跟艾米莉一起學(xué)口語 第778期:工作中的閑聊

實用句子

I got sacked

I have been demoted.

我被解雇了。

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，一件事接著一件事。

經(jīng)典對話

A: How was your day?

你今天過得怎么樣？

B: Let's start with you. How was yours?

你先說吧，你怎么樣？

A: It's really busy. I had to work straight through my lunch break.

我特別忙，我午休的時間都在干活。

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，你今天怎么樣？

B: It was horrible, it was just one thing after another.

今天太恐怖了，事情一件接著一件。

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?

什么事兒？

B: I got sacked today.

我今天被解雇了。

A: You're kidding. How did that happen?

你開玩笑吧，到底怎么回事兒？

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?

就因為遲到幾分鐘，你就被解雇了？

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(jīng)常加班，而且還總是按時完成任務(wù)。