职场人物

Learn some useful words and expressions related to the office and the types of people who work there.The boss （ 老板 ）--the person in charge of the office, also known as the office manager, the chief or the big cheese.     

测一测：你喜欢受到关注吗？

Are you an attention seeker？ Are you the kind of person who loves attention at work？ Or do you prefer to remain anonymous？ Do our quiz and find out whether you are an attention seeker or not,1. Work is an opportunity to： a） Progress in the profession of my choice. b） Show everyone what a great and fantastic person I am.     

办公室幽默

People always say that hard work never killed anybody. Oh yeah？When was the last time you ever heard of anyone who ＂rested to death＂？ Being punctual in our office was of no benefit whatsoever. There was never anybody around to appreciate it. Our office was always on the cutting edge of technology. Not only did we have computers that spoke and listened, some of them even got ulcers. Did you ever notice how the people who complain the most about not having enough time to do all their work, are the same ones who always stop and tell everyone that they don＇t have enough time to do all their work？     

不识趣的讨厌鬼

In this conversation, Jim is trying to do some work when he＇s disturbed by Brian, the office bore. Listen to the conversation and answer these two questions. I. What does Brian want to talk about？ 2. What happens in the end？     

《定语从句的简化》补遗

读了本刊《定语从句的简化》一文（2002年第10期），笔者认为有关语法内容还应补充一点。即定语从句有时也可以简化为不定式短语（作定语）。例如：1.I want to get something to read during the holidays.→I want to get something that I shall read during the holidays.2.She is a very nice person to work with.→She is a very nice person whom everybody can work with.3.Among the men to take part in the work，he is probably the most active.→Among the men who are to take part in the work，he is probably the mos…     

大家来找词

1. The small, round objects you use to play tennis with = tennis b___. 2. The object you use to hit the tennis balls = a tennis r___. 3. The area where you play tennis = the c___. 4. The barge material object with little holes in it that divides the court in two = the n__. 5. The spectators who watch the tennis game the cr__. 6. A game in which there are two players in each team = do__. 7. The man who stands at the edge of the court and watches where the ball lands = the li__.     

中国姑娘吉利安·唐

The only Chinese person who worked in my office was Gillian Tang. She had come to London from south China to complete her education and this was her first job. To us westerners she was a most unusual person. She was kind to everyone, and never suspected that anyone might abuse her kindness. She was the sort of person who, if she heard any of us talking about a book or a video or something else which we wanted to borrow or buy, she     

A Young Girl Selling Postcards

As regular readers know, I have been lucky enough to travel to many parts of China. What you may not know is that I am, mostly, a people person, that is, someone who is more interested in people than other things. With that in mind, I want to tell you about my visit to one of China＇s wonders, the Terracotta Soldiers near Xi＇an.     

蒙娜丽莎

Leonardo da Vinci began painting the MonaLisain 1503. An Italian businessman asked da Vinci to paint a picture of the businessman蒺s second wife. This is the woman who can be seen in the MonaLisa.All in all, the MonaLisais a very good example of da Vinci蒺s work. Da Vinci used darkness and light in a clever way in the painting. Da Vinci loved science and math. Right away a person can see that there is a lot of geometry in the MonaLisa. The face of the Mona Lisa is made of many circles …     

被动语态常见错误例析

Mr Scott lives in a small town. He‘s known Mike Smith since the young man began to work in his office. Mike is able and works hard. The boss likes him. It makes Mr Scott unhappy. He‘s afraid the young man will take his place. So he hates him and tries his best to make the young man leave.