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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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/ Y& X T% n9 d+ U6 `+ O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.
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) O$ M& o# O* M! K! |2. How am I to know what I'm supposed to do if there's no organization around here?
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/ S+ n' ~ Y) d0 i2 n1 C(如果这里那麽没有条理,我怎麽晓得该做些什麽好呢?)
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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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; ?4 m5 @3 T! m: U/ H; N F; ^- S4.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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+ M8 Y( I0 [6 I E! K(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?)
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p3 d2 n. n: U/ u; ^, W7 v8 r5.I want you to stop hogging my desk space,all right? ' |$ H- F! L" U$ @4 I
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& w* c5 _5 |. p* ~+ v- e6.Turn the other way when you smoke,so I won't have to breathe it,all right? ! n* v; j6 ? b4 D+ `
i6 L' X+ ^2 k m# o `; o, |" W(你抽烟时转向那一边,免得我吸到,行不行?)
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7.Don't talk to me while I'm in the middle of calculating.
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(我在计算时,别跟我说话。)
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# l! G* A7 r, ?2 E4 B) G, b2 q8.Ah,heck!Another mistake.The staff here can't even use their calculators right! 0 I2 V1 x! H5 J- s
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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! 7 L) Y9 x7 B- t9 a
# u' y- R# h: m- z(哎,快到午餐休息时间了,他为什麽非给我这个急件不可!) ) ~/ I0 u/ ]9 J* a& m& `6 f, Z. E
+ U9 m/ v, z, J10.I know I made a mistake.I just wish he wouldn't keep hammering away at it.
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/ i! F& u. R8 v(我知道我犯错误了。我真希望他不要一直骂个不停。)
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11.Doing this mindless work all day is going to drive me crazy.
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(整天做这种不用动脑筋的工作,会使我发疯的。) . j: k+ b: Q0 w) t: u
+ T* A' M# J, ~; b/ i9 ]12.Why do I have to do all these extra needless little jobs anyway?
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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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13.How come everyone in ourcompany is middle-aged stuffy?
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(为什麽我们公司都是一些古板的中年人?)
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7 h* ?: u& R) Z& h( d5 k14.Everytime he gets drunk,he goes into his lousy preaching routine.
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2 M% B- I1 n1 J% ?(每次喝醉,他就开始他那令人讨厌的说教。)
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- g, a4 b$ Q0 L( u) P+ Q: ~8 N15.I don't understand what's going on inside these young people's heads.
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7 D0 ]7 ~% w3 _5 a! Y/ }0 h; j" h(我不了解这些年轻人的脑子里想的是什麽。)
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! A8 _5 }* e4 V2 K9 N2 C# K, V$ T16.Say,don't you think Miss Black is using the phone too much for personal calls? ( {7 @3 Q3 Y% `' Q) [( U: y
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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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