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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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; k% r2 g5 Y7 }; \; M( r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: - m' W# f7 y$ `( e. K! i% ~
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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. / |& `0 _7 U; h1 d
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(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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) {" K. S! h, i0 W2. How am I to know what I'm supposed to do if there's no organization around here?
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6 u. @9 V% U* a1 Q. 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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6 C% _# D+ S- D, y$ { p' D3.The company is so cheap we have to sharpen our pencils until they're down to little stubs like this.
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" H) T2 l7 H6 W( `0 l" e. ?# @(公司这麽吝啬,害得我们得把铅笔用到这麽短。) 1 ^( m# j- v+ L3 r1 d) L
1 A% u$ j8 d2 y/ z/ _: M0 B+ q, R0 j4.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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5.I want you to stop hogging my desk space,all right? / L6 y( O# E2 @4 s
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(你不要再占用我的桌子,好吗?) ' A! t% {6 N$ g4 o
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6.Turn the other way when you smoke,so I won't have to breathe it,all right? 5 O, P2 ^0 U0 l3 M
" Y' R- j8 D- D- D(你抽烟时转向那一边,免得我吸到,行不行?) * _2 E9 \! ^. O4 P
2 k% S& [8 P+ F& E7.Don't talk to me while I'm in the middle of calculating. # F/ }( t. c1 K! u
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* A- S# M, B5 R% [% b8.Ah,heck!Another mistake.The staff here can't even use their calculators right! 7 C' q! K2 ^5 w
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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。) ! o2 S+ }( i7 t, w, s! u
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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! & o6 v' l- K& ~9 s, Z3 I- l
) _( n0 H; g" ^; O2 L# f(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. 6 n( d5 A, N- K. l" `
. m& W4 x8 H5 v0 O2 S(我知道我犯错误了。我真希望他不要一直骂个不停。) : a( c7 Q3 w4 U* m
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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。) . b& X+ z! Q8 n8 M5 k1 S+ ]" H
& u' l% b/ t/ J2 i$ q0 a2 E12.Why do I have to do all these extra needless little jobs anyway? x2 L; c6 E( l' F/ E4 J* K
% A8 U3 u4 F& N" s- v1 [2 K/ m, \(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?) 5 n( f0 d' y+ k5 M! \
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13.How come everyone in ourcompany is middle-aged stuffy?
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9 t( L5 m. f# d0 Q(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.
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9 [- G0 Y4 x! }; J3 U. @" t(每次喝醉,他就开始他那令人讨厌的说教。) 2 ~9 Q& c/ \2 B4 Y" q6 z) _/ |5 h
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15.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。)
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- O' X Q' N1 [7 I1 i% _# W16.Say,don't you think Miss Black is using the phone too much for personal calls? * F# c. m* D9 k9 g
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