常用表达
1.Before my present post, I was manager of our Chicago office for five years.
在担任目前的职位之前，我在芝加哥办事处担任经理已经有五年了。
2. I'm due to go to London as our representative soon, and I'm busy getting my English up to a reasonable level.
我很快就要到伦敦担任我们公司的代表了，现在我正忙着把我的英文提高到一个相当的水平。
3. I work in a pretty big company. It's one of the world's biggest manufacturers of electrical equipment, and we have offices in every major country.
我在一家相当大的公司工作。那是世界上电器设备制造商之一，我们在每个主要国家都有办事处。
4. Next April I'm due to go to Singapore as a technical adviser to an associated company there.
明年4月份我要到新加坡的一家关系企业担任技术顾问。
5. I suppose I was assigned to the secretarial section because of my bright personality and the way I deal with people.
我想我被派到秘书处工作是因为我开朗的个性和我的待人处世之道。
6. We hold a meeting once a month to evaluate resultsof the month's work, exchange ideas, and bring up suggestions for improvement.
我们每个月开一次会，检讨一个月来的工作成果，并交物合得.提出改进的意见。
7. The company provides labor insurance for all its employees,as well as a fine retirement policy.
公司替全体员工办劳动保险，并有完善的退休制度。
8. Although we use things like telephones, emails and letters a lot, I still think face-to-face communication is important.
虽然我们常常用电话、电子邮件和书信等手段，但是我仍然认为面对面的沟通很重要。
9. I often have to go and visit our suppliers and agents indifferent parts of the country.
我经常得去拜访全国各地的供应商和代理商。
10. We get three weeks' holiday with pay a year, but a lotof people don't take the full three weeks.
我们每年有三个星期的带薪假期，但是很多人都没有休满三个星期。
情景对话
A: What profession do you like most, Alice?
B: Teaching.
A: Really?
B: Yes, the classroom is always a comfortable working condition except some chalk dust.
What's more, teachers are respected in China more and more. And they are better paid.
What is your favorite job, Kevin?
A: I like to be a manager in a company.
B: Why is that?
A: I can do and require my employees to do what I plan. Also, I can improve my management capability in realizing each target.
B: By the way, what's your wife doing?
A: She has no job. She stays at home looking after the baby.
B: Do you think it's good for men only to work?
A: It depends. If a husband gets a good salary and it's enough for the family, why should the wife? Social work is divided: women seem to be more successful in looking after the children, especially when they are young.
B: But women should also work to improve their knowledge, and understand the outer world.
A: Yeah. They say a working woman is beautiful. Everybody should have contact with the outside world.
B: If you shut yourself up all day long at home, you will soon lose many things.
A: I agree. All people should work to live, not live to work. And try to have fun while working.
A:爱丽丝，你喜欢什么工作?
B:教书.
A:真的?
B:是的，课堂里虽然还有粉笔灰，但是仍然是很舒适的工作环境。而且，在中国，教师获得了越来越多的尊重。他们的待遇也越来越好了。你喜欢做什么工作，凯文?
A:我喜欢做公司经理。
B:为什么?
A:我可以尽我所能并要求部下按照我的计划行事。我可以通过实现每一个目标来提高自己的管理能力。
B:顺便问一句.你妻子做什么工作?
A:她没有工作，就在家里看孩子。
B:你认为只有男人工作好吗?
A:这就要具休情况具体分析了。如果丈夫的收入高，够一家人的开支，为什么妻子一定要工作呢?社会工作是分工的，女人似乎更擅长照看孩子，特别是孩子还小的时候。
B:但是女人应该通过工作来提高知识水平，了解外面的世界。
A:是的。有人说工作着的女人美丽。每个人都应该与外面的世界接触。
B:如果你整天关在家里，你会失去很多东西。
A:我同意，我们应该为了生活而工作。而不是为了工作而生活，应该在工作中寻找乐趣。