且十分常用,但是这些细微的区别你或许并不熟悉。与其花更多的时间去认识很多你不熟悉的单词,不如花些时间去更好的了解那些你已知的单词,使你的用词更佳的准确,让你的英语更佳专业。 |
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