离职中，强化英语为下一份工作做准备，于是想到把自己历年来和同事、客户等来往的email再读一遍，把有用的记录在此，方便以后查阅。
有些不便公开的信息用一对<>或...代替。我写在这儿的东西只是相对我自己来说比较proper的写法（加黑部分），因为我自己的水平只处
于让老外能懂的地步，还远未到正宗的水平。欢迎拍砖并指正，因为有些也许根本就是错误的，我也不能保证每个给我写英文的老外英语都
及格。
1.
BC
This is the Point 2 of the <project name> on the white board.
Give me a call if you have any questions.(好像 any question 也行，不知什么区别。）
2.
Gents,
We used to have the convention that <symbol> would be in the subject line of each <report>. I have my email action set to
put these in a folder. Can we reinstitute this convention please.(这里不用问号，是不是就是命令了？） Secondly, ....
3.
Hi BC
Last time <somebody> gave me <a software>, but the database seem did not comparable with ver <version number> （我肯定写成seem do 或seemed did, 不知谁对）
So I need new ...
Can you send it to me today. （又一个命令，此君上两句都没有句号，此命令除外！）
Thanks,
<name of the commander>
[ 本帖最后由 bc 于 2010-6-4 16:38 编辑 ]
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沙发
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继续，顺便问一下，大家都怎么处理公司的邮件？删除还是移交？
4.
<Boss>
what version do we give <client>, Full or Evaluation? Should <a feature> be in or out???(不知道三问号代表什么？）
BC
Depending on <boss>'s response, please put the appropriate version of <software> on an appropriate directory on the FTP area of the server, edit the instructions below accordingly and send them to <client>.
一封信可以这样交代两个人干不同但又相关的事。
5.
Gents,
Couple of things. (这也是一个不错的开头，不过应该是给老板、经理级的人下命令用的）
...
This is very important from a project management perspective.
6.
Hi BC,
I have spoken with <my manager> and he is not in any high priority need for a new build. Can you aim to post a new build on Friday afternoon.(再一次证明句号就是命令) You will need to allow time for your own testing.
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good, waiting for your update...
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Every time when my customer wasn't satisfied with my cleaning job I would like to say please accept my sincerely apologies and I certainly hope that this experience will not effect your decision to allow Petercome to assist you with your future cleaning needs. You deserved better service from me and I very much look forward to your continued patronage and loyalty.
How does this sound?:)
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Good way to improve English.
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这个比较强，我看看我的email里有没有可与之PK的。
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改错。
Last time <somebody> gave me <a software>, but the database seems not compatible with ver <version number> ...
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多谢，你的读起来比较顺。
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继续上礼拜的。
7.
Guys
...
What's the best approach here? I would prefer to give him <version> once tested.
提出问题并给出建议
8.
Guys
See me at 10:00 today to discuss ...
召集小会
9.
I'm busy sorry guys, I'll convene(召集) this later.
取消会议
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10. 问题没解决
BC
Checked this out.
Still an issue.
...
11. 有新版本可用
Gentlemen
Build <version number> is now available in folder <folder name> for your use.
12. 强调需要看的内容
Gentlemen
Would you review the spreadsheet ...
What we are looking for is the ...
...
Would you let me know when you have finished.
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thanks a lot.
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问题挺多呀
Every time when my customer wasn't satisfied with my cleaning job I would like to say please accept my sincere（ly） apologies and I certainly hope that this experience will not （e）ffect your decision to allow Petercome to assist you with your future cleaning needs. You deserve（d） better service（） from me and I very much look forward to your continue（d） patronage and （loyalty用这个词直接和客户交谈是不合适的）.
How does this sound?
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插个笑话，也是从email中来的：
An oldie, but a goodie!
A woman brought a very limp duck into a veterinary surgery.
As she laid her pet on the table, the vet pulled out his stethoscope and listened to the bird's chest. After a moment or two, the vet shook his head sadly and said, "I'm so sorry, Cuddles has passed away.
"The distressed owner wailed, "Are you sure?"
"Yes, I am sure. The duck is dead," he replied.
"How can you be so sure," she protested. "I mean you haven't done any tests on him or anything. He might just be in a coma or something."
The vet rolled his eyes, turned around and left the room returning a few moments later with a black Labrador Retriever.
As the duck's owner looked on in amazement, the dog stood on his hind legs, put his front paws on the examination table and sniffed the duck from top to bottom. He then looked at the vet with sad eyes and shook his head.
The vet patted the dog and took it out, and returned a few moments later with a beautiful cat. The cat jumped up on the table, and as it walked around and over the duck, it sniffed delicately at the bird.
