职场英文口语 第139期:对付棘手员工(3)

 　　And you could say "I'm finding it very difficult to work with this person."

　　你可以说“我发现很难和这个人一起工作。”

　　Right. I'll try.

　　好的，我试试。

　　There's Paul now… Paul, could I have a word please?

　　保罗来了，保罗，我能跟你说几句话吗？

　　Of course, Anna. Let's go in my office.

　　当然了，安娜。去我的办公室吧。

　　Now, how can I help?

　　我能帮你做什么？

　　Err¹, well, it's Rachel.

　　是关于瑞秋。

　　Yes, amazing woman. Mr Socrates' favourite.

　　是的，出色的女性，苏格拉底先生的最佳员工。

　　I know… but I'm finding it difficult to work with her.

　　我知道，但我发现很难和她一起工作。

　　Oh why's that?

　　为什么这么说？

　　I'm a bit concerned that she's made a mistake and it might affect our business.

　　我有点担心她做了错事，这可能会影响我们的生意。

　　Golly gosh. Really? ! Why's that?

　　上帝。真的吗？为什么这么说？

　　Well, she's ordered second-hand² oranges for our new client in France.

　　她定了二手橙子给我们的法国新客户。

　　That's marvellous… isn't it?

　　这太棒了，不是吗？

　　Well, I asked her not to.

　　我让她别这么做。

　　They wanted lemons… new Imperial Lemons.

　　他们想要柠檬，新型皇家柠檬。

　　Ah… not so marvellous. Anything else?

　　并不这么好。还有什么？

　　Well, speaking personally, I don't think she's pulling her weight.

　　就个人来说，我认为她没有做好份内的工作。

　　She doesn't seem to do any work and just keeps going out to buy cappuccinos.

　　她似乎什么工作也没做，只是出去买卡布奇诺。

　　Well, that's just not on.

　　这太让人无法接受了。

　　Look Anna, I will look into this straight away and see if I can sort this out.

　　安娜，我会马上调查的，看看我能否解决。

　　Thank you for bringing it to my attention.

　　谢谢你提醒我。

　　Now, I think you've earned a custard cream.

　　我想你可以来个蛋奶奶油饼干。

1 err   

vi.犯错误，出差错

参考例句：

• He did not err by a hair's breadth in his calculation.他的计算结果一丝不差。
• The arrows err not from their aim.箭无虚发。

2 second-hand   

adj.用过的，旧的，二手的

参考例句：

• I got this book by chance at a second-hand bookshop.我赶巧在一家旧书店里买到这本书。
• They will put all these second-hand goods up for sale.他们将把这些旧货全部公开出售。