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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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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: : D7 {, z$ E2 k3 N; l3 k2 x8 W, N
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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.
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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。) ! x- E* i- t) E O1 A
4 `8 ?6 @* v' x' @! g3 @: u0 S2. How am I to know what I'm supposed to do if there's no organization around here?
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3 V& q8 }/ Q4 N+ Y+ }' g(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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?9 q" S* G& Z7 ^8 h3.The company is so cheap we have to sharpen our pencils until they're down to little stubs like this. $ b' c6 }/ Z9 w6 b
1 {# c% d" U1 O- s2 ~9 H(公司这麽吝啬,害得我们得把铅笔用到这麽短。)
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4.Now where did my eraser go this time?Don't take things off other people's desks without asking them,O.K.? - H8 L. C1 W0 N2 ]! F2 V" P
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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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* ^. @' t0 R( m" h: l; |" u5.I want you to stop hogging my desk space,all right?
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(你不要再占用我的桌子,好吗?)
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( Q, L% v/ R' ]" c: C' b; u2 V6.Turn the other way when you smoke,so I won't have to breathe it,all right?
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7.Don't talk to me while I'm in the middle of calculating.
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7 f6 {1 K) W7 }. k H6 j3 ](我在计算时,别跟我说话。) 8 W7 [: ]& \' g7 }* l
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8.Ah,heck!Another mistake.The staff here can't even use their calculators right! 3 f! T1 r' [4 c4 H3 E d
! v4 n/ `# t$ u9 D(真见鬼!又错了。这里的职员连计算器都不能正确使用。) ! }: M4 B. |+ ?4 R& l1 `1 p1 {
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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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(哎,快到午餐休息时间了,他为什麽非给我这个急件不可!) + c8 d. g/ @5 S' z8 b. O1 i1 U3 `5 y* Q
( P5 @5 Q4 D: ]4 ?+ g10.I know I made a mistake.I just wish he wouldn't keep hammering away at it. : }& G: X( _" Y# f2 `
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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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. N3 g7 D, u/ _ M11.Doing this mindless work all day is going to drive me crazy. 0 u- L( c4 q2 e" n) m2 W3 {. p
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(整天做这种不用动脑筋的工作,会使我发疯的。)
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12.Why do I have to do all these extra needless little jobs anyway? * R, r. n4 D5 r/ J+ {. c1 B; o
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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?)
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13.How come everyone in ourcompany is middle-aged stuffy?
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! M# B% U# X9 j8 t) k# B' w: g& W* `(为什麽我们公司都是一些古板的中年人?)
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0 Z* I8 o& {: ^& f( S( q6 }14.Everytime he gets drunk,he goes into his lousy preaching routine.
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( L* F* {: e! A! h* ~4 Q+ L15.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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, N2 L- U2 F r- }3 a16.Say,don't you think Miss Black is using the phone too much for personal calls? 9 O& i# |! o6 q* {. j' b/ Z# Z
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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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