EP 0021The Office
What Do You Do?
Oh, look, there’s Veronica and her boyfriend. She’s always going on about him at the office. Oh, great, they saw us. They’re coming this way.
Oh, man...
Jessica! Arthur! Hi! I’d like you to meet my boyfriend Greg, he’s the V. P. of quality and safety for a top Fortune 500 food company.
Nice to meet you. This is my husband, Arthur.
Hey, how’s it going?
Hello.
Veronica talks about you all the time. I guess you must be pretty busy at work.
Well, yeah, a V. P. position is not easy, you know! I implement policies and procedures nationwide. of various departments, as well as train junior managers in FDA and EPA regulations. I also have to oversee daily ope
Wow, yeah... that sounds exciting.
And what about you, Arthur? What do you do for a living?
Oh, I’m a Top Gun pilot!
核心词汇
go on aboutphrase
talk about something a lot
Fortune 500phrase
top 500 companies, rated by revenue
implementprinciple verb, present progressive
begin to do something, put into action
responsibleAdjective
have the duty or job of taking care of something
nationwideAdjective
in the whole country
look afterprinciple verb, infinitive
take care of
overseeprinciple verb, present simple
watch and direct to make sure a job is done correctly
quality controlcommon noun, nonvariable
checking goods to make sure that they are good enough to sell
under mephrase
working for me
拓展词汇
develop relationshipsphrase
make good relationships
handle complaintsphrase phrase
look after or take care of complaints / write official documents
coordinateverb
make arrangements or plans with a group of people
monitorverb
watch and check
superviseverb
be in charge of something , watch and direct
ensureverb
make sure