职业技术英语口语 第59期:解除故障 人事问题

 　　A personnel problem

　　人事问题

　　A: Johan hasn't turned up and Stefan is ill. Do we have anyone on stand-by?

　　A:约翰没来,斯特凡病了。我们有没有待命人员？

　　B: I'm afraid not, we're very short-staffed at the moment. Can you ask the shift supervisor¹ to ask one of his team to do some overtime²? Perhaps Tommy can stand in for an hour or two until we find a replacement³.

　　B:恐怕没有，我们此刻人手非常缺乏。你可以要求你值班主任给安排他的一个组加班吗？或许汤米可以替一两个小时班直到我们知道替班的。

1 supervisor   

n.监督人，管理人，检查员，督学，主管，导师

参考例句：

• Between you and me I think that new supervisor is a twit.我们私下说，我认为新来的主管人是一个傻瓜。
• He said I was too flighty to be a good supervisor.他说我太轻浮不能成为一名好的管理员。

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 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。