职场英文口语 第146期:员工纪律(2)

 　　That is strange – we all seem to be losing our pens.

　　奇怪了，我们的笔好像都没了。

　　Here, use this old pencil.

　　先用这杆旧铅笔吧。

　　Thanks.

　　谢谢。

　　Anna. Are you happy complaining officially about Rachel?

　　安娜，你乐意这样正式地投诉瑞秋吗？

　　Not really but what else can I do?

　　不愿意，但我又能怎么做呢？

　　She's been spoiling¹ all the work I've been doing.

　　她搞砸了我做的所有工作。

　　Yes she has.

　　确实。

　　OK, well tell Paul the facts and tell him you want action.

　　告诉保罗这件事并告诉他你的行动。

　　OK.Right, here goes.

　　好的，就这样。

　　Come in.

　　请进。

　　Hi Paul. I really need to speak to you about Rachel.

　　嗨，保罗，我有必要和你谈谈瑞秋。

　　She really is messing² things up…Paul? Paul?

　　她搞糟了一切，保罗？保罗？

　　Sorry, just counting my biscuits.

　　不好意思，我在数饼干。

　　What were you saying? Rachel?

　　你刚才说什么？瑞秋？

　　Great girl, isn't she?

　　很棒的女孩，不是吗？

　　No she's not.

　　不，她不是。

　　Paul, she's already sent out the wrong order and now she's upset our new client³.

　　保罗，她已经把错误的订单发出去了，现在她又惹恼了我们的新客户。

1 spoiling   

v.变质( spoil的现在分词 )；损坏；毁掉；破坏

参考例句：

• You are spoiling this man's son. 贼夫人之子。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The murderer attempted to escape from law punishment by spoiling his own face. 那个杀人犯企图自毁容貌以逃脱法律的惩罚。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 messing   

弄脏，弄乱( mess的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• She didn't want you coming and messing about with things. 她不愿意你来瞎胡闹。
• Stop messing about, boys! I'm trying to do some reading. 孩子们，别瞎闹，我想看一会儿书。

3 client   

n.委托人，当事人，顾客

参考例句：

• She can't come to the telephone;she's serving a client.她不能来接电话，她正在接待一位顾客。
• The lawyer produced a clever defence of his client.律师机智地为委托人辩护。