商务礼节美语第137期:考虑搬迁(上)

　　Thinking of relocating
考虑搬迁
Tom和Vivian是香港一家跨国公司的雇员。Vivian被升职，要调到美国奥兰多的办事处。
Vivian: Hey Tom, got a second?
Tom: Sure, what's up?
V: The Company has offered me a new position. It's kind of a promotion³.
T: Hey! Congratulations! That's great!
Vivian问Tom, got a second? 有时间吗？Tom回答，What's up? 什么事？
Vivian说自己升职了，promotion。
V: Well, yes...but the new position would require me to relocate...to our office in Orlando, Florida. I know you relocated here from Chicago, so I wanted to get your two cents worth.
Vivian说的relocate, 就是要搬到另外一个地方去工作。Vivian说，I wanted to get your two cents worth. "Two cents worth"是指个人意见，Vivian知道Sam是从芝加哥搬到香港来的，所以想听听Sam的想法。
T: Sure. Well, for starters, I went the opposite direction, moving from the States to Asia, so it's quite a different ball game. But I think the main thing you have to do is weigh the pros⁴ and cons⁵.
V: I don't even know where to start. One "pro²" is a higher salary.
T: That's always a pro. But there's a whole bunch of other factors to consider.
V: Such as?
Tom说，首先，for starters, 他是从美国搬到亚洲，所以情况完全不同，a different ball game. 他建议Vivian考虑一下利弊，pro and con¹。涨工资当然是好事，那不好的地方有哪些呢？
T: Well... consider how you get to work here. You take the subway, right?
V: Of course.
T: In Orlando you would have to drive. Do you have any pets?
V: Yeah... I have an adorable German Shepard puppy⁶.
T: It can be quite time consuming, expensive and difficult to ship pets abroad.
V: These are all good thing for me to consider. Anything else?
Tom举例说，搬去奥兰多会带来很多变化，比如说要从坐地铁改成开车，把狗运出国要花很多钱。不过这些还是次要的。
T: I think one of the biggest things you might face is the change in the pace of life. In most of America, things don't zip by like they do here in Asia.
V: So many "cons."
T: No, no...there's some great "pros" as well. When I moved here, I met all kinds of new people and I'm now, as you know, in a relationship with a wonderful woman I met here.
V: That's a big pro.
最大的变化是生活节奏，the pace of life. 因为美国的生活节奏不像亚洲那么快，things don't zip by like they do here in Asia. Zip by呼啸而过。奥兰多的生活和香港还有哪些差距呢？我们下次继续听。

1 con   

n.反对的观点，反对者，反对票，肺病；vt.精读，学习，默记；adv.反对地，从反面；adj.欺诈的

参考例句：

• We must be fair and consider the reason pro and con.我们必须公平考虑赞成和反对的理由。
• The motion is adopted non con.因无人投反对票，协议被通过。

2 pro   

n.赞成，赞成的意见，赞成者

参考例句：

• The two debating teams argued the question pro and con.辩论的两组从赞成与反对两方面辩这一问题。
• Are you pro or con nuclear disarmament?你是赞成还是反对核裁军？

3 promotion   

n.提升，晋级；促销，宣传

参考例句：

• The teacher conferred with the principal about Dick's promotion.教师与校长商谈了迪克的升级问题。
• The clerk was given a promotion and an increase in salary.那个职员升了级，加了薪。

4 pros   

abbr.prosecuting 起诉；prosecutor 起诉人；professionals 自由职业者；proscenium （舞台）前部n.赞成的意见( pro的名词复数 )；赞成的理由；抵偿物；交换物

参考例句：

• The pros and cons cancel out. 正反两种意见抵消。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• We should hear all the pros and cons of the matter before we make a decision. 我们在对这事做出决定之前，应该先听取正反两方面的意见。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 cons   

n.欺骗，骗局( con的名词复数 )v.诈骗，哄骗( con的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The pros and cons cancel out. 正反两种意见抵消。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• We should hear all the pros and cons of the matter before we make a decision. 我们在对这事做出决定之前，应该先听取正反两方面的意见。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 puppy   

n.小狗，幼犬

参考例句：

• You must school your puppy to obey you.你要训练你的小狗服从你。
• Their lively puppy frisks all over the house.他们的小狗在屋里到处欢快地蹦跳。