职场英文口语 第32期:如何表扬他人(2)

 　　And Mr Lime¹ ordered grapefruits, but got pineapples. Tom. Yes.Listen.

　　Lime 先生定了葡萄，但是收到的是菠萝。汤姆！ 是的。听着。

　　Were you responsible for these errors? Well...yes, but Paul...

　　你能对这些失误负责吗？ 是的，但是保罗……

　　Mistakes happen. But it seems that Mrs Kumquat left our offices even angrier than when she came in and she says she will never use Tip Top Trading again.

　　错误已经发生了。但是似乎Kumquat女士离开办公室的时候甚至比她进来的时候更生气，并且她说她再也不会光顾 Tip Top Trading了！

　　I tried my best.

　　我尽力了。

　　I understand you told her to spray paint the bananas and to 'stop being such a miserable² old witch'.

　　我知道你让她去给香蕉喷漆，并且不要像一个令人讨厌的老巫婆一样。

　　Yeah, well look, she'd been very rude to me.If you weren't such a good salesman I would fire you for that.

　　是的，她对我非常的粗鲁。如果你不能当好一名销售，我就因此开除你。

　　Anna Yes.

　　安娜。 是的。

　　Well done. Not only was Mr Lime satisfied that his business would be resolved, but we might even get some extra business from him, thanks to your Imperial³ Lemon proposal.

　　干得好。Lime先生不仅因为他的商业问题得到解决而满意，而且我们还可能和他达成了额外的订单，多亏了你的皇家柠檬建议。

　　I hope so.

　　希望如此。

　　You were in a difficult situation and you handled it well.

　　你处于困境却处理得很好。

　　You remained calm, friendly and professional.

　　你仍然很沉着，友好，专业。

　　So, great job. I'm really impressed. I'm going to…

　　干得好，给我留下了非常深刻的印象。我将要……

　　Oh no. It's a call from the USA.

　　不，是从美国来的电话。

　　Oh god! What?

　　上帝！ 怎么了？

　　It's the boss! Whose boss? Ours!

　　是老板！ 谁的老板？ 我们的！

1 lime   

n.石灰，酸橙，酸橙树，粘鸟胶，钙；vt.施石灰，涂上粘性物质，沾上粘鸟胶

参考例句：

• Lime exists in many soils.许多土壤中都含有石灰。
• A broad avenue of lime trees led up to a grand entrance with huge oak doors.一条栽有酸橙树的宽阔林阴道通向巨大的橡木门的雄伟入口。

2 miserable   

adj.悲惨的，痛苦的；可怜的，糟糕的

参考例句：

• It was miserable of you to make fun of him.你取笑他，这是可耻的。
• Her past life was miserable.她过去的生活很苦。

3 imperial   

adj.帝王的，至尊的；n.特等品

参考例句：

• They made an objection to the imperial system with resolution.他们坚决反对帝制。
• The Prince Imperial passed away last night.皇太子昨晚去世了。