办公室英语口语第178:Complaining about overtime 抱怨加

Complaining about overtime¹
A: You won’t believe who’s been elected to do overtime on the Baker² account! Me! I’ve already logged in 20 hours of overtime!
B: Wow! Why so much? I thought they were getting you an assistant.
A: They were supposed to, but so far nobody’s turned up, and I’m left on my own to do the work. This is the first break I’ve had all day.
B: They’re really running you into the ground. Why don’t you ask for some time off? You could take a long weekend and go away somewhere.

抱怨加班
A：你想象不到谁被选中加班做贝克项目了。我！我已经加了20小时班了。
B：哇！怎么这么长啊？我以为他们要给你派名助手呢！
A：应该是。可是到目前为止还没有人来呢，只剩我一人在做这事。这是我一天来头一次休息。
B：他们对你有点太过分了。你为什么不请几天假呢？你可以到什么地方度一个长周末。
 

1 overtime   

adj.超时的，加班的；adv.加班地

参考例句：

• They are working overtime to finish the work.为了完成任务他们正在加班加点地工作。
• He was paid for the overtime he worked.他领到了加班费。

2 baker   

n.面包师

参考例句：

• The baker bakes his bread in the bakery.面包师在面包房内烤面包。
• The baker frosted the cake with a mixture of sugar and whites of eggs.面包师在蛋糕上撒了一层白糖和蛋清的混合料。