我們在日常辦公時需要處理各種各樣的事情和應(yīng)對突發(fā)情況，比如組織電話會議，解決電腦、打印機小故障，群發(fā)郵件等等。本期《英語小測驗》測試你對辦公室里常用語的掌握，來試試你知道多少個。

1. There is a meeting at 10.30 where we will have _________ with our counterparts in Europe and the Middle East.

a) a conference call

b) an instant message

c) cosy chat

d) launch party

2. Can someone call _________? The email network has gone down again.

a) lab technicians

b) marketing team

c) sales department

d) IT support

3. Oh no, the printer has run out. We need to order some more _________.

a) paint

b) paper clips

c) ink cartridges

d) hole-punches

4. My American colleague refers to office gossip as _________.

a) an appraisal

b) water-cooler chat

c) an interview

d) a pitch

5. I hate business jargon. Why do people say “think _________” instead of thing originally?

a) inside the box

b) outside the box

c) over the box

d) behind the box

6. My boss always asks me to _________ emails down instead of just saying pass this email on to the others.

a) flow

b) run

c) cascade

d) despatch

答案

1) a, 2) d, 3) c, 4) b, 5) b, 6) c.