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Talking Business 

Tricky¹ conversations 

Useful Phrases 

I’m not going to get into a discussion about… 

Clearly… 

What you need to do… 

But bearing in mind… 

I expect you to… 

It’s important that you… 

I’m not happy with the effort that you’ve made 

I really want to see some improvement 

You’ve got to snap out of it 

I know it’s difficult… 

Transcript 

Sean:    Okay, well, I’m not going to get into a discussion about who deserved to get the 

job. Clearly, the person who was appointed was the right person for the job. 

What you need to do is look at your work and what you’re doing and where 

that’s taking you in your career. But bearing in mind that you are still employed 

to do a job and I expect you to do that job with a certain attitude. You’re meeting 

members of the public quite regularly - it’s important that you aren’t unhappy, 

or at least that you don’t show it. This meeting is really just to let you know I’m 

not happy with the effort that you’ve made...  

Michelle:   Okay …  

Sean:    … and I really want to see some improvement. I know it’s difficult. I know 

that it’s depressing not to get a job, but you’ve got to snap out of it, you’ve got to 

get on with the job that you’re doing now. 

1 tricky   

adj.狡猾的，奸诈的；(工作等)棘手的，微妙的

参考例句：

• I'm in a rather tricky position.Can you help me out?我的处境很棘手，你能帮我吗？
• He avoided this tricky question and talked in generalities.他回避了这个非常微妙的问题，只做了个笼统的表述。