职场英文口语 第84期:健康与安全(3)

 　　Do you mind not slurping¹ Denise?

　　丹尼斯，可以不要咂着嘴喝茶吗？

　　This is thirsty work.

　　我说这么多话很渴。

　　Now is everyone clear about what to do if there is a fire alarm?

　　现在大家都清楚听见火警后该怎么做了吧？

　　It's usually a false alarm anyway.

　　一般都是假警报罢了。

　　That's not the point. Now Anna, what about smoking?

　　那个不是重点。安娜，关于吸烟呢？

　　No smoking on company premises². But it wasn't me, it was Mr Ingle.

　　办公场所禁止吸烟。但那不是我，是英格尔先生。

　　Mr Ingle!

　　英格尔先生。

　　I see, so it was Mr Ingle smoking in the warehouse³. You should have told me Anna. Sorry!

　　我知道了，所以是英格尔先生在库房吸烟。你应该早点告诉我，安娜。 对不起。

　　Right, I'm going to have to look into this.

　　好了，我会调查一下这件事的。

　　Back to work everyone… oh and take a biscuit with you.

　　大家可以回去工作了……拿点儿点心吧。

　　So Anna's let the cat out of the bag – Mr Ingle won't be pleased – but at least she now knows what do if a fire breaks out.

　　安娜把秘密说出来了——英格尔先生会不高兴的——但是至少现在她知道了火灾发生的时候自己该做什么了。

1 slurping   

v.啜食( slurp的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• He was slurping his tea. 他正咂着嘴喝茶。
• Although the downturn has not stopped consumers slurping ice-cream, it has affected the bottom line. 尽管经济低迷没有阻止消费者吃冰淇淋，但却影响了净利润。 来自互联网

2 premises   

n.建筑物，房屋

参考例句：

• According to the rules,no alcohol can be consumed on the premises.按照规定，场内不准饮酒。
• All repairs are done on the premises and not put out.全部修缮都在家里进行，不用送到外面去做。

3 warehouse   

n.仓库；vt.存入仓库

参考例句：

• We freighted the goods to the warehouse by truck.我们用卡车把货物运到仓库。
• The manager wants to clear off the old stocks in the warehouse.经理想把仓库里积压的存货处理掉。