[词汇]（6）

employee n.雇员

hard-working adj.勤奋的

sales reps推销员=sales representatives

man n.男人

office n.办公室

assistant n.助手

★employee n.雇员

一个动词后有-ee，是被这个动作影响的人；一个动词后有-er，是做出这个动作的人。

V+-ee被......的人

V+er发出......的人

employ v.雇拥

I need to employ some people to help me do this work.

employee n.雇员

employer n.雇主

employment n.工作

-ment名词后缀

train v.训练

trainee n.被训练的人

trainer n.训练者

★hard-working adj.勤奋的

hard adj&adv.艰苦的，坚硬的，努力地

work n&v.工作

hard-working adj.勤奋的

Lucy is a hard-working employee.

They are hard-working.

hard-work n.艰苦的工作

This is a hard-work.

work hard努力地工作

★assistant n.助手

office assistant指办公室干杂务的工作人员

assist v.援助

[课文]

MR. JACKSON: Come and meet our employees, Mr. Richards.

MR. RICHARDS: Thank you, Mr. Jackson.

MR. JACKSON: This is Nicola Grey, and this is Claire Taylor.

MR. RICHARDS: How do you do?

Those women are very hard-working.

What are their jobs?

MR. JACKSON: They're keyboard operators.

This is Michael Baker, and this is Jeremy Short.

MR. RICHARDS: How do you do?

They aren't very busy!

What are their jobs?

MR. JACKSON: They're sales reps.

They're very lazy.

MR. RICHARDS: Who is this young man?

MR. JACKSON: This is Jim.He's our office assistant.