Then it sat back on its haunches, shook its head, meowed softly and strolled out of the room.
The vet looked at the woman and said, "I'm sorry, but as I said, this is most definitely, 100% certifiably, a dead duck."
He turned to his computer terminal, hit a few keys and produced a bill, which he handed to the woman.
The duck's owner, still in shock, took the bill. "$150!" she cried, "$150 just to tell me my duck is dead?!!"
The vet shrugged. "I'm sorry. If you'd taken my word for it, the bill would have been $20, but what with the Lab Report and the Cat Scan...."
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13. 报告进展并要求碰头：
<boss>
BC will be after enhancement material next week and <something> would be the highest priority large task he will start on, except for some relatively small quick benign ones I will review with hime on Monday(eg, ...). So, can we finalise the functional spec for this ASAP please.
Also, when we can, I wish to discuss <a functionality>. ... This functionality would also be a winner on <other systems>.
14. 提请讨论：
BC / <somebody else>
We need to discuss the attached when you're in the office on Wednesday <somebody else>
15. 度假前安排工作：
<boss>
I want to leave BC with some instructions for updating <customer name> to the latest version whilst I am away.
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16. 和谁联系：
... BC needs to liaise with <person 1> or <person 2>.
17. 疑问式要求,比较绕口，不知对否：
Guys
If import sheet contains some crap after the real <Entity>, ie, with no <Entity> data, <product name> imports and shows only the real <Entities> however, the <Entity> index increase. If the software is smart enough to know when <Entities> are not included, should not it also be smart enough not to increment the <Entity> index?
18. 老板表扬并推广：
BC,
Good work.
To everyone. Please use ...
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另一个跟工作有关的笑话：
Subject: Calling in sick
This will bring a smile to your face, at least for some, tears for the
others.
Calling in sick ..
Brings a tear to the eye!!!!
I defy you to read this without laughing. . . . .
Calling in sick to work makes me uncomfortable. No matter how legitimate
my excuse, I always get the feeling that my boss thinks I'm lying.
On one recent occasion, I had a valid reason but lied anyway, because
the truth was just too darned humiliating.
I simply mentioned that I had sustained a head injury, and I hoped I
would feel up to coming in the next day. By then, I reasoned, I could
think up a doozy to explain the bandage on the top of my head.
The accident occurred mainly because I had given in to my wife's wishes
to adopt a cute little kitty.
Initially, the new acquisition was no problem. Then one morning, was
taking my shower after breakfast when I heard my wife, Deb, call out to
me from the kitchen.
"Honey! The garbage disposal is dead again. Please come reset it."
"You know where the button is," I protested through the
shower pitter-patter and steam.
"Reset it yourself!"
"But I'm scared!" she persisted. "What if it starts going and sucks me
in?"
There was a meaningful pause and then, "C'mon, it'll only take you a
second."
So out I came, dripping wet and buck naked, hoping that my silent
outraged nudity would make a statement about how I perceived her
behaviour as extremely cowardly.
Sighing loudly, I squatted down and stuck my head under the sink to find
the button.
It is the last action I remember performing...
It struck without warning, and without any respect to
my circumstances.
No, it wasn't the hexed disposal, drawing me into its gnashing metal
teeth.
It was our new kitty, who discovered the fascinating dangling objects
she spied hanging between my legs. She had been poised around the corner
and stalked me as I reached under the sink.
And, at the precise moment when I was most vulnerable, she leapt at the
toys I unwittingly offered and snagged them with her needle-like claws.
I lost all rational thought to control orderly bodily movements, blindly
rising at a violent rate of speed, with the full weight of a kitten
hanging from my masculine region.
Wild animals are sometimes faced with a "fight or flight" syndrome. Men,
in this predicament, choose only the "flight" option. I know this from
experience. I was fleeing straight up into the air when the sink and
cabinet bluntly and forcefully impeded my ascent.
The impact knocked me out cold. When I awoke, my wife and the paramedics
stood over me. Now here are not many things in this life worse than
finding oneself lying on the kitchen floor buck naked in front of a
group of "been-there, done-that" paramedics.
Even worse, having been fully briefed by my wife, the paramedics were
all snorting loudly as they tried to conduct their work, all the while
trying to suppress their hysterical laughter.... .and not succeeding.
Somehow I lived through it all. A few days later I finally made it back
in to the office, where colleagues tried to coax an explanation out of
me about my head injury. I kept silent, claiming it was too painful to
talk about. Which it was.
"What's the matter?" They all asked, "Cat got your tongue?"
If they only knew!
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