老外最想聊的100個英語口語話題（90)：職場充電

　　On-the-job Training 職場充電

　　dialogue 1

　　Amanda: You'rc about to be late' Gena. The teacher's coming.

　　你快遲到了,老師馬上就要進(jìn)教室了.

　　Gona: I know. I have to prepare supper for my child befer I leave.

　　我知道,來之前我得給孩子做好晚飯.

　　A: My husband has bccn doing the cooking since I began attcnding this cvening class.

　　我來這上夜校之后,家里做飯的事就都?xì)w我丈夫了.

　　G: That's nice. My husband's on a business trip, so I have to do everything all by myself

　　那挺好的.不過我丈夫出差了,所以一切家務(wù)都得我自己打理.

　　A: Then you must bc quite busy.

　　那你肯定特別忙.

　　G: Absolutely, I have to vvork in the day time. study at night, and do housework during my spare time. I really need a hclping hand.

　　是啊,白天上班,晚上上課,還得抽空做家務(wù),真希望能有人幫忙.

　　A: Me too.somctimes Ijust want to give up. I can't handjc so many things at the same time.

　　我也是,有時候我真想放棄,我沒法同時處理好所有的事.

　　Ci: When's your Adult College Entrance Exam?

　　你的成人高考是什么時候?

　　A: Next Sunday. That's only ten more days.

　　下周日,不到十天了.

　　G: Oh. my exam is also around then. I'm not sure whcthcr I can pass it

　　我的考試也快到了,還不知道能不能過呢.

　　A: I'm surc you will. You study so hard ewryday.

　　你每天都那么用功,肯定能過.

　　G: Thankyou.

　　謝謝.

　　A: Do you find the evcning classes useful for your exam?

　　你覺得上夜校對考試有幫助嗎?

　　G: Yeah. with the teachers ' help, I can leam much faster.

　　恩,有老師的幫助,我學(xué)起來快多了.

　　A: Well, all ourtimc and effort spent here will finally pay off-.

　　對啊,咱們在這里花的時間和精力不會白費(fèi)的.

　　dialogue 2

　　A: Can we have dinner togethet?

　　-起吃晚飯可以嗎?

　　G: Sorry, I'II have to rush to my English class after work.

　　對不起，下班了我得趕緊去

　　A: Ok, then how about tomorrow?

　　好吧，那明天怎么樣?

　　G: I'm terribly sorry that my classes are scheduled from Monday to Saturday.

　　實(shí)在是對不起，我的課從周一一直排到周五。

　　A: That's all right. We can do it Sunday. But why do you study English so hard? You must be tird aner a whole day's work. Why not simply take a break instead?

　　沒關(guān)系，可以等周日嘛。你學(xué)英語怎么這么用功啊?上了，一天的班，肯定挺累的，為什么不回家休息呢?

　　G: Well, my work demands prompt me to learn English. Our company is planning to start abranch in Australia. I must p他pareper in advancc since one day I may have to use English in my daily work.

　　是這樣的，我的工作要求我去學(xué)英語，公司正計劃在澳!大利亞開一家分公司.我必須提前準(zhǔn)備，因為我面能會在日常工作中用到英語.

　　A: Oh, I see. You take the initiativc to improve your English competency, and you have to pay the check. right?

　　哦，我明白了.你自己主動去學(xué)英語，提高英語水平，然后自己買單，是這樣嗎?

　　G: Absolutely. I havc to do this, or someday I may losc the chapce to earn my basic salary.Nowadays, when our company is佗cruiting new employccs, thejr English lcvcI is listed asan important criterion.

　　沒錯，我必須這樣做，不然有一天我可能連基本工資都拿不到了.現(xiàn)在公司招人的時候把英語水平作為一個很重要的錄用標(biāo)準(zhǔn).

　　A:Yeah, many companies are doin8 the samc thing.Thcy bclicve the lack of English-speaking pcrsonnel may hold back their plans of going global.

　　是啊，很多公司都是這樣的.他們認(rèn)為如果少了英語人才，可能會阻礙公司國際化的進(jìn)程