跟艾米莉一起學口語 第778期:工作中的閒聊
實用句子
I got sacked
I have been demoted.
我被解僱了。
Are you.in the middle of something?
你在忙嗎？
Today is terrible, it's been one thing after another.
今天太可怕了，一件事接着一件事。
經典對話
A: How was your day?
你今天過得怎麼樣？
B: Let's start with you. How was yours?
你先說吧，你怎麼樣？
A: It's really busy. I had to work straight through my lunch break.
我特別忙，我午休的時間都在幹活。
B: Did you get to leave early then?
你能早點走嗎？
A: My boss told me that I could either go home early or take a long lunch break another day, so I decided to wait and take a long lunch break another time.
我上司跟我說可以早點回家，或者改天午休休的長一點。所以我決定等到哪天有空中午多休息一會兒。
B: It was nice of your boss to give you an option. My boss would never do that.
你上司人不錯，還給你選擇的機會，我上次從來都不會這樣。
A: Let's get back to you, how was your day?
還是說說你吧，你今天怎麼樣？
B: It was horrible, it was just one thing after another.
今天太恐怖了，事情一件接着一件。
A: You look pretty upset. Are you okay?
你看起來情緒不高，沒事兒吧？
B: I'm fine, but I have bad news.
我沒事兒，但是我有個壞消息。
A: What's that?
什麼事兒？
B: I got sacked today.
我今天被解僱了。
A: You're kidding. How did that happen?
你開玩笑吧，到底怎麼回事兒？
B: Well, I was late to work today. It was the third time I was late this week.
我今天遲到了，這是我這周第三次遲到了。
A: How late were you?
遲到多長時間？
B: Only about five minutes.
大概只有五分鐘。
A: You got fired for being a few minutes late?
就因爲遲到幾分鐘，你就被解僱了？
B: My boss is really picky about that. He never arrives late, usually works overtime, and always gets his work done on time.
我上司對遲到最敏感了，他自己從來不遲到，經常加班，而且還總是按時完成任務。
