商務英語口語對話:商務着裝
A: Did you see the way that Brian came to work yesterday? Ever since he came back from that conference in Silicon Valley, he's been coming to work dressed in jeans and sweatshirts. It's like he's decided to make himself at home in his office. I don't know how long it'll take before the management talks to him about it.
B: He was really influenced by the way they do things on the west coast. I guess the working atmosphere is a lot more relaxed and casual in California. It comes from the information technology industry.. there isn't such a large division between home and office, so people want to work in the clothes they feel more relaxed in.
A: Maybe so, but it seems kind of strange, which the rest of us in white shirts, dark suites, and ties.
B: It's not as bad as are allowed to wear more casual jackets and trousers. Besides, didn't you hear what Brian found on his desk this morning?
A: What's that?
B: Management decided to give him four brand new white shirts. That's their way of telling him that his new style of dressing down is not quite acceptable.
你看到布萊恩昨天上班的那身打扮了嗎？自從他參加彎硅谷的會議回來之後，他就一直穿着牛仔褲和運動衫來上班。好像他打定主意要讓自己在辦公室就像在家裏一樣舒適自在。我不知道還要過多長時間經理就會找他談這件事。
他真是受到西海岸人們穿着打扮方式的影響了。我想加利福尼亞那邊的工作氣氛一定比較悠閒，自在。這是信息技術產業的好處…使得家和辦公室之間沒有那麼大的差別，所以人們想穿着自己感到最舒服的衣服上班。
也許是這樣，但還是感到有點兒怪怪的，因爲我們其他人都穿着白襯衫，黑西裝，打着領帶。
沒那麼糟糕吧…我們也可以穿比較隨便的夾克和褲子。還有，你沒聽說布萊恩今天早上在他的辦公桌上發現什麼東西了嗎？
什麼東西？
經理決定給他四件嶄新的白襯衫。這是在告訴布萊恩，他的新式休閒還不能被大家接受。
Jeans 牛仔褲
Sweatshirt 運動衣
Influence 影響
Atmosphere 氣氛
Relaxed 輕鬆的
Casual 隨意的
Acceptable 可接受的
Brand new 嶄新的
Make oneself at home 像在家裏一樣舒服
It's their way… …是他們的方式
