生活英语情景口语:我被烧鱿鱼了
R: how was your day?
J: let’s start with you. How was yours?
R: it was really busy. I had to work straight through my lunch break.
J: did you get to leave early then?
R: my boss told me that I could either go home early or take a long lunch break another day, so I decided to wait and take a long lunch break another time.
J: it was nice of your boss to give you an option. My boss would never do that.
R: let’s get back to you. How was your day?
J: it was horrible! It was just one thing after another.
R: you look pretty upset. Are you ok?
J: I’m fine. But I have bad news.
R: what’s that?
J: I got sacked today.
R: you’re kidding! How did that happen?
J: well, I was late to work today. It was the third time I was late this week.
R: how late were you?
J: only about 5 minutes.
R: you got fired for being a few minutes late?
J: my boss is really Picky about that. He never arrives late, usually works over-time, and always gets his work done on time.
J: oh well. You never really liked your boss anyway, did you?
你今天过得怎么样?
你先说吧,你怎么样?
特别忙.我午休的时候都在干活.
你能早点走吗?
我上司说我可以早点回家或者改天午休休的长一点,所以我决定等到哪天有空中午多休息一会儿.
你上司人不错,还给你选择的机会.我上司从来都不会这样.
还是说说你吧.你今天怎么样?
今天真是太可怕了,事情一件接着一件.
你看起来情绪不好.没事吧?
我没事.但是我有个坏消息.
是什么?
我今天被解雇了.
你开玩笑吧?到底怎么回事?
嗯,我今天迟到了.这是我这周第三次迟到了.
迟到多长时间?
大概只有5分钟.
就因为迟到几分钟你就被解雇了.
我上司对迟到最敏感了.他自己从不迟到,经常加班,而且总还是按时完成任务.
哦,你一直都不喜欢你的上司,对吧?
Option: something that you can choose to have or do; the freedom to choose what you do 可选择的事物;选择;选择权;选择的自由
As I see it, we have two options…
据我看,我们有两种选择.
There are various options open to you.
你有多种选择。
Going to college was not an option for me.
上大学不是我可以选择的道路。
I had no option but to(= I had to)ask him to leave.
我别无选择,只有请他离开。
Students have the option of studying abroad in their second year.
学生在二年级时可以选择出国学习。
A savings plan that gives you the option to vary your monthly payments.
一项允许你每月自由存款的储蓄方案。
This particular model comes with a wide range of options(= things you can choose to have when buying sth but which you will have to pay extra for)
这一种型号的货品档次十分齐全。
Sack: to dismiss sb from a job 解雇;炒鱿鱼
She was sacked for refusing to work on Sundays.
她因拒绝在星期天上班被解雇了。
Picky: of a person 人 liking only particular things and difficult to please 挑剔的;难伺候的
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