20101116 My First Day (2)

My First Day

Joan talks to her husband after her first day at work.

Charlie: Hi, honey. How was your first day at your dream job?

Joan: It was good but really tiring! There's so much to remember! I had meetings with so many different people and departments. I'm feeling a little overwhelmed right now.

Charlie: Steep learning cruve. eh?

Joan: You can say that again. Making the adjustment from a small company to this huge multi-national one is going to take time.

Charlie: But you had a good orientation?

Joan: Yes. I learned a lot and I asked a lot of questions.

Charlie: Good. That's the best way to learn what's expected of you.

Charlie: Is the same person who is training you going to evaluate our work?

Joan: Yes. That will be my team leader. He is really nice and has given me some helpful hints already.

Charlie: Is he approachable?

Joan: I think so. We hit it off right away, so I think we can work well together.

Charlie: And the rest of your team?

Joan: I met all of them too, and they all seem nice. Hopefully, they'll all be easy to work with.

Charlie: You'll find out soon.

Joan: Not till next week. I have orientation the rest of this week.

evaluate v. 衡量/評估

=> judge

eg: The company evaluates their employees each quarter.

=> 這家公司每一季都會評估他們的員工。

eg: We should evaluate the market before we start advertising the new product.

=> 在我們要開始打產品廣告之前，要先衡量市場的狀況。

approach v. 靠近

approachable adj. 可接近的/容易親近的

=> friendly and easy to talk to

eg: Wesley doesn't seem very approachable, but he's really a nice person once you get to know him.

=> Wesley看起來似乎不是那麼容易親近的，但是如果您認識他他其實是個大好人。

hit it off 相處融洽/合得來

=> get along very well

動詞三態變化：hit hit hit

hit it off with someone 和某人合得來

eg: Janet didn't hit it off with Marlene at first, but soon they became good friends.

=> Janet和Marlene起初並沒有很合得來，但是他們很快的就變成好朋友。

overwhelmed

overwhelm v. 使受不了/使不知所措

eg: The kids were initially overwhelmed when we moved from the city to the suburbs.

=> 當我們從城市搬到郊區時，孩子们當初都不知所措。

eg: Patrick was overwhelmed by the responsibilities of being a boss.

=> 當老板的諸多責任讓Patrick幾乎承受不了。

eg: I was overwhelmed by his generosity.

=> 他的慷慨令我感激難言

steep adj. 急劇升降的/大起大落的

learning curve 學習曲線

orientation n. 新人訓練

=> the meeting that you have to get prepared for your jobs

//== Chat room ==//

You can say that again. 你說得一點也沒錯

=> 字面上是說你可以再說一遍。

=> 其實意思是你說得一點也沒錯。

=> 贊同的說法

=> 重音要放在that

I'll say. 表示贊同人家的看法

= I agree.

=> I'll say千萬不要拆開來念I will say，那就沒有人聽得懂你的意思了