Lesson 17 How do you do?你好!

employee [imˈplɔi-iː] n. 雇员

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A: How large is your company?

B: There are 5,000 employees in our company.

A：你们公司有多大？

B：我们雇有五千名员工。

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hard-working [ˌhɑːdˈwəːkiŋ] adj. 勤奋的

sales rep [ˈseilz-ˈrep] 推销员

【扩】salesman 销售员　　sales manager 销售经理　　sales department 销售部门

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A: Could you tell me how you can gain such a good marketing achievement?

B: There are topping sales reps in our company.

A：你们怎么能有这么好的销售业绩？

B：我们公司有一流的推销员。

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man [mæn] n. 男人

【派】manly 男子汉的　　mankind 人类　　man-made 人造的

【扩】men 男人（复数）

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A: You are a man now. Don't cry.

B: But I'm really very sad.

A：你现在是个大男人了，别哭了。

B：但是我确实很难过。

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office [ˈɔfis] n. 办公室

【搭】in the office 在办公室

　　　head office 总公司

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A: I'm sorry, Mr. Qin is not in the office.

B: When will he be back?

A：对不起，秦先生不在办公室。

B：他什么时候回来？

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assistant [əˈsistənt] n. 助手

【构】assist（援助，帮助）＋ant（表示从事某种职业的人）＝assistant（助手）

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A: I thought they were getting you an assistant.

B: They were supposed to, but so far nobody's turned up.

A：我以为他们要给你派名助手呢！

B：应该是。可是到目前为止还没有人来呢。

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