白领口语应急80主题 职场交往42 办公室恋情

Part 5. Work relation with colleagues

42．办公室恋情

常用应急场景

范例一：Handle emotional stress

Do you remember Tina, my good friend?

Yes.

She just broke up with her boyfriend.

Well, that happens. I hope she is all right.

But the problem is she and her ex-boyfriend are working in the same department. It is somehow embarrassing for them to see each other everyday.

That is the down side of an office romance. I hope their work is not affected¹ by the emotional stress. The boss must be very annoyed if that will be the case.

Well, Tina says she would be able to handle it and concentrate on her own work, easier set them done. But working harder and concentrating only on the job might well helped to overcome the initial stress of the breakup.

范例二：Pros² and cons³ of office romance

Some companies use to ban dating among employees, but now they have realized it is something in avertable⁴. People spend so much time at work. It is not surprising for one to have a crash on the other.

If we think positively⁵, office love can be beneficial to company.

Beneficial? I don’t think so. If two employees get married, they will leave at the same time for a honeymoon⁶, or later one of them will stay at home taking care of babies. If they break up, the company will probably have to relocate one of them to make the workplace more comfortable. By any means, the company must spare extra efforts to solve problems brought by an office dating.

But if two employees are in love, they will be happy. Happy people are more productive. If they develop an intimate relation with each other, they are willing to share knowledge and experience. It can help to improve work efficiency.

I doubt that.

1 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

2 pros   

abbr.prosecuting 起诉；prosecutor 起诉人；professionals 自由职业者；proscenium （舞台）前部n.赞成的意见( pro的名词复数 )；赞成的理由；抵偿物；交换物

参考例句：

• The pros and cons cancel out. 正反两种意见抵消。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• We should hear all the pros and cons of the matter before we make a decision. 我们在对这事做出决定之前，应该先听取正反两方面的意见。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 cons   

n.欺骗，骗局( con的名词复数 )v.诈骗，哄骗( con的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The pros and cons cancel out. 正反两种意见抵消。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• We should hear all the pros and cons of the matter before we make a decision. 我们在对这事做出决定之前，应该先听取正反两方面的意见。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 avertable   

可避开的，可防止的（亦作avertible）

参考例句：

5 positively   

adv.明确地，断然，坚决地；实在，确实

参考例句：

• She was positively glowing with happiness.她满脸幸福。
• The weather was positively poisonous.这天气着实讨厌。

6 honeymoon   

n.蜜月（假期）；vi.度蜜月

参考例句：

• While on honeymoon in Bali,she learned to scuba dive.她在巴厘岛度蜜月时学会了带水肺潜水。
• The happy pair are leaving for their honeymoon.这幸福的一对就要去度蜜月了。