禮節(jié)美語(yǔ)Cubicle Etiquette

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在陳豪工作的ABC美國(guó)公司，大多數(shù)人都在各自的小隔間里工作?？墒墙裉礻惡罌](méi)法集中精神工作。為什么呢？你聽(tīng)了他對(duì)美籍華人Mary的對(duì)話就知道了。

(Office ambience)

C：Good morning, Mary, do you have a minute to talk?

M：Yes, what is it?

C:：我們都坐在各自的小隔間里工作...英文叫什么來(lái)啦？

M: 你是說(shuō)我們工作的地方，就象我這里有三快矮墻把我和別人隔開(kāi)。這不就是 cubicles嗎？CUBICLES.

C：That's it, cubicles. 在cubicles里工作平時(shí)一點(diǎn)問(wèn)題都沒(méi)有，可有時(shí)...

M：What happened?

C：剛搬到我隔壁來(lái)坐的那位同事今天一早來(lái)就打電話，說(shuō)話聲音還特別大，I can't work anymore!

M：我知道，在隔間的情況下，說(shuō)話都得小聲。Whether you are on the phone or have someone in you cubicle, speak softly.

C：隔間沒(méi)有門(mén)，但這并不等于誰(shuí)都可以隨時(shí)闖進(jìn)來(lái)呀！

M：No, no one should think they can barge in whenever they want. 每個(gè)人都應(yīng)該象你剛才那樣，先問(wèn)我有沒(méi)有時(shí)間后才進(jìn)來(lái)。I wish everyone was as courteous as you。

C：Thank you，Mary。我知道要是有人打斷我的工作，我應(yīng)該對(duì)他們說(shuō)明，但是我又不想讓人認(rèn)為我很不友好。

M：不會(huì)的。要是正在你忙的時(shí)候有同事來(lái)找你，你可以說(shuō)你現(xiàn)在正忙，和他約好一個(gè)時(shí)間再談。

C：That's a good idea。Thank you, Mary。我得回去工作了。

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M：Hi， 陳豪。好幾天沒(méi)見(jiàn)你啦。還有人來(lái)打攪你嗎？

C：我按照你說(shuō)的去做，一切都很好。 可是還有....

M：還有什么呀？

C：有時(shí)候有人來(lái)找我，我正在打電話，可來(lái)人居然站在旁邊不走。That's annoying and distracting to me。

M：對(duì)這樣的人，我有個(gè)辦法，就是只當(dāng)沒(méi)看見(jiàn)他；背對(duì)著他。 That usually does the trick and they leave。

C：好，我下回試試。喲，Mary，那是什么聲音呀？好象誰(shuí)在啃黃瓜，或胡蘿卜！

M：I think my neighbor is munching on potato chips。陳豪， let's go lunch!

C： 在cubicles里工作看來(lái)真是要十分小心。

M：Right. Working in cubicles can be challenging. Just because an office doesn't have a door does not mean you can barge in anytime you please. You need to ask permission before entering someone's cubicle. If a colleague is on the phone, you should come back later. It is a simple matter of respecting the privacy of others.