职场英语:有关火车票务方面的常用语
文章作者 100test 发表时间 2008:07:01 10:10:01
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火车是一种重要的交通工具,相信大家在出差的时候一定和它打过不少交道。那么今天让我们来了解一下和票务有关的常用语吧。
Can I get a seat for the D207 on Wednesday?
我想买一张周三的D207的车票。
I want to reserve a sleeper to Shanghai.
我想订一张去上海的卧铺。
I missed the train. Could you please refund this ticket for me?
我没有赶上火车。可以帮我把票退了吗?
Where am I supposed to pay the excess train fare?
我应该去哪儿补票呢?
职场上的礼尚往来
中华民族是一个崇尚"礼尚往来"的民族。拜访长者,我们可以带去一些营养品;给新婚夫妇包红包,一句关系亲疏里面有几十元至几千元现金......有时送礼花太多钱是犯忌的,也有时候"一点儿小意思"又不够,但不论接收礼物的人是谁,在什么场合下送礼,多花些时间仔细挑选礼物都是不枉费的。
一个适当的礼物,如果送的方法不对,也可能让你惹上麻烦。了解不同文化的送礼礼节是很重要的。在下面的对话里,一个初来中国的外国朋友在送礼上就碰到了点"小麻烦。
A: This is the first time I ve been in China, and everything here fascinated me. But there is something I can never figure out!
B: What s wrong? Did anything puzzle you, speak it up and see if I can help you out.
A: Good! You turn up so timely! I am just expecting some good explanation. You know the other day one of my Chinese friends was celebrating his birthday so I asked him what he would like for a birthday present. Do you know what he said? "No, no! Don t give me anything. Don t be polite!" can you believe it?
B: Actually, I can well believe it. It s a Chinese way of expressing his being humble and reserved. But most often the speaker doesn t really mean refusal unless he firmly insists. Chinese people don t easily accept the given things only when he has contributed to the giver or there is an intimacy. And they don t want their friends "pofei" which means to spend money.
A: What did he mean by refusing to accept a present from me then?
B: I don t think he was actually refusing to accept a present from you. It was just his way of being "polite". He didn t mean to be rude and certainly he didn t mean to offend you.
A: Well, how do you like that? And what was I supposed to do or say in such a situation?
B: You should first understand that Chinese people are not straightforward in some situation. In such a situation I suggest you just insist, and if your friend is an elderly gentleman, you probably have to insist several times, but even then I doubt if he will ever give you a direct answer. Or you can buy him a gift directly without asking him. I think he will be satisfied with whatever you buy him. Actually what counts is your good intention.