2013年ESL之商务英语 18 Understanding Corporate Structure

 

Understanding Corporate¹ Structure 

Andrea: This organizational chart is really confusing. 

Raffael: Why are you looking at that? 

Andrea: I have an interview next week and I’m trying to bone up on the company I’ll be interviewing with. I want to impress them, but this chart is really confusing. 

Raffael: Let me see. It’s a simple flow chart. You have your board of directors at the top, with the managing director reporting to them, and then the executive officers overseeing major departments. 

Andrea: But I thought managers work below the executive officers. 

Raffael: You’re confusing managers with managing directors. The managing director oversees³ the entire company and managers oversee² daily operations. 

Andrea: Oh, I see. So these here are the departments: accounting⁴, marketing⁵, purchasing, personnel, R & D, sales, and production. 

Raffael: That’s right. Which department are you interviewing for? 

Andrea: I think the job is in purchasing. 

Raffael: You think? Don’t you think that’s something you should get straight before you do anything else? 

Andrea: You might have a point there. 

 

Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 

1 corporate   

adj.共同的，全体的；公司的，企业的

参考例句：

• This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。
• His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。

2 oversee   

vt.监督，管理

参考例句：

• Soldiers oversee the food handouts.士兵们看管着救济食品。
• Use a surveyor or architect to oversee and inspect the different stages of the work.请一位房产检视员或建筑师来监督并检查不同阶段的工作。

3 oversees   

v.监督，监视( oversee的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• She oversees both the research and the manufacturing departments. 她既监督研究部门又监督生产部门。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The Department of Education oversees the federal programs dealing with education. 教育部监管处理教育的联邦程序。 来自互联网

4 accounting   

n.会计，会计学，借贷对照表

参考例句：

• A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
• There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。

5 marketing   

n.行销，在市场的买卖，买东西

参考例句：

• They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
• He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。