Business collocations:Desk

 

Introduction

Collocation(搭配) are words that native speakers put together naturally because they grow up always hearing them together.To an ESL student these combinations might not sound natural ,The mean of the two separate words might not match up but together they create a new meaning .

Vocabulary

• supplies:things necessary for daily life or for a particular purpose
• reception:a particular type of welcome for someone,or a particular type of reaction to their ideas,works,etc.
• paperwork:work such as writing letters or reports,which must be done but is not very interesting.
• department:one of the groups of people who work together in a particular par of a large organization
• humorous:funny and enjoyable

desk tidy

a desk tidy is something you can put your pens and other office supplies in .This way they are on your desk but still in a container.

desk job

A desk job is a job where you sit behind a desk most of the day to do your work

front desk

We refer to the front desk when we talk about  the palce(usually a desk) where you can for information about a company,hotel etc.form a person working there.

Writing desk

A writing desk is  a special desk with space for paper,pens,etc,made especially to do paperwork at.

• eg:we need to get a writing desk  for the mail room.

City desk

The word city desk refers to a certain department of a newpaper but has different meaning in American English  and British English.American use city desk to refer to the department  of local news for the news paper.while it refer to financial news department for the British.

• eg:I work for a newpaper at the city desk.

Desk jockey

This is a term we usually use in a humorous way,to be funny,Someone who  has a desk job is a desk jockey.

• eg:Hey buddy!Congratulations on the promotion(晋升)！Now that you are a desk jockey you must be careful not to get fat.

Collocation practice

• I think working in city desk department must be very boring
• I am always looking for my pen.I need a desk tidy.
• Before email everyone used to have a writing desk to write their letters at.
• Having a desk job makes you a desk jockey
• You can to to the front desk for help
• I would hate having a desk job and spending my whole day in an office.