BEC商務英語活學活用：辦公室午餐時間成文與不成文的規(guī)定

Ⅰ.核心學習：辦公室午餐時間成文與不成文的規(guī)定

Michael: The boss has an errand for you.

邁克爾：老板給你安排了個活兒。

Billy: What is my task, sir?

比利：什么活兒啊?

Michael: Scope out the city's shopping malls and find out the best deals.

邁克爾：找出城里的大型購物商場，看看在哪家買最劃算。

Billy: The best deals on what sort of items?

比利：買什么東西呀?

Michael: Office supplies, of course.

邁克爾：當然是辦公用品了。

Billy: I'm leaving now.

比利：那我走了。

Michael: Hold your horses. Don't leave without finishing your report first.

邁克爾：慢著，別忘了先把你的報告寫完再走。

Billy: Fine, I'll finish, then go shopping!

比利：沒問題。寫完了我就去逛商場!

Ⅱ.單詞簡析

1) Hold your horses : relax, wait a moment

等一會兒, 別著急

ex:Hold you horses, miss, you can't go into the shopping center until 9AM.

小姐，請等一會兒，上午九點商場才開門。

2) Mall : an indoor multi-level shopping center

購物中心

ex:Kid who goes to the mall too much are called mall rats.

老去購物中心里瞎逛的小孩叫做“商場老鼠”。

3)Office supplies : items used in the workplace, pens, paper...

辦公用品

ex:I am off to the mall to buy some office supplies, do you want to come?

我要去購物中心里買點兒辦公用品，你跟不跟我去?

4)Run errands : do tasks, finish a small project, go out and do something

跑腿，辦點兒事

ex:I have to run a few errands at the post office, do you want to come along?

我必須得去趟郵局辦點兒事，你想不想一起去?

Ⅲ.課文篇

Spoken and Unspoken Rules of Lunchtime at the Office

辦公室午餐時間成文與不成文的規(guī)定

1) You will usually only get 1/2 an hour.

2) Ask others if they want to share before you order a pizza.

3) Try buying a fun and colorful lunchbox, one that others will admire. I have a Star Wars lunchbox, and my coworkers are all jealous!

4) If you eat at your desk, clean up the food very carefully. No one like bugs at their station.

5) If you are going out to pick up fast food, ask if you can get any for your friends.

1) 一般你只有半個小時。

2) 在訂比薩餅之前，問問其他人是不是也想要。

3) 買一個有趣的顏色鮮艷的別人都喜歡的午餐飯盒。我有一個星球大戰(zhàn)的飯盒，我的同事都羨慕極了!

4) 如果你在桌子上吃午飯，吃完后要打掃干凈。沒有人喜歡他們的工作座位有小蟲子。

5) 如果你出去吃快餐，問問你的朋友，你能不能給他們帶一點什么。

Ⅳ.對話篇

Gordon: Molly, I am going to KFC for lunch, would you like me to bring your back anything?

戈登：莫莉，我要到肯德基吃午飯，你要我給你帶回點什么嗎?

Molly : No thanks, that won't be necessary, I brought a lunch.

莫莉：不用了，謝謝。我?guī)顼埩恕?/p>

Gordon: You always bring a lunchbox, why?

戈登：你為什么總是自己帶午飯呢?

Beth: No, the other team beat us by a long way.

貝絲：沒有。另外的那個隊贏了我們一大截呢!

Molly : Don't tell anyone, but I am on a diet. Fast food will make you fat.

莫莉：別告訴別人，我正在減肥?？觳蜁谷税l(fā)胖。

Gordon: We could get someone to deliver pizza?

戈登：我們可以叫人送點比薩餅來。

Molly : Pizza is still fatty fast food.

莫莉：比薩餅也是容易使人發(fā)胖的快餐。

Gordon: But during the coffee break I saw you eating the cake that the boss gave you.

戈登：但是，在工間休息的時候，我看見你吃了一塊老板給你的蛋糕。

Molly : If the boss brings a cake, you eat it!

莫莉：如果是老板給的蛋糕，你就得吃。

Gordon: I guess that is why the boss likes you more.

戈登：我想這就是老板為什么更喜歡你的原因。

Molly : You had better hurry to your fast food joint, you only have a half-hour.

莫莉：你最好快點到你的快餐店去，你只有半個小時。

Gordon: See you soon.

戈登：一會兒見。