办公室最实用的英语口语：压力

 　　职场几乎不会有零压力的时候。和同事、朋友多聊聊天，有助于缓解压力，帮助你更好地面对工作。

　　Brian: Steve, you look pale. What happened?

　　布莱恩：史蒂夫，你面色苍白呀。怎么了?

　　Steve: I didn't sleep a wink¹ last night.

　　史蒂夫：我昨晚根本没睡觉。

　　Brian: Did you have something on your mind? You look so concerned! May be I can help you.

　　布莱恩：你在想什么事吗?你看起来很专注啊。也许我可以帮帮你。

　　Steve: Well, I'm under a lot of pressure. My boss is very pushy². He assigned me three projects. Now the deadlines are near and I still haven't finished all of my projects.

　　史蒂夫：我最近压力很大。我老板太严格了，一下让我做三个项目。现在期限就要到了，可我一个都没做完呢。

　　Brian: Is there anything I can do to help you?

　　布莱恩：我能帮上什么忙吗?

　　Steve: Well, I guess no one can help me but myself. For the moment, I just need someone to talk to so that I can relieve my stress.

　　史蒂夫：哎，我想我只能靠自己了。现在我只需要一个可以说话的人，让我缓解一下压力。

1 wink   

n.眨眼，使眼色，瞬间；v.眨眼，使眼色，闪烁

参考例句：

• He tipped me the wink not to buy at that price.他眨眼暗示我按那个价格就不要买。
• The satellite disappeared in a wink.瞬息之间，那颗卫星就消失了。

2 pushy   

adj.固执己见的，一意孤行的

参考例句：

• But she insisted and was very pushy.但她一直坚持,而且很急于求成。
• He made himself unpopular by being so pushy.他特别喜欢出风头，所以人缘不好。