新概念英语口语宝典第一册 第23课:职场生活

 Lesson 17 Professional Life

第17课 职场生活

A:Is the boss in his office?

A：头儿在办公室吗？

B:Yes. Why?

B：在呢。什么事？

A:I'm going to ask for two weeks off.

A：我要请两周假。

B:Don't you think that's too much to ask right now? We're pretty busy.

B：你不觉得现在请两周假太过分了吗？我们可是很忙啊。

A:I've earned it. I've been working overtime¹ every day. So have you.

A：这是我应该得到的。我每天都在加班。你也一样。

B:Me?

B：我？

A:Sure. We should both ask for time off.

A：没错。我们俩都应该请几天假。

B:It does sound tempting,but...

B：听起来挺诱人的，可是……

A:No buts. Let's do it.

A：别可是可是的了。找他去吧。

1 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。