跟艾米丽一起学口语(MP3+文本) 第778期:工作中的闲聊恒星英语

实用句子

I got sacked

I have been demoted.

我被解雇了。

Are you in the middle of something?

你在忙吗？

Today is terrible, it's been one thing after another.

今天太可怕了，一件事接着一件事。

经典对话

A: How was your day?

你今天过得怎么样？

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

你先说吧，你怎么样？

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

我特别忙，我午休的时间都在干活。

B: Did you get to leave early then?

你能早点走吗？

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.

我上司跟我说可以早点回家，或者改天午休休的长一点。所以我决定等到哪天有空中午多休息一会儿。

B: It was nice of your boss to give you an option. My boss would never do that.

你上司人不错，还给你选择的机会，我上次从来都不会这样。

A: Let's get back to you, how was your day?

还是说说你吧，你今天怎么样？

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?

你看起来情绪不高，没事儿吧？

B: I'm fine, but I have bad news.

我没事儿，但是我有个坏消息。

A: What's that?

什么事儿？

B: I got sacked today.

我今天被解雇了。

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

你开玩笑吧，到底怎么回事儿？

B: Well, I was late to work today. It was the third time I was late this week.

我今天迟到了，这是我这周第三次迟到了。

A: How late were you?

迟到多长时间？

B: Only about five minutes.

大概只有五分钟。

A: You got fired for being a few minutes late?

就因为迟到几分钟，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.

我上司对迟到最敏感了，他自己从来不迟到，经常加班，而且还总是按时完成任务。