生活英語口語:老板真是小氣…
L: did you get my email?
Z: I certainly did. Do you want to come in and give me some feedback about your weekend?
L: sure.
Z: how did the business trip go?
L: well, to be honest, nothing is more stressful than going on a business trip with our boss.
Z: I understand. The last time I went on a business trip with the boss, I didn't even have enough to eat!
L: I also think the company is pretty cheap with travel expenses. I spent half of the weekend on a train! Surely they could have afforded to buy a few plane tickets!
Z: our company is quite conscious of the environmental problems that frequent flying causes.
L: I see. Well, then perhaps they could give me a few days off after a business trip. It was really tiring for me.
Z: I can ask the boss about giving you the day off today.
L: thank you. I can't imagine getting much done today. I'm just too exhausted!
Z: no problem. Did you bring any gifts back for your department?
L: no, should I have?
你收到我的郵件了嗎?
我收到了.你能不能過來跟我說說周末出差的情況.
當(dāng)然可以.
這次出差怎么樣?
嗯,坦白說,沒什么事比跟老板出差壓力更大了.
我明白.上次我跟老板一起出差,我甚至連飯都吃不飽!
我還覺得我們公司差旅費(fèi)定的太少了.我在火車上浪費(fèi)了半個(gè)周末的時(shí)間.他們肯定能付得起幾張機(jī)票錢!
咱們公司對(duì)頻繁飛行造成的環(huán)境污染問題總是很敏感.
我明白.那出差結(jié)束后他們應(yīng)該給我?guī)滋鞎r(shí)間休假.我實(shí)在是太累了.
我可以跟老板申請(qǐng)讓你今天休假.
謝謝你.我實(shí)在不能想象今天再干很多活兒會(huì)變成什么樣.我簡(jiǎn)直是筋疲力盡了.
沒問題.你給你們部門的同事們帶禮物了嗎?
沒有,我應(yīng)該帶嗎?
Feedback:反饋信息
We need more feedback from the consumer in order to improve our goods.
我們需要從消費(fèi)者那里多得到些反饋信息以提高產(chǎn)品質(zhì)量.
Stressful: 充滿著壓力的; 充滿著緊張的
living in these stressful times
生活在充滿緊張的時(shí)代
Conscious:意識(shí)到的
a.意識(shí)到[…]的,察覺[…]的[of]
He was not conscious of my presence in the room.
他沒有察覺我在房間里
I was conscious of being lifted from the ground.
我感覺到自己從地上被抬起來
b. 意識(shí)到<…>的
She was conscious that her strength was failing.
她意識(shí)到自己的體力在逐漸衰退
c. 知道[…]的[of]
You are never conscious (of) what people think of such conduct.
你從來沒有想到人們對(duì)這種行為作何想法
Exhausted
a. 疲憊的,筋疲力竭的
exhausted players
筋疲力竭的選手
b. [因…而]疲憊的,筋疲力竭的 [by,from,with]
We were exhausted by the climb up the hill.
我們因爬上那座小山而筋疲力竭
We were [felt] quite exhausted with the toil.
我們因那件辛苦的工作而感到十分疲憊
