Meaning beyond words: Susan has established friendships with some of her female bosses and feels she can trust them more than male bosses.

17 While women may feel more at ease with a female boss, men often have to make concessions to the new working styles. (Para. 5)

Meaning: Although women feel more comfortable and relaxed with a female boss, men often have to make changes in their behavior to adapt to the different working styles. Meaning beyond words: The fact that men have to adjust themselves when they have a female boss is probably because of some psychological reason which makes them feel somewhat hard to get along with the opposite sex.

18 Brian, a marine biologist, says, “It took me a couple of years before I felt comfortable enough to relax around a female manager. In fact, my relations with her

were much more businesslike.” (Para. 5)

Meaning: Brian, a marine biologist, says that it took him a couple of years before he felt at

ease working around a female manager. Anyway, his relations with her were of a business type only.

*businesslike: a. effective and practical in the way that you do things 处事务实的；有效率

的；讲究实际的

To teach the students good business manners, this activity was handled in a businesslike manner. 为了培养学生良好的商务礼仪，这项活动是以务实的方式进行的。Note: The word businesslike, as explained above, is different from words like childlike. Similar words for your attention: lifelike (逼真的；栩栩如生的), warlike (好战的；善武的).

19 To some extent, the male-female differences come down to conflicting styles. (Para. 6)

Meaning: To some degree, the male-female differences in management lie in contradicting working styles.

20 One female vice-president discussed the time she burst into tears during a meeting. “Men think that tears are a nuclear weapon in a conventional war. They take exception to a woman crying, inferring that she’s feeling unhappy or violated.”(Para. 6)

Meaning:One female vice-president talked about the time when she could not hold back

her tears at a meeting. She said that men considered women’s tears just as unfair