“凡事預則立,不預則廢”。新年伊始,你給自己定了什麼目標?是升職?是參加某個培訓?還是把懶惰扔得遠遠的,開始健身?先一起聽聽午休時來自某office的談論吧。
Jack:Congratulate me,Lucy! I‘ve bought a house so I can marry my girlfriend this year.
(Lucy,祝賀我吧!我買房子了,今年就能和我女朋友結婚啦!)
Lucy:Cool! Congratulations!
(啊,恭喜你!)
Jack:Now I must work harder and harder for my Whole-life goal.
(爲了我的“終生目標”,我要更加努力地工作了。)
Lucy:Whole-life goal? To give your girlfriend a happy life?A good man!
(“終生目標”?讓你女朋友過幸福生活嗎?真是個好男人!)
Jack:No, I don‘t care that much. I’m only thinking about paying back the house loan.
(不是,我還沒想那麼多。我只是想還清買房的貸款。)
What‘s your goal,Lucy?
(Lucy,你的目標是什麼?)
Lucy:I have three goals this year.I‘ll tell you one,to be more healthy and more beautiful.
(今年,我有3個目標,我就告訴你一個吧——更健康,更漂亮。)
Do you have a life goal? What‘s your goal this year?If you do,then achieve it.
(你有人生目標嗎?你今年的目標是什麼?如果有,就趕緊行動吧!)不想當將軍的士兵不是好兵,不想升職的員工也不能成爲精英。老闆有諸多激勵方式,吊着人的'胃口。員工自己可得保持冷靜頭腦,不能爲難自己,給自己定一個跳一跳就能夠得着的目標即可,有成就感纔有勁頭繼續往前奔啊。
Set high,yet achievable goals for yourself.
(給自己定個高目標,不過你得夠得着。)
NOTE:
pay back:償還。pay back the house loan,還房子的貸款;
pay back還有還情意的意思,如“How can he pay people back for all their kindness?”(他又該如何報答大家對他的好意呢?)
職場英語:office對話:新年你的目標呢
學問君
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