情景交际-职场恋歌

 　　N: I don't know. My life is a big mess. Everything is so compliceted.

　　C: come on, nothin can be that bad.

　　N: but promise me, you'll keep it a secret.

　　C: ok, I promise. So what's troubling you so much?

　　N: I've fallen in love with my boss.

　　C: really? Is he married?

　　N: no, of course not. He is still single.

　　C: then what's your problem?

　　N: I try to keep it to myself. But there is a lot of gossip about us.

　　C: oh, I see. Office romance tends to be the subject of gossip.

　　N: worse still, he is trying to avoid me these days.

　　C: office romance is very tricky¹.

　　N: it gives me a lot of pressure and I feel depressed².

　　C: cheer up, Nada. You'll be fine.

1 tricky   

adj.狡猾的，奸诈的；(工作等)棘手的，微妙的

参考例句：

• I'm in a rather tricky position.Can you help me out?我的处境很棘手，你能帮我吗？
• He avoided this tricky question and talked in generalities.他回避了这个非常微妙的问题，只做了个笼统的表述。

2 depressed   

adj.沮丧的，抑郁的，不景气的，萧条的

参考例句：

• When he was depressed,he felt utterly divorced from reality.他心情沮丧时就感到完全脱离了现实。
• His mother was depressed by the sad news.这个坏消息使他的母亲意志消沉。