英语小达人 223 Human Resource Lingo

 　　Human Resource Lingo¹

　　人力资源行话

　　COMPETITIVE SALARY--We remain competitive by paying less than our competitors.

　　有竞争力的工资——我们提供比竞争对手低的工资，这样我们将保持自己的竞争力。

　　JOIN OUR FAST-PACED COMPANY-- We have no time to train you.

　　加入我们快速发展的公司——我们没时间培训你。

　　CASUAL WORK ATMOSPHERE--We don't pay enough to expect that you'll dress up.

　　宽松的工作环境——我们付的工资不足以让你盛装打扮。

　　MUST BE DEADLINE-ORIENTED--You'll be three months behind schedule on your first day.

　　一定要能按期完成工作——你来的第一天就已经晚于计划3个月了。

　　SOME OVERTIME² REQUIRED--Some time each night and some time each weekend.

　　适应不定期加班——每晚不定期和每个周末不定期。

　　DUTIES WILL VARY--Anyone in the office can boss you around.

　　适应工作多样——公司里随便谁都能把你支使来支使去。

　　MUST HAVE AN EYE FOR DETAIL--We have no quality control.

　　一定要注意细节——我们没有质量监控系统。

　　CAREER-MINDED--Female Applicants³ must be childless (and remain that way)

　　有事业心——女性求职者不能有孩子（而且要把这种状态一直保持下去）。

　　APPLY IN PERSON--If you're old, fat or ugly you'll be told the position has been filled.

　　要求本人亲自来求职——如果你岁数太大，或是太胖，或是太难看，我们就会告诉你这个职位已经没有空缺了。

　　SEEKING CANDIDATES WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF EXPERIENCE--You'll need it to replace three people who just left.

　　寻求有多种工作经历的人——你要填补刚离开的三个人的空缺。

　　PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS A MUST--You're walking into a company in perpetual chaos⁴.

　　具备解决问题的能力——你正要步入一家永远杂乱无章的公司。

　　REQUIRES TEAM LEADERSHIP SKILLS--You'll have the responsibilities of a managr, without the pay or respect.

　　要求具备团队领导才能——你将承担经理的职责，但是不会有相应的报酬，也得不到相应的尊重。

　　GOOD COMMUNICATION SKILLS--Management communicates, you listen, figure out what they want and do it.

　　良好的沟通技能——管理层传达意见，你听后想法弄明白然后执行。

　　重点讲解：

　　1. dress up

　　装扮；打扮；

　　eg. You do not need to dress up for dinner.

　　你们不必特意盛装赴宴。

　　eg. Little girls dress up as angels for fiestas.

　　小女孩们在节日里扮成天使的样子。

　　2. boss around

　　对…颐指气使；对…指手画脚；

　　eg. He started bossing people around and I didn't like what was happening.

　　他开始把别人差来遣去，而我不喜欢他这样。

　　eg. I can't stand being bossed around by the manager.

　　我受不了经理的颐指气使。

　　3. in person

　　亲自；本人；

　　eg. You must collect the mail in person and take along some form of identification.

　　你必须携带本人身份证明亲自来取邮件。

　　eg. She went to New York to receive the award in person.

　　她亲自前往纽约领奖。

1 lingo   

n.语言不知所云，外国话，隐语

参考例句：

• If you live abroad it helps to know the local lingo.住在国外，学一点当地的语言自有好处。
• Don't use all that technical lingo try and explain in plain English.别尽用那种专门术语，用普通的词语解释吧。

2 overtime   

adj.超时的，加班的；adv.加班地

参考例句：

• They are working overtime to finish the work.为了完成任务他们正在加班加点地工作。
• He was paid for the overtime he worked.他领到了加班费。

3 applicants   

申请人，求职人( applicant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• There were over 500 applicants for the job. 有500多人申请这份工作。
• He was impressed by the high calibre of applicants for the job. 求职人员出色的能力给他留下了深刻印象。

4 chaos   

n.混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
• The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。