《英語輕鬆學》學好中級口語 #Lesson 48：Working Overtime 加班

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 中級口語 

搭配筆記聆聽短文 Listen to the text with the help of the notes given

 

再次聆聽並回答問題 Listen again and answer the questions below

Questions for discussion:

1. Why can’t the man join the woman?

2. Is the man happy with his salary?

3. What does the woman suggest the man do?

 

實用會話 Dialogue 

 A  Ready for that beer, Jim?
 B  Sorry, Kate. I’ve still got a few more hours’ work to do.
 A  You’re working late again? They must be paying you well!
 B  I wish. I’m getting lousy pay for a 60-hour work week. They just keep piling it on.
 A  They must have thought you didn’t have enough work to do; otherwise they wouldn’t have given you more.
 B  They may have thought so, but I can barely handle my original workload.
 A  You should tell your supervisors. Maybe they can lighten your workload by employing another person.
 B  Ha! You must have never met my boss! There’ s more chance of me winning the lottery.
 A  Can I give you a hand, then?
 B  You must have something better to do on a Friday night, Kate.
 A  I figured the quicker you finish, the quicker we can go for that beer!

 

 A  吉姆，準備好去喝杯啤酒了嗎？
 B  凱特，抱歉。我還得花幾個小時工作。
 A  你又要加班了嗎？他們給你的薪水一定不錯！
 B  但願如此。我一週工作六十小時卻只拿到一丁點薪水。他們只是不停地增加我的工作。
 A  他們一定認為你的工作還不夠多；不然他們不會給你更多工作。
 B  或許他們是這麼想的，但我快要處理不來原先的工作量了。
 A  你應該告訴你的經理。他們也許可以僱用另外一個人來減輕你的工作量。
 B  哈！妳一定沒有見過我的老闆！我中樂透的機會還比較大。
 A  那麼，我可以幫你嗎？
 B  凱特，妳週五晚上一定有更好的事情可以做。
 A  我想你愈快完成工作，我們就愈快可以去喝杯啤酒！

 

 

單字片語 Vocabulary and Phrases

 1  work week　 一週的工作時間（美式用法）
 =  workweek
 =  working week（英式用法）
     a 40-hour work week 一週工作四十小時

 2  pile sth on / pile on sth 　  增加 / 積累（壓力、工作等）
     The teacher piled on the pressure by giving her students yet another test.
     這位老師又給她的學生一份考試，讓他們壓力增加。

 3  otherwise      adv. 否則，要不然

 4  barely　 　adv. 幾乎不，勉強
     Jack can barely pay his rent, much less buy a new car.
     傑克連房租都快付不出來，更別說要買一臺新車了。

 5  handle　 　vt. 處理
 =  deal with...
 =  cope with...
     Holly handled the problem calmly and quickly.
 =  Holly dealt with the problem calmly and quickly.
 =  Holly coped with the problem calmly and quickly.
     荷莉冷靜且快速地處理了這個問題。

 6  workload       n. 工作量
     a heavy workload      工作繁重

 7  supervisor　 　n. 經理；監督者

 8  lighten　 　vt. 減輕，減少
     lighten the burden / workload      減輕負擔 / 工作量

 9  win lottery　 　中樂透
     lottery        n. 樂透
     a lottery ticket      一張彩券

 10  figure　 　vt. 認為，想
     We figured that it was impossible to cross the fast-flowing river.
     我們認為想橫渡那條湍急的河流是不可能的。

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