商务英语情景口语100主题008

008 Bosses

Dialogue 1

A: How are things at the office lately?

B: Just awful. Two weeks ago, we got a new boss, and I can't stand him. He is really unreasonable¹ about our workload². Since he came, I've been so busy I haven't had time to breathe!

A: That bad, huh? What about his personality? It's a nice guy at least?

B: I should be so lucky. He not only give us too much work, but he is also just plain mean about it. He constantly yells³ at us or criticizes us. He is always degrading⁴ the employees.

A: What a terrible working enviroment! Have you tried to talk anyone about it? Maybe the boss of your boss?

B: I was going to, but my boss guessed what I was thinking. He gave me so much work to do this afternoon that I didn't get around to meeting with the supervisor⁵ of our department.

A: It must be terrible. Why don't you just quit?

B: If it wasn't for the money, I would quit in a heartbeat. But the probelm is, I can't support myself if I don't work.

A: Yeah. But a boss like that? To deal with him everyday, you should get a raise!

Dialogue 2

A: Do you get along with your boss?

B: Actually I do. She is really understanding and reasonalbe most of the time. There was only one time I didn't really agree with her.

A: When was that?

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.

A: Well, he souldn't have been drinking on duty. It's your boss' responsibilty to make sure employees are safe, and also doing their jobs.

B: You are right. She was being a good boss when she fired him, But I just felt sorry for him, that's all.

A: Did this incident with your co-worker affect your relationship with your boss?

B: Not really. All of us at the office respect our boss a lot.

A: You are lucky you can get along so well with your boss. It makes a big difference in how much you enjoy your job.

B: No kidding. If you don't like your boss or co-workers, they can make your life miserable⁶.

1 unreasonable   

adj.不讲道理的，不合情理的，过度的

参考例句：

• I know that they made the most unreasonable demands on you.我知道他们对你提出了最不合理的要求。
• They spend an unreasonable amount of money on clothes.他们花在衣服上的钱太多了。

2 workload   

n.作业量，工作量

参考例句：

• An assistant one day a week would ease my workload.每周有一天配一个助手就会减轻我的工作负担。
• He's always grousing about the workload.他总是抱怨工作量大。

3 yells   

v.叫喊，号叫，叫着说( yell的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The most savage yells of all came from the schoolchildren. 最野蛮的喊叫声来自那些学童。 来自英汉文学
• Dimes, dimes, "yells another, selling $ 10 vials of crack. 另一个卖瓶装克拉克的青年也在大声叫卖。 来自名作英译部分

4 degrading   

丢脸的，有辱人格的

参考例句：

• the inhuman and degrading treatment of prisoners 犯人所受的不人道和侮辱性待遇
• inhuman and degrading treatment 不人道的羞辱性对待

5 supervisor   

n.监督人，管理人，检查员，督学，主管，导师

参考例句：

• Between you and me I think that new supervisor is a twit.我们私下说，我认为新来的主管人是一个傻瓜。
• He said I was too flighty to be a good supervisor.他说我太轻浮不能成为一名好的管理员。

6 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。