【Business Conversation-05】Making a Good Impression ( 建立良好的第一印象 )

Making a Good Impression ( 建立良好的第一印象 )
A : I'm a little nervous about this business trip

B : why

A : I'm meeting with the vice president of the company
I heard he is a drinker

B : so what

A : I don't drink at all

I'm afraid he's going to think I'm boring

B : then tell jokes

A : I heard he likes funny people
【Biz Vocab】商用英文單字 ( 點擊左邊箭頭打開釋義+例句 ) vice president / vīs prez(ə)dənt/ n. phr. 副總裁 an official or executive ranking below and deputizing for a president. A vice president is also a high-ranking employee in a company, usually one of several, in charge of a particular department:
Add This is Jeff Walton, our VP of Finance. boring /ˈbɔː.rɪŋ/ a. 無聊的 not interesting or exciting :
She finds opera boring.
It's boring to sit on the plane with nothing to read .
a boring lecture
The movie was so boring I fell asleep .
Synonyms drab disapproving
dreary disapproving
dry (BORING) disapproving
dull
ho-hum
monotonous
tedious
uninteresting
wearisome formal More examples Sometimes I enjoy my English lessons, but at other times I find them really boring. UK This programme's boring - shall I turn over to BBC? Your hair has a natural wave whereas mine's just straight and boring. This town is so boring in the evening - there's never anything happening. Life would be bloody boring if nothing ever went wrong. joke /dʒoʊk/ n. 笑話 something, such as a funny story or trick , that is said or done in order to make people laugh :
Did I tell you the joke about the chicken crossing the road ?
She spent the evening cracking (= telling ) jokes and telling funny stories .
She tied his shoelaces together for a joke.
I hope Rob doesn't tell any of his dirty jokes (= jokes about sex ) when my mother's here.
He tried to do a comedy routine , but all his jokes fell flat (= no one laughed at them).
Don't you get (= understand ) the joke? More examples He tried to cheer everyone up by telling a joke. That's an old joke - I've heard it about a thousand times. Why does no one ever laugh at my jokes? Do you know any funny jokes? A Christmas cracker usually contains a paper hat, a joke and a novelty.