职场英文口语 第266期:开始工作(2)

 Right, well, I need to get down to business so I'll be advertising¹ for a replacement² for Tom today – in fact Denise, you might be interested in that? 好吧，现在要做些正事了，我今天要登广告招聘替换汤姆的人。事实上，丹尼斯，你对这有兴趣吗？

And I want to make some changes in the office. 同时，我想对办公室做出一些改变。

I need to turn this business round and … make it the world's leading plastic fruit production company and… I'm… keen to hear… your ideas. 我要使业务扭转，把公司做成世界领先的塑料水果生产公司……我希望听听你的意见。

Is everything alright?Err… I can't stop thinking about Tom. 一切还好吗？我没有办法不去想汤姆。

He seemed so upset when he left and… it's not the same without him around. 他离开的时候看上去很生气，并且他不在，一切都不一样了。

He made me laugh and… I miss his floppy³ hair. 他总是能让我笑，我想念他那蓬松的头发。

Anna, it's time to swallow your pride!Swallow what? 安娜，是时候放下你的自尊心了。吞什么？

Admit you are wrong – be honest with yourself and follow your heart – go and marry Tom! 承认你错了，对自己诚实点，跟随你的内心和汤姆结婚吧。

Although personally, I don't know what you see in him.You're right! Why didn't I see it? 虽然就我个人而言，我不知道你看上他什么了。你是对的。我之前怎么不懂呢？

Tom is the man for me – I must call him and find out where he is … oh no, his phone's switched off. 汤姆是最适合我的男人。我必须给他打电话，弄清楚他在哪......不，他的电话关机了。

1 advertising   

n.广告业；广告活动 a.广告的；广告业务的

参考例句：

• Can you give me any advice on getting into advertising? 你能指点我如何涉足广告业吗?
• The advertising campaign is aimed primarily at young people. 这个广告宣传运动主要是针对年轻人的。

2 replacement   

n.取代，替换，交换；替代品，代用品

参考例句：

• We are hard put to find a replacement for our assistant.我们很难找到一个人来代替我们的助手。
• They put all the students through the replacement examination.他们让所有的学生参加分班考试。

3 floppy   

adj.松软的，衰弱的

参考例句：

• She was wearing a big floppy hat.她戴了顶松软的大帽子。
• Can you copy those files onto this floppy disk?你能把那些文件复制到这张软盘上吗？