【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 s hard to do.　　break up“朋友、夫妻間的分手”。　　make up (和好，言歸于好)　　請不要傷我的心。Don39。t break my heart.　　break one39。s heart“使……萬分痛苦，讓對方因失戀而痛苦”?！　? I want to break up. (我想和你分手。)　　= Don39。t break my heart. (請不要傷我的心。)　　= Don39。t make me sad.　　我們爭論了好幾個小時。We argued for hours.　　argue“是用理論來說服對方”或“各自堅持自己的主張而爭論不休“?！　」ぷ鲉挝弧　≡谵k公室　　趕上了! I made it!　　可以用于上班、上學和坐車時的情況?！　ot quite. (那可未必。)　　= I39。m on time!　　= I arrived on time! (正點到達。)　　要嚴格遵守時間。 Be punctual!　　Yes, sir.(是，知道了。)　　你又遲到了。You are late again.　　我只遲到了5分鐘。 I was only late by five minutes.　　打出勤卡了嗎? Did you punch in?　　上班時?！　id you punch out?　　下班時?！　∽屛铱纯次业娜粘贪才?。Let me check my schedule.　　Can we meet on Tuesday? (星期二我們可以見面嗎?)　　= Let me look over my schedule.　　= Let me confirm my schedule.　　我有好多事要干。I39。ve got so much to do.　　I39。ve got so much to do. (我有好多事要干。)　　Don39。t worry. You can do it. (不用擔心，你完全能干好!)　　= I have so much to do.　　= I have many things to do.　　= I39。m extremely busy. (我非常忙。)　　我的時間安排很緊。I39。m pressed for time.　　我是個普通的公司職員。I39。m an ordinary office worker.　　ordinary“平凡，普通”?！澳新殕T”、“女職員”均用an office worker表示?！　? I do office work. (我是個公司職員。)　　= I39。m a regular office worker. (我是個普通的公司職員。)　　這工作不太費事。The work doesn39。t need much effort.　　= The work doesn39。t need much effort. (這工作不吃力。)　　Lucky you! (那你太幸運了。)　　= It39。s an easy job. (這個工作不吃力。)　　干活別偷懶。Don39。t neglect your duties!　　neglect“不認真對待工作，不履行義務，馬馬虎虎的態(tài)度”。Duty“義務”?！　? Don39。t neglect your duties! (干活別偷懶。)　　Okay. I won39。t. (好的，絕不偷懶。)　　西區(qū)由我負責。I39。m in charge of the west side.　　= I39。m responsible for the west side.　　我已經(jīng)結(jié)束那項工作了。I39。m done with the work.　　Already? (已經(jīng)結(jié)束了?)　　= I39。m finished with the work.　　= I39。m all done with the work.　　我還能工作好長時間呢。I can still work for a long time.　　= I39。ll be able to work for many more years. (我還能工作好多年呢。)　　= I still have many years of work. (我還可以干上好幾年。)　　我們的上司被解雇了。Our boss has been fired.　　fire“撤職，解雇”?！　ou39。re kidding! (你不是在開玩笑吧!)　　= Our boss has been dismissed.　　= Our boss has been let go.　　= Our boss has been canned. 俚語?！　? Our boss has been sacked. 俚語?！　≌埌堰@個訂在一起。Please staple these together.　　stapler 是名詞，“訂書器”。 staple為動詞，“訂在一起”?！　∧軒臀覐陀∫幌逻@份材料嗎?Would you copy these papers?　　復印機有毛病了。This copy machine doesn39。t work.　　= This copy machine isn39。t working.　　= This copier is broken. (這臺復印機壞了。)　　我想復印機是沒紙了。I think it ran out of paper.　　run out“用完”?！　? I think it39。s out of paper.　　付款截止到什么時候? When is this due?　　due“已到付款截止日期”。　　= When do I have to pay this by?　　= When is the last day I can pay for this?　　= How long is the pay period?　　= When is the pay period over?　　= When does this have to be finished by?　　付款日期截止到30號。It39。s due on the thirtieth.　　我們休息一會兒吧。Let39。s take a break.　　Yes, let39。s. (好吧，休息一會兒吧。)　　= Shall we take a break. (我們休息一會兒嗎?)　　能幫我倒杯咖啡嗎? Get me a cup of coffee, will you?　　用于上級對下級?！　? Would you bring me a cup of coffee? (能麻煩您幫我倒杯咖啡嗎?) 這種說法要禮貌得多?！　∧牒缺Х葐? Would you like some coffee?　　比較有禮貌的說法?！　? Do you want some coffee?　　= How about some coffee?　　那真是太好了。That would be great.　　用于回答別人的邀請和建議。　　= That would be perfect.　　= That would hit the spot.　　= That would be grand. 比較舊的說法?！　】斓轿顼垥r間了。It39。s almost lunchtime.　　= It39。s almost time for lunch.　　我們有1小時的午休時間。We took an hour lunch break.　　Where were you? (你去哪兒了?)　　= We took an hour lunch break. (我們有1小時的午休時間。)　　我們開始吧。Let39。s get started.　　= Let39。s begin!　　用于任何場合?！　? Here we go.　　= Let39。s get down to business.　　談生意進入正題時使用?！　? Let39。s get down to work. (我們開始工作吧。)　　現(xiàn)在我不能放下這個工作。I can39。t leave this job at the moment.　　= Let39。s take a vacation soon. (我們馬上休假吧。)　　= I can39。t leave this job at the moment. (現(xiàn)在我不能放下這個工作。)　　= I39。m tied up at the moment.　　我太忙了，顧不上那么瑣碎的事。 I39。m too busy to bother with such details.　　detail“細小的，零碎的”?！　∥颐Φ盟哪_朝天。I39。m so busy, I39。d really appreciate any help I could get.　　別偷懶! Don39