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办公室里的抱怨:学会怎样用英语发牢骚
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在公司里,你也许是个秘书,你也许是管理财务的人员,你也许负责管理档案,你也许负责管理人力资源……,总之几乎你得天天待在办公室里,坐在办公桌旁处理堆积如山的文件,每天你有许许多多的杂事要处理,每天你有快乐,但更多的是不顺心,因为你是人,你需要与周围的同事和平共处,你需要克制忍耐;可又因为你是有血有肉的活生生的人,你要发泄(否则你会得心脏病),你要抱怨(因为憋在肚子里你会感到对不起自己):为什麽你总是在办公室里抽烟?为什麽他工作中总是犯这样那样的错误,害得我要在他的後面忙来忙去?为什麽一到快要下班了,他们还要给我这麽多工作?谁又拿我的钢笔了?害得我找也找不到……。这些事情虽然琐碎,但也许你每天都要碰到。下面是一些例句,你或许会从中学会怎样用英语发牢骚:
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1. Yech...it is a beautiful day out. And here I am stuck inside the office with all this paper work. # b2 v- a& A6 l/ i
. t) M0 k" o$ `- s( L(哎,外面天气那麽好,我却得守在办公室内处理这些文件。)
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2. How am I to know what I'm supposed to do if there's no organization around here?
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(如果这里那麽没有条理,我怎麽晓得该做些什麽好呢?) 0 F1 I( _9 J! X6 ?8 [
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3.The company is so cheap we have to sharpen our pencils until they're down to little stubs like this.
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(公司这麽吝啬,害得我们得把铅笔用到这麽短。)
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, A, u8 Z S1 j, a# i* Q4.Now where did my eraser go this time?Don't take things off other people's desks without asking them,O.K.?
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% l, H8 U) P; ]* l8 {(这回我的橡皮又到哪里去了?不要不说一声就拿别人桌子上的东西,好吗?) " i3 h6 O: L9 Y1 }; J- q0 {* K
# j5 x# V |. B) F* f5.I want you to stop hogging my desk space,all right? 4 ?5 h5 F$ j ^6 K; \, t
) Y8 i" D2 A8 Z0 G$ d7 U8 O7 N% M! G) O(你不要再占用我的桌子,好吗?) " Z7 t" y* U1 e7 C2 |$ p
4 q& Y4 b& L4 x% f& M( i# y5 O$ E6.Turn the other way when you smoke,so I won't have to breathe it,all right? 6 R% h! E3 A1 q9 L7 @' e
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(你抽烟时转向那一边,免得我吸到,行不行?) * [" \4 b$ r. e( }, @* {
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7.Don't talk to me while I'm in the middle of calculating. " |0 \. }# P: V
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(我在计算时,别跟我说话。) : ^8 b& R% o4 f1 U
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8.Ah,heck!Another mistake.The staff here can't even use their calculators right!
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) m/ |' h l7 o* ?9 `) o(真见鬼!又错了。这里的职员连计算器都不能正确使用。)
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9.Oh,why did he have to give me this rush job now that it's almost time for my lunch break! ' p7 {8 h- l" b& g
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(哎,快到午餐休息时间了,他为什麽非给我这个急件不可!) 1 w2 Z4 Y. Q( X* w% f% S
, W4 t8 g7 I* n10.I know I made a mistake.I just wish he wouldn't keep hammering away at it.
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; `; j3 E3 r: J" i(我知道我犯错误了。我真希望他不要一直骂个不停。) 0 Q1 ~$ f; L8 } k9 T! S W
6 y- Z# i+ _& c* `& q11.Doing this mindless work all day is going to drive me crazy. , {8 o' t( I, q* s* W2 Q
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(整天做这种不用动脑筋的工作,会使我发疯的。) ) w' v) E# \# W
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12.Why do I have to do all these extra needless little jobs anyway? 9 _/ W, j/ j/ j0 ?4 `9 T4 K
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(不管怎样,为什麽我得做所有这些多余的、不必要的琐碎工作?)
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7 V u3 G9 y: f& ]6 t" J n$ `13.How come everyone in ourcompany is middle-aged stuffy? - [3 g1 f' [3 s( V0 ^, n
" C, J; X6 E6 E3 P# |& W(为什麽我们公司都是一些古板的中年人?)
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8 G1 ~' y4 ^8 L& P: \( k14.Everytime he gets drunk,he goes into his lousy preaching routine.
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# H" `6 U9 T' n15.I don't understand what's going on inside these young people's heads.
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& o) P7 p# |2 p/ |0 e(我不了解这些年轻人的脑子里想的是什麽。) S7 a' x; ]; v& `9 r$ k6 n
8 V' E/ H# U9 q0 Z16.Say,don't you think Miss Black is using the phone too much for personal calls?
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(喂,你不觉得布莱克小姐的私人电话打得太多吗?) |
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