英语中见面称呼的学问

 　　President Farrow and Vice-President Reynolds visit the Software Development department and the manager introduces them to Amber¹. What is Amber's reaction to meeting the top bosses? What is their reaction to him?

　　(President Farrow and VP Reynolds arrive at Software Development. They are met by Ed Blakely and Amberi)

　　Ed:Amber, I'd like you to meet our President, Tom Farrow.

　　Amber: (shaking hands) Hello, sir. It's a pleasure to meet you.

　　Tom: Welcome to our group, Amber. We're expecting great things from you. I'm sure you can meet the challenge.

　　Amber: I always try my best, Mr. Farrow.

　　Ed: This is our Executive² Vice-President, Jane Reynolds.

　　Jane: We're happy to have you with us, Amber.

　　Amber: Thank you, Ms. Reynolds. I'm pleased to be here.

　　Tom: We don't run a tight ship here, John. We want everyone to feel at ease, to let those creative juices flow. Please call me Tom.

　　Jane: And you can call me Jane. We like to think of ourselves as one happy family.

　　Amber: That suits me fine. I also believe things run more smoothly³ with less formality. I'm already on a firs e basis with all my staff.

　　Tom: Glad to hear it, John. So, how do you find our...(work-related conversation continues for the next hour)

　　总裁Farrow 和总裁助理 Reynolds 来到软件开发部门，部门经理介绍他们互相认识。Amber 见到总裁后的反应如何呢？总裁和助理的反映又如何呢？

　　（Farrow 总裁和VP Reynolds到了软件开发部门。Ed Blakely和Amber出来迎接他们）

　　Ed：Amber，这位就是我们的总裁Tom Farrow 先生。

　　Amber：（握手）你好，先生。见到你真高兴。

　　Tom：Amber，欢迎加入我们。我们可对你抱有很大希望哟！我确信你能接受这个挑战。

　　Amber：我会尽我最大努力的，Farrow先生。

　　Ed：这位是总裁助理Jane Reynolds。

　　Jane：Amber，能让你加入我们真是太好了。

　　Amber：谢谢你，Reynolds小姐。能到这儿来工作我很高兴。

　　Tom：我们的工作氛围并不是很紧张。因为我们希望大家能在轻松的环境中保持活跃的创造思维。请叫我Tom.

　　Jane：你可以叫我Jane。我们喜欢把大家看成一家人。

　　Amber：我也是这么想的。而且我还相信同事之间随意些会工作得更好。我已经让我的职员直接称呼我的名字了。

　　Tom：这样很好。那么，你觉得我们的工作……（接下来就是有关工作的谈话了）

1 amber   

n.琥珀；琥珀色；adj.琥珀制的

参考例句：

• Would you like an amber necklace for your birthday?你过生日想要一条琥珀项链吗？
• This is a piece of little amber stones.这是一块小小的琥珀化石。

2 executive   

adj.执行的，行政的；n.执行者，行政官，经理

参考例句：

• A good executive usually gets on well with people.一个好的高级管理人员通常与人们相处得很好。
• He is a man of great executive ability.他是个具有极高管理能力的人。

3 smoothly   

adv.平滑地，顺利地，流利地，流畅地

参考例句：

• The workmen are very cooperative,so the work goes on smoothly.工人们十分合作，所以工作进展顺利。
• Just change one or two words and the sentence will read smoothly.这句话只要动一两个字就顺了。