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办公室里的抱怨:学会怎样用英语发牢骚8 E0 ]! A- N0 w# ~# u2 U5 k
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4 s7 D, u3 Z5 T( m/ p! C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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0 b! |/ g, v( p# K( R0 X1. Yech...it is a beautiful day out. And here I am stuck inside the office with all this paper work. X8 b) i ], ^
; J1 W6 ?) e9 x8 `$ u(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? ) s; H( i5 T8 d: Z( U2 {
% b. z4 h. `# O- y(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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& ^5 p2 n0 D: V4 W6 R3.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.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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(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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0 O- ]% H: `* V# A5.I want you to stop hogging my desk space,all right? 9 E' `7 ^% Y& P/ z) N
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(你不要再占用我的桌子,好吗?)
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6.Turn the other way when you smoke,so I won't have to breathe it,all right? 4 A5 e! ^- @4 S: _
$ k4 Z# M2 r6 l. I6 L7 }! n: J' V- l(你抽烟时转向那一边,免得我吸到,行不行?) ! t" A$ R K5 z2 ^
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7.Don't talk to me while I'm in the middle of calculating. 3 {' e* h | P+ x' }
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(我在计算时,别跟我说话。) 9 ^+ |$ y# R) d2 R! K
7 L7 o& O; L" X7 G/ r8.Ah,heck!Another mistake.The staff here can't even use their calculators right!
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(真见鬼!又错了。这里的职员连计算器都不能正确使用。) ! h" W# o/ ~' x6 S' o
/ J' E2 [. T5 a5 c! J9.Oh,why did he have to give me this rush job now that it's almost time for my lunch break! ' h1 P% n2 T9 |$ a- {
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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!) b' i2 R' F. ~% J# E0 \% f
* W: O1 o1 U& [; ]6 ^) c10.I know I made a mistake.I just wish he wouldn't keep hammering away at it. 6 G1 ~! c* u! p
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(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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6 B1 t7 Y, h. a! s1 l9 X; F j11.Doing this mindless work all day is going to drive me crazy.
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12.Why do I have to do all these extra needless little jobs anyway? * Y$ M5 d% |) m3 J% ]# ?
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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?) " D' X! M4 w( s
5 J, f; _4 z1 F13.How come everyone in ourcompany is middle-aged stuffy? W* D0 }1 q5 P2 R( s
# P+ l. u. `& Q- o* v: s- H(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 ^$ W# ]0 w0 J
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( o9 |- S/ J# L0 o/ g15.I don't understand what's going on inside these young people's heads.
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(我不了解这些年轻人的脑子里想的是什麽。) + ]* I+ Q; e+ t
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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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