19-7-17【地道美语107】来自老板的业绩评估（死亡凝视）：自己说说最近工作表现如何？

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午餐前，老板把你叫住了：小伙子，你对自己在公司工作质量是否满意？你说，不错啊，工作我喜欢，公司也给力…老板说，讲实话，我想知道你打算在以后的工作中如何改进自己？不瞒你说，我们一家分公司关了还要裁员，我这边和别人聊之前想先和你聊聊，你也算老员工了……???【地道美语107】Are you doing a good job? 老板突然发问：工作做得好吗？

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Jingjing and Mark work at the same training center, whichmainly serves adult students.  The center teachers basic English(delivered by local teachers) and conversational as well as business English(which is delivered by both local and foreign teachers).

dialogue 1

Jingjing:  Well, Mark, I'm glad we could sit down and have thismeeting.

Mark:  Me too, I guess.  But let's ----------. I have a class in a couple hours and would like to have plenty of timefor lunch.

Jingjing:  This should just take a few minutes.  So, let'sbegin.  I'd like to start by asking you how you feel about the-----------------------.

Mark:  I'm pretty happy here.  The students are great.  Andthe center has most of what I need to --------------------- them.

Jingjing:  That's good to hear.  I'd still like to know what youthink about -----------.

Mark:  OK, yeah.  Well, I think it's pretty good.  Thestudents seem to-------- unless you've heard otherwise.

Jingjing:  Well, I've been hearing-----------about you.  And, asI plan to have this talk with all of the---------, I'm glad to be having this -----------the others.  --------you're receiving, from students after they take yourclasses, is the best among --------------------at this center.

Mark:  Oh, yeah? ----------------------------

Jingjing:  Um, Jerry isn't in today.  And please don't -----------------------.

Mark:  Oh, whoops!  I thought he might---------------he glasswalls.  But, yeah, he's off.  Anyway, ----------------------

Jingjing:  Thank you.  Well, I suppose --------------isfor me to ask you what areas you'd like to ----------------, in your teaching.

Mark:  Let's see.  Well, I'm------------every day.  I hopeto do better and better.  We can all do better, right (?), I mean, by ----------------------thesmart board works in each classroom.

Jingjing:  I'm sure we'll have a --------------support down the road. Now I'd like to talk some more about your ----------------------------.

Mark:  Right-o.  And there's also ------------.  I mean, ifwe teachers don't know what classes we'll have -------------—sometimes lessthan 24 hours before—---------------- turn on the equipment and load the------------(-----------------verything works, that is).

Jingjing:  I hear that.  Just to let you know, we are developing------------------- forscheduling.  That would allow you to view schedule -------------, andshould make it possible for you to see regular ------------------- in advanceor earlier.

Mark:  Well, we'll be looking forward to that.  Was thereanything else you wanted to talk about?

Jingjing:  ...Actually, yes.  I wanted to talk with you -------------forimproving the lessons you teach: how to keep students-------------------contentinto each course session.

Mark:  Wow, good question.  But now, ---------------------. Do you mind if we talk again some other time?  I'm thinking ---------------------.

Jingjing:  Find me after your classes today, at least to set anothertime for us to talk.

Mark:  ----------------------------

dialogue 2

Jingjing:  Mark, I know it's late now.  Would you like to ---------------yourperformance review with me now?

Mark:  Oh, is that what this is?

Jingjing:  Well, this would be ------------- before I draw up theactual -----------.  Is now a good time?

Mark:  It might be.  How about you-------------, Jingjing? -------------------------

Jingjing:  Mark, I wouldn't put it that way.  Since you're one ------------------whohas been here the longest, I'll--------------- a large number of students ----------------andask the center for their money back.  From corporate, there's ---------------,and using student retention rates as a KPI inthe event of any downsizing.

Mark:  Wow, -------------------  I hope nobody--------------------

Jingjing:  Yes, me too.  We're all a little -----------------aboutit, to be frank.

Mark:  Well, -----------------------------------------

Jingjing:  The part about closing a center, and downsizing: yes, that --------------------

Mark:  10-4, Jingjing.  Hey, you look -----------------. Oh, did you meet with some of the other foreign teachers today?

Jingjing:  Yes, and those----------------hat well.  We're goingto have a bigger meeting tomorrow.  But that's you-------------and I won'trequire you to come in for it.

Mark:  Yeah, I plan to go to the ---------------------.  Sorry.

Jingjing:  That's actually alright.  We can talk-----------------------later this week.

Mark:  OK.  Well, Jingjing, I'm gonna-----------.  Are yougoing soon?

Jingjing: --------------, yes.  See you next time.

new words and phrases--

from dialogue 1

make it snappy  bequick about it, don't waste time

do continue  go on, please(here, and usually, it is a mockingly formal way of telling someone you want tohear what they're going to say when you're actually not interested)

another way about this  adifferent way to do/say something (here suggesting that your attempts to talkabout something have been met evasively)

a cloud-based solution  managementand work-flow systems that involve online computing, which people can accessfrom almost any device, to meet people's needs and help solve problems

in real time  can be accessed and viewed by allusers once administrators have made an update or uploaded content

targets  specific and measurable goals(especially in business and in the workplace)

engaged  interested, feeling like you havesomething to contribute, feeling like you can learn something useful

from dialogue 2

let you in on  give yousome information that no everyone has (though the information affects them)

retention rates  howmany customers keep their memberships (this in other contexts can mean how manyemployees stay in a company) (this is usually expressed as a percentage: in2018, 100 joined; 25 finished their membership but didn't re-enrol, 25 quit anddemanded their money back, 50 finished their membership and re-enrolled; so,the retention rate would be 75%)

KPI  key performance indicator

downsizing  laying off employees (but notfiring them for misconduct)

keep on the hush-hush  don'ttell anyone else about this (it's a secret)

doesn't leave this office  thisthing cannot be talked about with anyone else (it's confidential)