Discussing Work 談?wù)摴ぷ?/B>
G=Gerald Boyd Y=Yoshio Sato
G:Mr Sato? My name’s Gerald Boyd. I realy enjoyed your presentation.
佐藤先生嗎?我是杰拉爾德.博伊德。我很喜歡你的演示。
Y:Thank you. What company are you with?施診我,你在哪個(gè)公司工作?
G:I’m with Biotec. We’re very much interested in your research.我是Biotec公司的。我們對(duì)你的研究很感興趣。
Y:Well, I’m very glad to hear that. What department do you work in at Biotec?
聽(tīng)到你這樣說(shuō)我很高興,你在Biotec的哪個(gè)部門(mén)工作?
G:Research and development, but I also do some work in marketing.研發(fā)部門(mén),但是我也做一部分市場(chǎng)營(yíng)銷工作。
Y: Have you been at Biotec a long time?你在Biotec工作很久了嗎?
Yes
G:Yes.I’ve been with them for almost nine years.是的,快9年了。
Y:Have youalways worked in the pharmaceutical industry?你一直從事制藥業(yè)嗎?
Yes
G:Yes. After I graduated from college.I worked with Ipax, a company in Texas.
是,我大學(xué)畢業(yè)之后,在得克薩斯州的Ipax工作。那以后,我在PDC工作了10年。
No
G: Not that long. I’ve been with them for six months. I joined the company after I graduated from college.
沒(méi)有多久,工作了六個(gè)月。大學(xué)畢業(yè)我就進(jìn)了這家公司。
No
G: No. After I got my bachelor’s degree. I was with a software company in Calitornia for six years.
不,我畢業(yè)后在加利福尼亞的一家軟件公司工作了六年。
Y:That’s interesting. Why did you leave the computer industry?聽(tīng)起來(lái)很有意思,你為什么要離開(kāi)計(jì)算機(jī)行業(yè)?
G:I felt I needed a change.我覺(jué)得我需要改變。
在美國(guó),university和college意思相同,英國(guó)也存在colleges,指的是不太有名的教育機(jī)構(gòu)或者是牛津、劍橋大學(xué)里的一個(gè)學(xué)院。