Business English-Socializing
商务英语——社交（I）
全球跨国公司无数，许多白领也为此成了常常飞来飞去的“国际人”。与世界各地的商务人士交往，你不仅需要有聪明的头脑、100%的自信，还要充分了解各国的交往习惯哦。
从本期开始，《双语职场》将倾情奉献系列社交英语，一连3期，精彩不断。为了赢取更多的商业先机，你又怎能缺席呢？
Part I Who's Who in Effective Socializing
公司及人物介绍
The Company 公司
Tectron UK is a British-owned engineering company which produces sophisticated computer applications for the manufacturing sector. Its headquarters are in Harlow, to the north-east of London. It has subsidiaries in France, Spain and Ireland, and a large research and development center in Copenhagen. It currently employs a total of 950 people worldwide, and there are plans to expand into Latin America and South East Asia in the near future.
英国Tectron公司是一家英属工程公司，主要生产各种计算机应用软件，其总部在伦敦东北部的Harlow小镇。这家公司在法国、西班牙、爱尔兰都有分部，在哥本哈根有一个很大的研究与发展中心。目前，这家公司在世界范围内共有员工950人，公司还计划在未来向拉美和亚洲东南部发展。
The Guests 人物
Maria de Miguel
Maria is a management trainee from Tectron Espana. She has come to the UK on a six-month secondment to Tectron UK. She ①is attached to Peter's department and will be working quite closely with Paula.
Jens Foss
Jens is an engineer from Tectron's Danish subsidiary in Copenhagen. He is visiting Tectron UK for a few days acting as a consultant. He is 30, and has two young children.
Peter O'Donnell
Peter is the Marketing Manager of Tectron UK. He is aged about forty, and is a little formal in his style of communication. He is married to Daphne. They have a son and a daughter.
Paula Field
Paula is a Marketing Assistant who reports to Peter O'Donnell. She is 28 years old. She is usually quite informal and friendly, although she can sometimes come across as rather officious and abrupt.
Daphne O'Donnell
Daphne is in her early thirties. She has her own career, but often has to help entertain her husband Peter's customers and colleagues.
玛丽亚·麦格
玛丽亚是Tectron西班牙公司的一名实习生。她现在被外调到本公司英国部工作6个月。她被安排在彼得的部门，将和波拉一起工作。
颜斯·福斯
颜斯是Tectron公司在哥本哈根丹麦分部的工程师。他将以咨询顾问的身份对英国部作为期数天的访问。他30岁了，有两个孩子。
彼得·欧唐纳
彼得是Tectron英国部的市场经理。他大约40岁，在商务交往中喜欢较正式的形式。他跟达夫妮是夫妻，有一个儿子和一个女儿。
波拉·菲尔特
波拉是彼得·欧唐纳的市场助理。她28岁，喜欢不正式但友好的交流方式，虽然有时会显得有些爱发号施令和态度强硬。
达夫妮·欧唐纳
达夫妮三十多岁，她有自己的工作，但常常要帮忙宴请彼得的客户和同事们。
application /,2pli`keiH9n/ n. 应用软件
Copenhagen /,k9up9n`heiG9n/ n. 哥本哈根
trainee /trei`n1/ n. 实习生
secondment /`sek9ndm9nt/ n.外调；借调
officious /9`fiH9s/ adj.爱发命令的
① be attached to 隶属于
A: You'll be attached to this department until the end of this year.
你在年底前将暂属于这一部门。
B: Great.
太好了。
