实用的商务英语 商务英语口语对话:劳动节了,早点让工人回家吧...

商务英语口语对话:劳动节了,早点让工人回家吧...  

M: With tomorrow being Labur Day and all
I think it would be a nice gesture to let all the memebers of laborial staff leave work an hour early. What do you say?

F: What! That sounds perfectly ridiculous! Labour Day is a holiday for everyone
not just laborial staff... and we get a whole day off tomorrow anyway
so what's the point of an extra hour tonight?

M: Well
we all get Labour Day off as a holiday
the real purpose of the holiday is to remember all the people who do manual or other hard labor. It's to celebrate those who work doing what other people might not be willing to do. I think we ought to do something in honor of the mon worker.

F: So if we did allow the laborial force to go home early
how many people are we talking about?

M: In our pany
the loborial force makes up 60% of our workers. We'd just be letting slightly over half the folks out a little early.

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Gesture: something that you do or say to show a particular feeling or intention (表明感情或意图的)姿态
表示

They sent some flowers as a gesture of sympathy to the parents of the child. 他们送了一些花表示对孩子父母的同情.
It was a nice gesture(= it was kind)to invite his wife too. 把他的妻子也请来是友好的表示.
We do not accept responsibility but we will refund the money as a gesture of goodwill. 我们不承担责任
不过我们愿意退款以表示我们的善意.
The government has made a gesture towards public opinion(= has tried to do something that the public will like). 政府已做出顺应民意的姿态.
Manual: (of work
etc. 工作等) involving using the hands or physical strength 用手的;手工的;体力的

manual labour/jobs/skills 体力劳动╱活儿;手工技巧
manual and non-manual workers 体力劳动者和非体力劳动者
make up sth: to form something 形成;构成

Women make up 56% of the student numbers. 女生占学生人数的 56%.

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