ESL露西的一天 第66期:工作与午餐讲解(3)

 Lucy says that there are "some new inter¹-office paperwork in" her "inbox too." 露西说，“她的收件箱里也有一些新的办公室内部文件。”

Inter-office, "inter-office," means between offices. Inter means between two different offices.  办公室内部，“办公室内部”指各办公室之间。内部是指两个不同的办公室之间。

So, inter-office paperwork would be things, letters, memos³, 因此，办公室内部文件会是一些物品、信件、备忘录，

other business forms that you would give to another office in your company.  和一些你会给公司内其他办公室提供的业务形式。

If you are in the accounting⁴ department, you take care of the money;  如果你在会计部门，你负责保管钱；

you might send information to the sales department; that would be inter-office paperwork. 你可以给销售部门发送信息，那就是办公室内部文件。

Paperwork, "paperwork," (one word) just refers to any form, letter, memo², 文件，“文件”（一个词）是指任何形式的信件，备忘录，

anything on paper that is related to your business. Sometimes people use this expression, paperwork,  任何与你业务相关的纸张。有时人们使用这种表达，文书工作，

to describe unnecessary forms or paper forms that you have to complete that cause a lot of problems - that take a lot of time.  来描述你必须完成，但却不必要的内容。这会导致很多问题发生，它占用大量的时间。

Someone may say, "There's too much paperwork to get a visa to the United States" - a lot of paperwork. 有人可能会说：“要拿到美国签证需要填写很多（表格）文件”——大量的文书工作。

1 inter   

v.埋葬

参考例句：

• They interred their dear comrade in the arms.他们埋葬了他们亲爱的战友。
• The man who died in that accident has been interred.在那次事故中死的那个人已经被埋葬了。

2 memo   

n.照会，备忘录；便笺；通知书；规章

参考例句：

• Do you want me to send the memo out?您要我把这份备忘录分发出去吗？
• Can you type a memo for me?您能帮我打一份备忘录吗？

3 memos   

n.备忘录( memo的名词复数 )；（美）内部通知

参考例句：

• Big shots get their dander up and memos start flying. 大人物们怒火中烧，备忘录四下乱飞。 来自辞典例句
• There was a pile of mail, memos and telephone messages on his desk. 他的办公桌上堆满着信件、备忘录和电话通知。 来自辞典例句

4 accounting   

n.会计，会计学，借贷对照表

参考例句：

• A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
• There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。