BEC商务英语实战口语：性骚扰

　　BEC商务英语是商务英语考试中的No.1，含金量已经无需多言。但是，无论是还在犹豫是否要参加BEC考试的，还是已经通过BEC考试的，都在疑惑到底学了BEC有什么用呢?本节目通过核心学习、词汇、课文、对话等四方面内容让BEC活学活用起来。

　　Ⅰ.核心学习：Sexual harassment 性骚扰

　　Michael: Wow! Have you seen the new fox in the accounts payable department?

　　迈克尔：哇!你看到帐目支出部新来的狐狸精了吗?

　　Billy: Not yet. Is she really hot?

　　比利：还没有。她真的很性感?

　　Michael: She sure is. I think she is the most stunning woman I have even seen in our company.

　　迈克尔：没错。我觉得她是我在咱们公司有史以来看到的最迷人的女人。

　　Billy: Maybe we should go pay her a visit and introduce ourselves?

　　比利：也许我们应该去看看她，(向她)介绍我们自己?

　　Michael: I'm not going with you. You will be trying to grope her hair and brush against her body all the time.

　　迈克尔：我不和你一起去。你会一直要去摸她的头发、蹭她的身体。

　　Billy: Michael, you know me better than that! I would never do such a thing to a colleague.

　　比利：迈克尔，你知道我没那么差劲!我永远都不会对同事做出这样的事情。

　　Michael: That's good, because there are strict laws about sexual harassment in the workplace.

　　迈克尔：那很好，因为关于工作中的性骚扰有很严厉的法律条文。

　　Billy: I know. I don't want to lose my job even if it is for the most beautiful woman in the firm.

　　比利：我知道。即使是为了公司里最漂亮的女人我也不想失去我的工作。

　　Ⅱ.单词简析

　　1) Fox: a derogatory word for a beautiful women, it is wise not to use this term

　　狐狸精：贬损漂亮女人的一个词，最好不要去用它

　　ex:Only someone with no manners would call a woman a fox! It's not polite.

　　只有没有礼仪的人才会去叫一个女人狐狸精!这么做不礼貌。

　　2) Accounts payable: responsible for paying all of the company's bills

　　帐目支出：负责支付公司的所有帐单

　　ex:To work in accounts payable you need a strong attention to detail and be able to count lots of money.

　　在帐目支出(部门)工作你需要高度注意细节(的东西)，并且能够数很多钱。

　　3) Grope: grab, touch roughly

　　摸索：粗粗地抓，触摸

　　ex:I was groped on the subway one day so I turned around and kicked the very rude man in the shins.

　　一天我在地铁里被人摸了，所以我转过身，踢了那个粗鲁男人的小腿。

　　4) Colleague: Someone you work with

　　同事：和你一起工作的人

　　ex:It is very important to have respect for your colleagues - even if you don't really like them.

　　尊重你的同事是很重要的-即使你不太喜欢他们。