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办公室里的抱怨:学会怎样用英语发牢骚% q3 ]; Z- w( T
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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. ) |# H# W0 f4 Q5 b# s8 a; x2 w; G
! R# `! M2 Z# \0 l4 _(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? 6 p, U; m& l6 E0 v# T
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(如果这里那麽没有条理,我怎麽晓得该做些什麽好呢?) 4 ?, b3 i# h& d& D
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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. c1 p, w% U+ r. t( ]! n
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(公司这麽吝啬,害得我们得把铅笔用到这麽短。) ' ~$ Q0 G. n9 Y; K5 b' v* A* T1 [
& s& O2 @4 H7 Q6 ]* e4.Now where did my eraser go this time?Don't take things off other people's desks without asking them,O.K.? $ J) u- ~# X* a3 F1 D. i/ v; s
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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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5.I want you to stop hogging my desk space,all right?
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/ d( v- y/ [+ C(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?
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(你抽烟时转向那一边,免得我吸到,行不行?) . A6 t* l: y+ d: u& E
9 ?/ L9 c6 c! m* b7.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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- L- g8 \% _" k- o- f9 b* H(真见鬼!又错了。这里的职员连计算器都不能正确使用。)
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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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# V0 z- ^+ d3 u: [(哎,快到午餐休息时间了,他为什麽非给我这个急件不可!)
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10.I know I made a mistake.I just wish he wouldn't keep hammering away at it. % k) [5 l; M# M
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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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11.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?
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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?) " R( N3 Q/ `( e( B, S
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13.How come everyone in ourcompany is middle-aged stuffy? ' q# H/ M9 G; x' _
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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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1 ~7 A k7 z! K- `: m9 l+ B14.Everytime he gets drunk,he goes into his lousy preaching routine.
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(每次喝醉,他就开始他那令人讨厌的说教。) ( U6 K1 T; u2 @1 f/ V w8 @1 Q6 N
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15.I don't understand what's going on inside these young people's heads.
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2 w' D7 Z; z. s& D(我不了解这些年轻人的脑子里想的是什麽。) , ~ q' D, v1 k& E" L, b3 O
$ J8 G: d( U% f* i16.Say,don't you think Miss Black is using the phone too much for personal calls? ; U$ H! {& m9 M+ Q' v
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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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