商务礼节美语第三期|商务礼节美语第256期:TakingupGolf

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Mark在公司门口看见同事Robert.
Mark: Hey Robert...going on vacation? Lookslike you're planning on doing some golfing.
Robert: Yes, I will be playing golf, butI'm not going on vacation. I'm meeting up our New York office's seniormanagement team. We'll be playing a few rounds and going over the merger plans.
M:Really? So when did you take up the sport?
R:Around two years ago I began to realize that if I could get on thegolf course with other senior executives, it could open a lot of doors for me.At first I didn't really enjoy it, but now I'm almost a golf fanatic.
Robert要跟纽约办公室的高层主管打高尔夫play a few rounds,同时讨论并购的事。Mark 问他是什么时候开始打高尔夫球的,这里用的动词是take up, to take up sth. 意思是开始做某件事情。Robert说,他两年前开始觉得,打高尔夫could open a lot of doors for me. 可以帮助自己打开很多大门,得到更多机会。Robert说,他刚开始打的时候也不太喜欢,但现在已经快变成golf fanatic 了。fanatic is spelled f-a-n-a-t-i-c, fanatic 是指对某件事疯狂的人,比如,a jazz fanatic 爵士乐迷,a basketball fanatic 篮球迷。Mark 听后说:
M:I see. So you meet a lot of business executives on the course, huh?
R:Yeah, definitely. It's a good way to network.
M:Isn't golf really expensive?
R:To be perfectly honest, golf is a bit of a status symbol...andyes...it can be an expensive game. There are green fees, caddy fees and chargesfor renting the golf cart.
M:But the business opportunities are worth it.
R:Absolutely. I read somewhere that a high percentage of seniorbusiness executives play golf.
M:It sounds like it's almost mandatory to learn golf if you want toclimb the corporate ladder.
Robert说自己在高尔夫球场上能遇到很多商业界高层主管。这里说的on the course 指的就是golf course. It's a good way to network. 打高尔夫球是认识人,积累人脉的好办法,network在这里是动词,意思是建立人际关系。打高尔夫球确实需要钱,要交greenfees球场费;caddy fees球童费,cart rental fees 租车费,但是能认识更多的人,得到更多机会,还是值得的。Mark说,看来,如果想在企业里升迁climb the corporateladder 就必须学打高尔夫球。
R:Networking is a big plus....but I think another reason executivesenjoy the golf course is that it gives them an excuse to get out in the freshair and connect with nature.
M:I c

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