Budget cutback 预算削减

友谊的真诚

TIM: This place is beginning to look like a dump.

ZARA: Yeah, we are in serious need of a remodel.

TIM: 这个地方看起来快变成一个垃圾场了。

ZARA: 是啊，急需改造下。



MIKI: This office is too hot in the winter and too cold in the summer.

JACK: This has to be one of the worst engineered offices around. I can’t imagine the utility bill every month.

MIKI: 这个办公室冬天太热夏天又太冷了。

JACK: 这大概是附近办公室中设计施工最差的吧！我简直无法想象每个月的物业费账单。



TOM: I’m so done working here. This is the third time this month I haven’t been paid on time.

OLIVER: I hear you. This is ridiculous.

TOM: 我真是厌倦了在这里工作。这已经是公司这个月第三次没有及时支付薪资给我了。

OLIVER: 我明白你的感受。这太荒谬了！



PAM: I can’t wait until we get a new printer. This one always has a problem with it.

NED: Don’t hold your breath. We’re actually expecting more budget cutbacks.

PAM: 我简直等不及公司给我们换台新打印机了。这一台一直都有问题。

NED: 你别期望太高了。我们迎来的甚至会是预算削减呢。



RECEPTIONIST: You will have to start using the backs of your paper as we forgot to order new paper. The new order won’t be here till later this week.

PETER: How can we be taken as a serious company when we can’t even order paper on time?

前台：我们忘记订购新的打印纸了，从现在开始你们得把打印纸的背面也利用起来了。新的打印纸要下周才到。

PETER: 连打印纸都不能按时订购，我们还算是个正规的公司吗？



MARY: Do you think we can get some new carpet in here? I mean it looks like we’ve been here since the ‘70s.

VICTOR: Unless we increase sales, it’s not going to happen.

MARY: 我们能弄卷新的地毯来铺上吗？现在这地毯看起来简直像70年代的一样陈旧。

VICTOR: 除非销售额能增加，否则就别想了。



Question: What’s something you can say when you are tired of working somewhere?

今日问题：当你厌倦了在某个地方工作时，可以怎么说？



答案：I’m so done working here.



Key Words: 核心表达



In need of: 词组，需要……（后加名词）

I hear you: 口语常用表达，我明白你的感受

On time: 词组，按时；准时

Don’t hold your breath: 别期望太高

Budget cutback: 名词，预算削减

Take as: 词组，当作；看作

DannyMa2012

哈哈，学习了，谢谢！