BEC商務(wù)英語(yǔ)活學(xué)活用：Mistakes

　?、?核心學(xué)習(xí)：Mistakes 犯錯(cuò)

　　Steve: Hi Mike. You're in the office bright and early today.

　　史蒂夫：嗨邁克，你今天來(lái)公司太早了。

　　Mike: I know. I was so strung-out last night that I could not sleep.

　　邁克：我知道。昨天晚上我太緊張了睡不著覺(jué)。

　　Steve: That's tragic buddy. What is making you feel so nervous?

　　史蒂夫：那太不幸了朋友。什么事讓你那么緊張?

　　Mike: I am too ashamed to tell anyone. Just leave me alone.

　　邁克：太難以啟齒了，別問(wèn)我了

　　Steve: Mike, we have helped each other out of many jams. Please let me help you this time.

　　史蒂夫：邁克，我們?cè)?jīng)互相幫助解決了很多困難。這次讓我來(lái)幫你吧。

　　Mike. Well, OK. Yesterday I deleted some important files that the boss really needs and I don't know what to do!

　　邁克：好吧。昨天我把老板需要的一些重要文件刪掉了，我不知道怎么辦才好。

　　Steve: Is that all? People are not robots Mike. We all make mistakes sometimes.

　　史蒂夫：就因?yàn)檫@嗎?人不是機(jī)器邁克，我們都有犯錯(cuò)的時(shí)候。

　　Mike: Really? I feel much better now that I have told you.

　　邁克：真的嗎?跟你講了以后我現(xiàn)在感覺(jué)好多了。

　　Steve: Listen carefully because I have lots more to say about office mistakes.

　　史蒂夫：關(guān)于在辦公室里做錯(cuò)事我還有很多話(huà)要說(shuō)，好好聽(tīng)。

　　Ⅱ.單詞簡(jiǎn)析

　　1) Strung-out: very worried, stressed

　　很擔(dān)心，緊張

　　ex:If I don't study before an exam I get very strung-out and think that I will fail.

　　如果考試前不學(xué)習(xí)的話(huà)我就會(huì)很緊張，覺(jué)得自己會(huì)通不過(guò)。

　　2) Tragic: something terrible, very bad

　　很可怕很糟糕的事情

　　ex:When I was ten years old my dog died - it was tragic.

　　在我十歲的時(shí)候，我的狗死了-那真是太慘了。

　　3) Jam: trouble, difficulty

　　麻煩、困難

　　ex:I was driving too fast and when the police stopped my car I knew that I was in a real jam!

　　我開(kāi)車(chē)開(kāi)得太快了，警察攔住我的車(chē)的時(shí)候我知道自己惹大麻煩了。

　　4) Robot: a machine that looks and acts like a human

　　樣子和動(dòng)作像人的機(jī)器

　　ex:Then 1970's were full of TV shows about robots.

　　七十年代凈是些關(guān)于機(jī)器人的電視節(jié)目。

　?、?課文篇

　　At some time in everyone's business career, they will make a mistake (or two). Some mistakes are small and can be easily fixed, while others are large and take a lot of work to set right.

　　每個(gè)人工作期間都有犯一兩次錯(cuò)誤的時(shí)候。有些是小錯(cuò)誤很容易解決，有些錯(cuò)誤很?chē)?yán)重需要做很多工作來(lái)彌補(bǔ)。

　　Regardless of the size of the mistake, the most important thing to do is to tell someone straight away. Even if you think that you will get in a huge jam, the best policy to is admit to your mistakes as early as possible.

　　不管多大的錯(cuò)誤，最重要的是趕快把它說(shuō)出來(lái)。盡管你認(rèn)為你會(huì)惹上大麻煩，但最好的解決方法是盡早承認(rèn)錯(cuò)誤。

　　If you try to hide a mistake and someone else finds out (and they always do), the trouble will be much worse because you tried to hide it.

　　如果你想把錯(cuò)誤隱藏起來(lái)，被別人發(fā)現(xiàn)后麻煩更大(人們總是能發(fā)現(xiàn))，因?yàn)槟阍噲D掩蓋錯(cuò)誤。

　　Anyone can make a mistake once, but only a fool makes the same mistake twice! Learn from your mistakes and don't repeat them.

　　每個(gè)人都有犯錯(cuò)的時(shí)候，但只有傻瓜才會(huì)犯同樣的錯(cuò)誤!從錯(cuò)誤中吸取教訓(xùn)，不要重犯舊錯(cuò)。

　　When you do make a mistake, think about all of the possible solutions, so that when you tell someone, you can suggest ways to fix it. People will think highly of you for your honesty and professionalism that way.

　　如果真的犯了錯(cuò)誤，想一想可能的解決方法，這樣你在跟別人說(shuō)的時(shí)候就可以提出解決它的建議。這樣一來(lái)人們就會(huì)很欣賞你的誠(chéng)實(shí)和職業(yè)作風(fēng)。

　　When someone else makes a mistake and comes to you for help, try to focus on solving the problem and not on criticizing them. All problems can be fixed if you think carefully enough!

　　當(dāng)別人犯了錯(cuò)誤來(lái)向你尋求幫助的時(shí)候，盡量把注意力放在解決問(wèn)題上而不是責(zé)備他們。只要認(rèn)真想想，任何問(wèn)題都會(huì)被解決的。

　　Ⅳ.對(duì)話(huà)篇

　　Beth: I heard the boss yelling at Mike for some reason earlier today. Do you know what it was about?

　　貝斯：今天早晨我聽(tīng)到老板為了什么原因在跟邁克發(fā)脾氣。你知道怎么回事嗎?

　　Sally: Steve says that Mike made a mistake and then tried to cover it, but the boss found out.

　　薩利：史蒂夫說(shuō)邁克做錯(cuò)了事又試圖掩蓋它，被老板發(fā)現(xiàn)了。

　　Beth: Why didn't he just own up and tell someone?

　　貝斯：為什么他不坦白說(shuō)出來(lái)?

　　Sally: He was too scared that he would be fired, I suppose.

　　薩利：我想他害怕被辭退。

　　Beth: But when you have made a mistake, it is important to tell someone so that it can be fixed.

　　貝斯：可是做錯(cuò)事的時(shí)候最重要的是說(shuō)出來(lái)這樣問(wèn)題才能得到解決。

　　Sally: I bet that Mike wished you had told him that earlier.

　　薩利：我確信邁克一定希望你早一些跟他說(shuō)這些話(huà)。

　　Beth: He won't do that again - Mike is not a fool, and only fools make the same mistake twice.

　　貝斯：他不會(huì)再做錯(cuò)了，邁克不是傻瓜，只有傻瓜才會(huì)重復(fù)同樣的錯(cuò)誤。

　　Sally: As always you are the smart one with the good advice.

　　薩利：你總是那么聰明，能提出一些好建議。

　　Beth: But remember, even the smartest person makes mistakes sometimes!

　　貝斯：但是要記住，就算最聰明的人也有犯錯(cuò)的時(shí)候。