职场英文口语 第140期:对付棘手员工(4)

 　　So Anna has expressed her concerns to Paul, the boss.

　　安娜对她的老板保罗说了她的担心。

　　It's up to him to investigate¹.

　　轮到他去调查了。

　　As long as you have a fair reason to complain about a difficult member of staff, these are some of the phrases² you could use.

　　只要你有合理的理由抱怨一个棘手的员工，这些表达方式你就会用得到。

　　I'm concerned that she's made a mistake that might affect the business.

　　我担心她做了错事，这可能会影响生意。

　　She's not pulling her weight.

　　她没有尽力完成份内的工作。

　　I'm finding³ it very difficult to work with her.

　　我发现很难和她一起工作。

　　I wonder how Paul is going to handle the situation?

　　我好奇保罗将如何处理这个情况。

　　Ah, there you are Rachel. Nice cappuccino?

　　你在这儿，瑞秋。卡布奇诺不错吧？

　　Could you step in to my office for a moment… I'd like a word.

　　你能来我办公室一下吗……有点话要谈谈。

　　Ya, sure.

　　当然。

　　Ooh, I wonder what that's all about.

　　我想知道是什么事。

　　Do you know Anna?

　　你知道吗，安娜？

　　Hmm, no idea.

　　不知道。

　　She's probably going to get a promotion⁴ and a pay rise… and a custard cream!

　　她可能升职加薪了，还吃了一块蛋奶奶油饼干！

　　Thanks Paul, ciao.

　　谢谢，保罗，再见。

　　What a great guy he is.

　　他真是一个好人。

　　Such a great sense of humour⁵!

　　多么好的幽默感！

　　Looks like we're doing some good work Anna!

　　看来我们工作做的不错，安娜！

　　Wwwhat? !

　　什么？！

　　Oh Anna. I'm not sure Paul has really sorted out your concerns.

　　安娜，我不确定保罗真的解决了你的担忧。

　　But don't worry, we're here to help you out.

　　但别担心，我们来帮你解决。

　　See you next time on English at Work. Bye!

　　下期职场英语见，再见！

1 investigate   

vt.调查，调查研究；vi.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• Police investigate the cause of car accident.警察调查车祸的原因。
• The government of the United States began at once to investigate the case.美国政府立即开始调查此案。

2 phrases   

n.短语( phrase的名词复数 )；成语；说法；乐句

参考例句：

• Sports commentators repeat the same phrases ad nauseam. 体育解说员翻来覆去说着同样的词语，真叫人腻烦。
• Television sports commentators repeat the same phrases ad nauseam. 电视体育解说员说来说去就是那么几句话，令人厌烦。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 finding   

n.发现，发现物；调查的结果

参考例句：

• The finding makes some sense.该发现具有一定的意义。
• That's an encouraging finding.这是一个鼓舞人心的发现。

4 promotion   

n.提升，晋级；促销，宣传

参考例句：

• The teacher conferred with the principal about Dick's promotion.教师与校长商谈了迪克的升级问题。
• The clerk was given a promotion and an increase in salary.那个职员升了级，加了薪。

5 humour   

n.幽默，诙谐，情绪，体液；vt.使满足，迁就

参考例句：

• We can't always humour the child the way we do.不能总是顺着孩子。
• His new play is a mixture of saddness and humour.他的新剧本融悲哀和幽默于一体。