The working day
1.production line:生产线
2.lunch break: 午间休息
3.paperwork:文书
4.cubicle:小隔间
5.unskilled: 不熟练的
6.sick leave:病假
7.personal leave:事假
8.work overtime:加班
9.work flexible: 工作灵活
10.do shift work :做轮班工作
11.have a break: 休息
12.sack:解雇
13.demote:降职
useful expressions:
1. I got sacked. 我被解雇了
2. you have been demoted. 你被降职了。
3. My working hours are not fixed. 我的工作时间 不固定
4. we go off shift at six in the evening. 我们每天下午6点下班。
5. I heard that five people are going be laid off next month. 我听说公司下个月要裁掉5个员工。
A: How was your day? 你今天过得怎么样
B: let’s start with you. How was yours? 你先说吧 你怎么样
A: It really busy. I had to work straight through my lunch break .
特别忙 我午休的时候都在干活。
B: Did you get to leave early then?
你能早点走吗?
A: My boss told me that I could either go home early or take a long lunch break another day, so I decided to wait and take a long lunch break another time.
我上司跟我说我可以早点回家或者午休休的长一点, 所以我决定等到哪天中午有空多休息一会。
B: it was nice of your boss to give you a n option. my boss would never do that.
你上司人不错。还给你选择的机会。我上司从来都不会这样
A: let’s get back to you. How was your day?
还是说说你吧。你今天怎么样
B: it was horrible. it was just one thing after another.
今天真是太可怕了。事情一件接着一件
A: you look pretty upset. Are you ok?
你看起来很沮丧 没事吧
B: I’m fine. but I have bad news.
我没事 但我有个坏消息
A: what’s that?
什么
B: I got sacked today.
我被解雇了今天
A: you are kidding. How did that happen?
你开玩笑吧 到底怎么回事
B: well. I was late to work today. it was the third time I was late this week.
恩。我今天迟到了, 这是我第三周迟到了。
A: how late were you?
迟到多久
B: only about 5 minutes.
大概5分钟
A: you got fired for being a few minutes late?
就因为几分钟就被解雇?
B: my boss is really picky about that. he never arrives late, usually works over-time, and always gets his work done on time.
我上司对迟到最敏感了。他自己从不迟到,经常加班 而且还总是 按时完成任务。
A: oh well. You never really liked your boss anyway, did you?
哦。 你一直都不喜欢你的上司对吧。