跟艾米莉一起學(xué)口語 第787期:要求“加薪”

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I want a raise.

我要加薪。

Could we possibly discuss my salary sometime?

我們能找個時間討論一下我的薪水問題嗎？

It's enough to live on.

養(yǎng)家糊口夠了。

The best thing about my job is that I get lots of benefits——a company pension, private health insurance and things like that.

這份工作最棒的地方就是福利好，有公司養(yǎng)老金，個人健康保險和類似這樣的其他福利。

You may have one-month of paid holiday every year.

你每年有一個月的帶薪休假。

I want a promotion.

我想升職。

經(jīng)典對話

A: Could we possibly discuss my salary sometime?

我們可不可以找一些時間談?wù)勎业墓べY問題？

B: Sure.

當(dāng)然可以。

A: First of all, I want you to know that I really like working for this company. Do you think I'm doing a good job here?

首先，我想跟您說，我非常喜歡在咱們公司工作。你覺得我干得還不錯吧？

B: Well. You're a very hard-worker.

嗯，你工作非常勤懇。

A:I try very hard. The problem is my salary just isn't enough to live on. Now that I have a wife and a child to support, we hardly have enough money for food and rent.

我非常賣力了。問題是，我的工資不夠養(yǎng)家糊口。因為我家里還有老婆和孩子，我們的錢都不足以支付房租和飲食的開銷。

B: There are trying times for everyone. What do you propose?

每個人都有一段困難的時期，你有什么建議？

A: I could really use a 5% raise.

我想漲百分之五的工資。

B: That's quite a bit. If I give you a raise, I'm going to have to give everyone a raise.

太多了。如果你漲了，大家都得漲。

A: Listen, if you give me a raise, I'll take on extra responsibilities.

你聽我說，如果你給我漲工資，我可以承擔(dān)更多的責(zé)任。

B: That sounds reasonable. How about this? From now on, you can be responsible for scheduling. That means if you can't find someone to cover a shift, then you'll have to do it.

這聽起來很合理。要不這樣吧，從現(xiàn)在開始倒班安排由你負責(zé)。那就是說如果有人不能值班，你就得自己來值班。

A: That's fine. Do I get over-time for any extra hours that I work?

行，如果我超時工作的話會按加班算嗎？

B: Of course. It'll be against the law If we didn't.

當(dāng)然算，不然我們就違法了。

A: That sounds good to me. I really appreciate it.

這似乎對我挺合適的，太感謝你了。

B: You're welcome. come in early tomorrow and I'll show you how to do the scheduling.

不客氣，明天早點來，我告訴你怎么排班。