Unit 3 The Working Environment
工 作 环 境
Part One: Expressions
1. I’d like to make an appointment to see Mr. Smith, please.
我想预约和史密斯先生见面。
2. Could you tell me where his office is?
你可以告诉我他的办公室在哪儿吗？
3. Ted1 stopped by to see you.
特德顺道过来拜访你。
4. Can I leave this for him?
我可以把这个留给他吗？
5. Could you give him this message?
你可以把这个口信留给他吗？
6. Where is the meeting room located2?
会议室在哪儿？
7. How do I use this copy machine?
复印机怎么用？
8. Just a second.
稍等一下。
9. I’ll have it finished by tomorrow morning.
我不迟于明早会将它完成。
10. Hard work pays off, you know.
你知道，辛苦工作总会有回报。
Part Two: Dialogues
1. On the job工作中
A: Is Betty Sue3 in her office?
B: I’m sorry. She’s in a meeting right now.
A: I see.
B: Can I give her a message for you?
A: Yes, please tell her I stopped by.
B: And your name, please?
A: Ted. Oh, and could you give her this document for me?
B: Certainly.
A: 贝蒂·苏在她办公室吗？
B: 抱歉，她现在在开会。
A: 是这样。
B: 要我代您留个口讯给她吗？
A: 好的，请告诉她我顺道过来的。
B: 请问你的名字是…
A: 特德。还有，你可以把这个文件给她吗？
B: 当然可以。
2. Working Supplies 工作设施
A: Do you have a free moment?
B: Sure. What do you need?
A: I’m having some trouble. How do you use this printer?
B: Well, first you have to turn this switch4 on.
A: Silly me.
B: Now press this button.
A: Oh, and it’s out of paper. Do you have any more?
B: Just a second. I’ll go get some.
A: 你有空吗？
B: 有空。怎么了？
A: 我碰到一些麻烦。这个打印机怎么用？
B: 哦，首先你把这个开关打开。
A: 我真蠢。
B: 然后按这个按钮。
A: 哦，没纸了。你还有吗？
B: 稍等一下。我去拿一些过来。
3. A Successful Story 成功故事
A: You look tired. *
B: Yeah, I’ve been working so much overtime5 lately.
A: Really? How come?
B: My boss gave me a big project. I had to have it finished it by this morning. It was so difficult!
A: You shouldn’t work so hard.
B: I know. But hard work pays off, you know.
A: What do you mean?
B: Maybe now I’ll get that promotion6 I was hoping for.
A: 你看上去很累。
B: 是啊，我近来一直加班工作。
A: 真的吗？怎么回事？
B: 我的老板给了我一个大的项目，我必须在今天早上完成。真是够难的。
A: 你不要拼命工作。
B: 我知道，但是你知道，辛苦工作总有回报的。
A: 怎么讲？
B: 可能目前我快得到提升了，这是我一直期待的。
Part Three: Substitution Drills7
1. A: Can I help you?
B: Yes, is (Mr. Smith/ the director/ the manager) in his office?
能为您效劳吗？
哦，（史密斯先生/主管/经理）在办公室吗？
2. A: Could you tell me where (his office/ the meeting room/ the copy machine) is, please?
B: Sure. It’s just down the hall, on the right.
你能告诉我（他的办公室/会议室/复印机）在哪里吗？
当然。沿着这个厅走过去，在右边。
3. A: Could you give him this (message/ report/ document), please?
B: No problem.
你可以把这个（口讯/报告/文件）给他吗？
没问题。
4. A: What’s the matter?
B: How do I use this (copy machine/ fax machine/ hole-puncher)?
怎么了？
这个（复印机/传真机/打孔机）怎么用？
5. A: I’m out of (paper/ staples/ folders). Do you have any more?
B: Here you are.
没（纸/订书针/文件夹）了，你还有吗？
给你吧。
6. A: Can you meet this deadline?
B: Yes, I’ll have it finished by (tomorrow morning/ this afternoon/ Friday at 5pm).
