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Talking Business 

Resolving difficulties 

Useful Phrases 

I’ll come straight to the point 

I wasn’t particularly happy with… 

Frankly¹… 

Well… 

I’ve seen very little change 

I’m afraid that… 

Despite what you say… 

I don’t want to jump to any conclusions 

Transcript 

Sean:  Michelle, can I have a word please, in my office? Now then. I won’t take long 

about this, I’ll come straight to the point. We had a chat...  

Michelle:   Yeah.  

Sean:    At that point, I wasn’t particularly happy with the way that you were behaving 

in the office, the way that you were being uncooperative, a little bit surly with 

people.   And since then, frankly, I’ve seen very little change.  

Michelle:   Well, I mean, I think I’ve made an effort, trying to be helpful like I normally am 

with people, and I feel that I’m still doing my job - not that the job’s very 

interesting .  I think it’s become less interesting since Sarah got the promotion². I 

think she’s getting some more of the interesting work.  

Sean:    Okay, well I’m afraid that, despite what you say, it hasn’t come across. I don’t 

want to jump to any conclusions, but you have taken quite a bit of time off … 

and …  

Michelle:   Yeah, but you’re allowed to take leave, aren’t you?  

Sean:    You are allowed to take leave.  Hopefully you come back from leave refreshed 

and you leave your problems at home.   

1 frankly   

adv.坦白地，直率地；坦率地说

参考例句：

• To speak frankly, I don't like the idea at all.老实说，我一点也不赞成这个主意。
• Frankly speaking, I'm not opposed to reform.坦率地说，我不反对改革。

2 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。