BEC高级情景口语:CommonCourtesiesintheOffice
陈豪在北京的ABC美国公司工作,他的美国同事Amy好像显得不太高兴。 (Office ambience) CH:Hi Amy, how are you? A:I’m fine. C:听上去你好像不太高兴?出什么事了吗? A:As a matter of fact there is. I consider you agood friend as well as colleague. You know I havetried to help you as much as I can since you came towork at ABC. C:是啊。这几个月来,你确实帮了我很多忙,我特别感激。 A:Unfortunately we have a problem right now. As we say in the United States, "I have abone to pick with you". C:"A bone to pick with me?" 这是什么意思啊? A:It means that I have a complaint about something that involves you. C:我什么地方得罪你了吗? A:Forgive me - I may be wrong, but I think you used my office while I was away last week. C:没错,你出差的时候。我以为你不会介意呢。 A:I would not have minded if you had asked me first. C:你走后我才想起来的。正好有个项目快到期了,我需要个安静的地方工作,所以就借用了你的宝地。 A:I understand, but you need to be aware that you shouldn’t make yourself at home insomeone else’s office without first asking permission. C:对不起,可你是怎么知道的呢? A:We will have to continue this later. I have a meeting in five minutes. ****** 当天下午陈豪和Amy又碰面了。 A:Chen Hao, you deserve to know what bothered me about your using my office withoutasking me first. You were not very considerate in some of the things you did. C:你能说具体点儿吗? A:It appears that you ate your lunch in my office. C:你怎么知道的? A:There were crumbs all over my desk. C:那是我不对,应该打扫干净。 A:And how do you explain the missing paper clips? I was down to my last few, and when Icame back, there weren’t any left. C:对不起,最后几个回形针用了。 A:And that means that you went through my desk to find them. C:可大家不都这样吗?我以为可以这样做呢。 A:Well, it’s not. Even with good friends. Just because people are not at their desk, doesn’tmean that you can make your self at home when they are not there. C:你说得没错。不过我确实不是有意得罪你。 A:I accept your apology. In the future remember to ask permission before you use acoworker’s desk, office equipment or supplies. When you do receive permission, leaveeverything as you found it. C:我以后知道了,谢谢你告诉我。 相关资料 |