高频英语口语对话 第137期:抱怨加班

 　　unit 153

　　抱怨加班

　　dialogue

　　英语情景对话

　　A:I am really exhausted¹, you know, I have been working without the weekend for two weeks. My boss always asks us to work overtime².

　　A:我真的筋疲力尽了，你知道吗，我已经有两周周末都在上班了。我的老板总叫我们加班。

　　B:Does your boss pay you for the over-time work?

　　B:那你们老板给不给你们加班费？

　　A:No. But he provides free meals and sometimes gives us some small gifts. Many of us get very tired of this, and we'd rather have weekends than stay in the office.

　　A:不给。但是他给我们免费供餐，有时候还送点小礼物给我们。我们很多人都不喜欢这样，我们情愿要周末也不想留在办公室加班。

　　B:He should know that this is against the Labor³ Law in our country. Legally, employees should get double pay if asked to do extra work during the weekend or on holidays.

　　B:他应该知道这样做是违反我们国家《劳动法》的。根据我国的《劳动法》规定，员工节假日被要求加班则必须得到双份工资。

　　A:We all know about that, but we have no choice. The chairman of the trade union says he is going to negotiate⁴ with the management.

　　A:我们都知道，可就是没办法。工会主席说要和老板谈谈。

　　B:I suggest that you go to the lawyers' office to get some help.

　　B:我建议你们去律师事务所求助。

　　A:That's a good idea. I think we will soon come to a solution to the problem.

　　A:达倒是个好主意。我想很快我们就有解决办法了。

1 exhausted   

adj.极其疲惫的，精疲力尽的

参考例句：

• It was a long haul home and we arrived exhausted.搬运回家的这段路程特别长，到家时我们已筋疲力尽。
• Jenny was exhausted by the hustle of city life.珍妮被城市生活的忙乱弄得筋疲力尽。

2 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。

3 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

4 negotiate   

v.洽谈，协商，谈判，顺利通过，成功越过

参考例句：

• I'll negotiate with their coach on the date of the match.我将与他们的教练磋商比赛的日期问题。
• I managed to negotiate successfully with the authorities.我设法同当局进行了成功的协商。