2.3. Demonstrate my interpretation prowess upon the following Chinese

To work in a large transnational business with English as the working language, one has to learn in advance how to greet his colleagues in the office every morning he see them and late afternoon he knocks off. One's own customary manners in greetings can generally tell whether he is a respectable guy of caring, warmth and courtesy or vice versa. So, as a prospective recruit in the office compartment, he'd better be well equipped for the very task -- to be a sincere and positive role in greeting his superiors and colleagues rather than an unwilling negative or passive player. Hereof, some rewarding greeting skills will be ushered to help us, Chinese students, to convert from 'yes-no-men' into the desirables. Try to get used to the know-how, and succes will be yours.

To be caring and polite, people greet each other the moment they meet every day. English natives tend to pour out a set of phrases or short sentences for greeting and responding, while Chinese English speakers would splatter in one word or a short phrase for the either role. The thing is, obviously, that we fail to understand the point of getting ourselves accustomed to their way of greeting and answering. That's why some native speakers would feel a little bit cold-shouldered after daily greetings to the Chinese colleagues. So, learn to speak the same way they do is indispensable in business offices.

knock off

1. V. To knock off an amount from a price, time, or level means to reduce it by that amount.

E.g. Udinese have knocked 10% off admission prices.

2. V. If you knock something off a list or document, you remove it.

E.g. Tighter rules for benefit entitlement have knocked many people off the

unemployment register

3. V. If someone knocks something off, they steal it.

E.g. two nervous teenagers knocking off a cafe

4. V. When you knock off, you finish work at the end of the day or before a break.

E.g. If I get this report finished I'll knock off early

5. V. If someone knocks someone else off, they kill them.

E.g. He had many motives for wanting toknock off Yvonne

customary: [ˈkʌstəməri]

ADJ. Customary is used to describe things that people usually do in a particular society or in particular circumstances.

courtesy

Num. Courtesy is politeness, respect, and consideration for others.

vice versa:

Vice versais used to indicate that the reverse of what you have said is true. For example 'women may bring their husbands with them, and vice versa' means that men may also bring their wives with them.

Teachers qualified to teach in England are not accepted in Scotland andvice versa.

prospective

1. ADJ. You use prospective to describe someone who wants to be the thing mentioned or who is likely to be the thing mentioned.

E.g. When his prospective employers learned that he smoked, they said they wouldn't hire him.

2. ADJ. You use prospective to describe something that is likely to happen soon.

E.g. ...the terms of theprospectivedeal.

passive

1. ADJ-GRADED If you describe someone as passive, you mean that they do not take action but instead let things happen to them.

His passiveattitude made things easier for me.

2. ADJ. A passive activity involves watching, looking at, or listening to things rather than doing things.

E.g. They want less passive ways of filling their time.

desirable

1. ADJ-GRADED. Something that is desirable is worth having or doing because it is useful, necessary, or popular.

E.g. The crowd moved indoors for what were deemed the most desirable items.

2. ADJ-GRADED. Someone who is desirable is considered to be sexually attractive.

E.g. ...the young women whom his classmates thought most desirable.

后缀：-able

1. 表形容词,"可以……的,能……的";

2. 注：如果加在y结尾的单词后通常为去掉y加上icalbe.

同缀词

adj.

knowable 可知的 (know知道+able可以……的,能……的→adj.可知的)

lovable 可爱的,惹人爱的 (love爱+able可以……的,能……的→adj.可爱的,惹人爱的)

tractable 易于驾御的,温顺的 (tract拉+able可以……的,能……的→能够拉[回来]→易管的)

splatter

accustom [əˈkʌstəm]

Vt. If you accustom yourself or another person to something, you make yourself or them become used to it.

E.g. Shakespeare has accustomed us to a mixture of humor and tragedy in the same play.

cold-shoulder 

Vt. If one person cold-shoulders another, they give them the cold-shoulder.

indispensable [ˌɪndɪˈspensəbl]

1.ADJ-GRADED If you say that someone or something isindispensable, you mean that they are absolutely essential and other people or things cannot function without them.

E.g. She was becomingindispensableto him.