跟艾米莉一起学口语 第533期:办公室谈话

 No kidding

No kidding, I'm serious.
没开玩笑，我是认真的。

I really like your friends, no kidding.
我真的喜欢你的朋友们，没开玩笑。

A: Did you get along with your boss?
你和你的老板关系好吗？
B: Actually I do. She is really understanding and reasonable most of the time. There was only one time I didn't really agree with her.
说实话，很好。大多数情况下她很有同情心，很通情达理。只有一次我和她的意见很不一致。
A: When was that?
什么时候？
B: Once she fired one of my co-workers for drinking on the job. I felt bad for him because it is so hard to find a job these days, and he has a family to support.
有一次因为我的一个同事上班时间喝酒，她解雇了他。我替这个同事感到难过，因为最近找工作真是太难了，何况他还要养活一家人。
A: Well, he shouldn't have been drinking on duty. It's your boss responsibility to make sure employees are safe and also doing their jobs.
他真不应该上班时候喝酒。老板的责任就是确保每个员工不出错，而且还要尽职尽责。
B: You're right. She was being a good boss when she fired him, but I just felt sorry for him, that's all.
你说得对。即便开除这个员工，她也是个好老板，我只是为我的同事感到惋惜，仅此而已。
A: Did this incident with your co-worker affect your relationship with your boss?
你同事这件事情影响你和老板的关系了吗？
B: Not really. All of us at the office respect our boss a lot.
一点没有影响，我们办公室所有的人都非常尊重我们老板。
A: You're lucky, you can get along so well with your boss. It makes a big difference in how much you enjoy your job.
你和老板的关系那么好，真是太幸运了，这对你是否喜欢自己的工作有很大的关系。
B: No kidding. If you don't like your boss or your co-workers, they can make your life miserable¹.

不骗你，如果你不喜欢你的老板或同事，那你会过得很痛苦。

1 miserable   

adj.悲惨的，痛苦的；可怜的，糟糕的

参考例句：

• It was miserable of you to make fun of him.你取笑他，这是可耻的。
• Her past life was miserable.她过去的生活很苦。