Using English at Work

ESLPod.com presents “Using English at Work”, a special 10-epsisode course from Dr.Jeff McQuillian.

I learned it from March 7th to May 5th, almost 2 month by using the method from<把英语用起来>.

Lesson 1 Arriving at work

-TGIF

Thank goodness it’s Friday.

• I drive to work and pull into the parking lot

• I drive into the parking structure and find a parking spot

• I am there in no time

• made fun of me

• What a joker!

Lesson 2

• Check my inboxes

• filtered out

Lesson 3 attending the morning meeting

• conference room

• Our manager passes out a handout of the meeting agenda with some announcements and goes over some bullet points regarding old and new business.

• status report

• to take turns

• rundown

• paying attention

• to give a shot summary of

• a little pep talk to get us motivated

4 Working at My Desk

• to clear off a few stacks of paper

• the deadline is fast approaching

• filing cabinet

• manila envelope

• to jot down some ideas

• to get down to business

• to scan = to skim

• to take notes

5 Taking a Break and Eating Lunch

• water cooler

• Do you want to join us?

• to beat the rush

• lunch special

• all you can eat = buffet

• to clear (one’s) plate

• separate checks

• bag lunch

6 Having Computer Problems

• to make some headway

• it starts acting up

• Computer screen freezes

• to boot it up

• jammed

• my mouse and keyboard go haywire

• nice enough

• a mile a minute

• to abuse

• to give up

7 Scheduling a meeting

• vendor

• to set up a meeting

• away from my desk

• retrieve

• to return(one’s) call

• to play phone tag

• I’m tied up Monday and Tuesday.

• to suit

• the earlier the better

• to entertain clients

• to confirm

• free and clear- open; without appointment

• reminder

• back and forth

8 Meeting with the Boss

• be impressed with

• promotion

• hush-hush

• the heads up- advance notice; information that is received ahead of time or earlier than usual.

• to put me in line- to set someone up for something; to put someone on the path toward a personal or professional success

• to keep my head down and to keep plugging away

• corporate climber-someone who wants to move upward quickly at work, getting better jobs, more responsibility, and better pay

• standout

• to get a pat on the back

• to jump the gun

9 Leaving Work

• quitting time

• finishing touch

• to submit

• to take work home

• to burn the midnight oil

• under control

• to pack up

• to shut down

-to leave something behind

• to head home

• here I come

10 Socializing with Coworkers

• happy hour

• to blow off some steam

• on top of that- in addition; furthermore; moreover; also

• big plan

• Cantina

• to load up- to put a lot of something on one’s plate or in a container

• to grumble about work and to bad-mouth the boss

• in no mood- not wanting to do something

• to kick back - to relax; to stop working and start having fun

• to have a good laugh

• to kick off- to start something, usually with a ceremony or an event