不自負的新主管
Bill and Lily are coworkers. They are chatting in the pantry.
比爾與莉莉是同事，他們在茶水間聊天。
pantry(n.)食物儲藏間、茶水間
Bill: Big news! You know John, right? He just told me that we’ll have a new supervisor to take over our department.
比爾：大消息！你知道約翰吧？他跟我說，我們部門要有新主管接手了。
supervisor(n.)主管、上司，supervise(v.)監督take over接管department(n.)部門
Lily: Actually, I already heard. I hope that our new supervisor is reliable and good at managing people. It’s really important for any company to hire good managers.
莉莉：其實我早就聽說了，我希望新主管是個可以信賴、懂得運用人才的人，對一家公司來說，好的管理者真的很重要。
supervisor(n.)主管、上司reliable(adj.)可依賴的rely(v.)依賴rely on sb依賴某人manage(v.)處理hire(v.)雇用
Bill: I just hope that he or she is a good leader.
比爾：我只希望新主管是好的領導者。
Lily: So in your opinion, what are some qualities that a good leader should have?
莉莉：在你看來，什麼是好領導者的特質呢？
opinion(n.)看法、意見quality(n.)品質、特質
Bill: Well, first of all, a good leader can’t be too self-centered and egotistical. They need to think about the other employees and value them for their skills and hard work.
比爾：首先，好的領導者不能是個以自我為中心的自大狂，要重視每位員工、重視每位員工的技能與付出。
self-centered(adj.)自我中心的egotistical(adj.)自大的value(v.)重視
Lily: Yeah, that’s a good one.
莉莉：沒錯，說得好。
Bill: Also, they need to take full responsibility for their team, be willing to trust other employees and know how to delegate work properly.
比爾：再來，好的領導者必須對團隊完全負責任、願意信任員工，並且適當地指派工作。
take responsibility負責be willing to主動願意trust(v.)信賴delegate(v.)分派
Lily: Right. That’s important, because that way we’re able to work more efficiently as a team and not waste time.
莉莉：對，這很重要，這樣一來團隊運行才有效率，而非浪費時間。
be able to能夠efficiently(adv.)有效率地waste(v.)浪費
Bill: Last, but not least, I think that a good leader should care about society and people in general. When you feel that what you’re doing is actually helping others, there’s a sense of meaning and purpose. And that’s exactly the kind of spirit and mentality that we need at our office!
比爾：最後，我覺得好的領導者應該關心社會、關心人們，當我們認為工作對其他人有幫助時，我們的工作就會更有意義、有目的。這正是我們辦公室裡需要的精神與心態。
last, but not least最後但同樣重要的in general整體purpose(n.)目的spirit(n.)精神mentality(n.)心態