你可以在规定期限完成吗？
可以，我会在（明天早上/今天下午/星期五5点）之前完成。
7. A: Is Mr. Smith in his office?
B: I’m sorry. He’s (in a meeting/ not at his desk right now/ out).
史密斯先生在办公室吗？
抱歉。他（正在开会/不在位子上/出去了）。
8. A: I’m having some (trouble/ difficulties/ problems). Can you help me?
B: What do you need?
我遇到一些（麻烦/困难/难题）。 你可以帮我吗？
要我怎么帮？
9. A: You look (tired/ exhausted/ busy).
B: Yeah, I’ve been working so much overtime lately.
你看上去很（累/疲倦/忙碌）。
是呀，我近来一直加班工作。
10. A: The project was so (difficult/ time-consuming/ tedious).
B: You shouldn’t work so hard.
这个项目很（难/花时间/枯燥乏味）。
你不要这么拼命工作。
Part Four: Monologue8
“When I first started this job, it took me quite a while to learn the ropes. I guess many new-comers have the same problem and have to ask their co-workers for help. I didn’t know how to use the system or where to find things. On my first day I wandered around for twenty minutes before I could find the copy room. Fortunately my co-workers were very helpful and supportive, so it didn’t take me long to get the hang of it. I just kept working hard, and in the end all my hard work really paid off. Things are going just great!”
——Bob Evian, office worker
当我刚开始做这项工作的时候，花了很久的时间去学习它的规则。我想很多新来的人都会碰到同样的问题而必须向同事寻求帮助。我不明白公司的运作，找东西也不知道去哪里找。第一天上班我转悠了20分钟才找到复印室在哪里。幸运的是，我的同事都肯帮忙，而且都支持我。不久我摸清了工作情况。我一直以来都努力工作，最终辛苦工作终于有了回报。事情简直棒极了。
——伯博·伊夫安，办公室人员
Part Five: Vocabulary and Expressions
-- stop by =drop by顺便拜访
-- Could you please…? 你可以…吗？
-- How do I…? 我如何…？
-- overtime超过，加班，额外工作时间
-- Hard work pays off. 辛苦工作肯定有回报。
-- promotion 提升，晋级
-- deadline 截止期限，最后限期
-- exhausted 精疲力竭的
-- new-comer 新来的人
-- co-workers 同事（=coworker）
--get the hang of sth.学会，掌握窍门，摸清情况
--* It looks (+ adjective). It looks like (+ noun).
It looks delicious. She looks beautiful. You look tired.
It looks like a gourmet9 meal. She looks like a beautiful star. You look like you’re tired.
及物/不及物动词起诉; 控告，控诉，和…打官司; 请求; 提起（诉讼）要求判决
1. (通常为索赔而)控告，对…提起诉讼
If you sue someone, you start a legal case against them, usually in order to claim money from them because they have harmed you in some way.
e.g. Mr Warren sued him for libel over the remarks...
沃伦先生控告他散布诽谤性言论。
e.g. The company could be sued for damages...
该公司可能会被起诉，要求其赔偿损失。
名词加班; 加班费; 加时赛; 超出的时间，额外的时间
副词超时地; 加班地
动词使历时过久; 使（曝光等）超过时间
1. 加班；加班时间
Overtime is time that you spend doing your job in addition to your normal working hours.
e.g. He would work overtime, without pay, to finish a job...
他会为了完成工作无偿加班。
e.g. Union leaders had urged miners to vote in favour of an overtime ban.
工会领导人呼吁矿工投票支持加班禁令。
2. 投入全力；热情高涨
If you say that someone is working overtime to do something, you mean that they are using a lot of energy, effort, or enthusiasm trying to do it.
e.g. We had to battle very hard and our defence worked overtime to keep us in the game...
我们不得不奋力搏杀；为保证我们不被淘汰出局，防守队员拼尽了全力。
e.g. She works overtime with her vacuum cleaner to keep grit out of the kitchen.
