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办公室里的抱怨:学会怎样用英语发牢骚* F7 Y. z7 @; Q+ f* K
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- X" {! ^5 r+ K6 U. N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. / r' F$ F# D3 C1 O5 f; A/ G: f! D
6 L* d9 a' O$ f: J2 G! k9 b8 ~ @(哎,外面天气那麽好,我却得守在办公室内处理这些文件。) . @; r+ J7 n4 X: e; ?5 m& D
5 q; c. P/ w+ J7 V# n. v7 A! v8 z2. How am I to know what I'm supposed to do if there's no organization around here?
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, d/ |4 `$ Q# ]8 a(如果这里那麽没有条理,我怎麽晓得该做些什麽好呢?) * q3 K4 C$ C- n; i4 @' m
! d3 Q' x# O0 H/ Q3.The company is so cheap we have to sharpen our pencils until they're down to little stubs like this. 0 A4 z6 H* \5 P; a% N8 p: H/ t7 k
6 j( X `' E# P Q S- k(公司这麽吝啬,害得我们得把铅笔用到这麽短。)
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4.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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+ _% \, E, {; O0 m/ _ `& F(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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! R G9 K p- ~& M5.I want you to stop hogging my desk space,all right?
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; Z* v" Q7 B$ r4 m6.Turn the other way when you smoke,so I won't have to breathe it,all right?
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s$ H- n. Y9 z4 K/ Q5 ^6 ~9 ?3 A9 E5 W(你抽烟时转向那一边,免得我吸到,行不行?)
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5 _) i7 V6 d, { ]% s6 M7.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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8.Ah,heck!Another mistake.The staff here can't even use their calculators right!
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: K& ~% @) v& E+ C) x2 A(真见鬼!又错了。这里的职员连计算器都不能正确使用。) # I- X9 x. S- k5 T$ a" m4 |# b
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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!
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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!) 0 T& e6 Q" }! U( X& z
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10.I know I made a mistake.I just wish he wouldn't keep hammering away at it. 9 ?9 ]/ V7 h( B6 ?
. w l% a5 I+ y9 d+ L& t3 @ x(我知道我犯错误了。我真希望他不要一直骂个不停。) ) B- T P& P* |& D& o
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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。) 8 q7 m3 I: A; S! m/ G" b
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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?) _: m9 l/ R) O& w5 ~
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13.How come everyone in ourcompany is middle-aged stuffy? 5 _9 ]9 s1 N( t; T' h$ j1 ^: m
: N$ L2 v! X6 B% y: |: T$ _$ b(为什麽我们公司都是一些古板的中年人?)
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14.Everytime he gets drunk,he goes into his lousy preaching routine. 1 |! f/ ~7 N" W6 ?. V# J
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: C F9 T! R P7 ^5 ]4 V$ e15.I don't understand what's going on inside these young people's heads.
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# H, s" n6 S6 q1 ? b' V(我不了解这些年轻人的脑子里想的是什麽。)
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16.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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