她动用真空吸尘器力争不让厨房出现沙砾。
3. （体育比赛中为决胜负而延长的）加时赛
Overtime is an additional period of time that is added to the end of a sports match in which the two teams are level, as a way of allowing one of the teams to win.
e.g. Denver had won the championship by defeating the Cleveland Browns 23-20 in overtime.
丹佛队在加时赛中以23比20击败克利夫兰布朗队夺得冠军。
名词开关; 转换，转换器; 软鞭子; [信]接线台
及物/不及物动词转换; 转变，改变; 关闭电流; 鞭打
及物动词转换; 挥动（棍棒、鞭子等）; 迅速转动; 鞭打
不及物动词交换; 调换
1. (电路的)开关，闸，转换器
A switch is a small control for an electrical device which you use to turn the device on or off.
e.g. Leona put some detergent into the dishwasher, shut the door and pressed the switch.
利昂娜将一些清洁剂放入洗碗机，关上门后按了开始键。
e.g. ...a light switch.
电灯开关
2. 转换;改变;转变
If you switch to something different, for example to a different system, task, or subject of conversation, you change to it from what you were doing or saying before.
e.g. Estonia is switching to a market economy...
爱沙尼亚正在向市场经济转轨。
e.g. The law would encourage companies to switch from coal to cleaner fuels...
该法律将鼓励企业转而使用比煤更加清洁的能源。
3. 转移(注意力);(注意力)转变
If you switch your attention from one thing to another or if your attention switches, you stop paying attention to the first thing and start paying attention to the second.
e.g. My mother's interest had switched to my health...
母亲转而关注起我的健康来。
e.g. As the era wore on, she switched her attention to films.
随着这个时代慢慢过去，她把目光投向了电影业。
4. 交换;调换;对调
If you switch two things, you replace one with the other.
e.g. In half an hour, they'd switched the tags on every cable...
半个小时内，他们就给每根电缆都换了标签。
e.g. The ballot boxes have been switched.
投票箱被人调换了。
相关词组：switch offswitch onswitch over
名词促进，增进; 提升，升级; （商品等的）推广; 发扬
1. 晋升；升职；提升；擢升
If you are given promotion or a promotion in your job, you are given a more important job or rank in the organization that you work for.
e.g. Consider changing jobs or trying for promotion.
考虑换个工作或者争取升职。
e.g. ...rewarding outstanding employees with promotions to higher-paid posts.
将出色的员工提升到薪水更高的职位作为奖励
2. （尤指通过广告进行的）促销，推广，推销
A promotion is an attempt to make a product or event popular or successful, especially by advertising.
e.g. During 1984, Remington spent a lot of money on advertising and promotion...
1984年，雷明顿公司在广告和促销方面花费了大量的资金。
e.g. Ask about special promotions and weekend deals too.
也问一问特别促销和周末特价的情况。
名词独角戏; 长篇大论; （戏剧）独白
1. 长篇大论;滔滔不绝的讲话
If you refer to a long speech by one person during a conversation as a monologue, you mean it prevents other people from talking or expressing their opinions.
e.g. Morris ignored the question and continued his monologue.
莫里斯不理会这个问题，继续他的长篇大论。
2. 长篇独白;独角戏
A monologue is a long speech which is spoken by one person as an entertainment, or as part of an entertainment such as a play.
e.g. ...a monologue based on the writing of Quentin Crisp.
根据昆廷·克里斯普的作品改编的独角戏
名词美食家，讲究吃喝的人
1. 珍馐的；美味佳肴的
Gourmet food is nicer or more unusual or sophisticated than ordinary food, and is often more expensive.
e.g. Flavored coffee is sold at gourmet food stores and coffee shops...
花式咖啡可在美食店和咖啡店买到。
e.g. The couple share a love of gourmet cooking.
这夫妇俩都有烹饪美食的嗜好。
2. 美食家；讲究饮食的人;老饕
A gourmet is someone who enjoys good food, and who knows a lot about food and wine.
钻头；操练( drill的名词复数 )；军事训练；演习；训练；操练；钻( drill的第三人称单数 )；打；
坐落的，位于的；位于(locate的过去式和过去分词)；