职场英文口语 第187期:解除混乱(2)

 　　Everything OK Tom? 一切顺利吗，汤姆？

　　Oh yeah, everything's cool. 一切顺利。

　　Actually Denise, it's not. 丹尼斯，其实不是这样。

　　I think we're all going to be sacked tomorrow by Mr Socrates. 我认为我们明天都会被苏格拉底先生解雇。

　　What? ! No! 什么？不！

　　I've got a hairdresser's appointment on Saturday, how am I going to pay for it now? 我周六约了理发师，我该怎么付钱啊？

　　What am I going to do? 我该怎么办？

　　I know, I'll call Marge. 我知道了，我给玛吉打电话。

　　Hey Brian, Pete… we're all going to be sacked tomorrow. 布莱恩，皮特……我们明天都要被解雇了。

　　Erm… Anna, you've got a problem brewing¹.What? 安娜，你马上要有大问题了。什么？

　　Tom's spreading rumours² about job cuts. 汤姆正在散布裁员的谣言呢。

　　Everyone's starting to panic. 大家都开始恐慌了。

　　Oh no! I'd better do something but what shall I say? 不！我最好做点什么，但我该说什么呢？

　　Call a meeting quickly. 马上召开会议。

　　Tell the team 'there are some rumours going around that are not true'. 告诉团队说，现在散播的谣言是造谣。

　　Say, 'I am trying to establish the facts and I will let you know as soon as I have some information'. 我正在证明事实，一旦有了消息我会马上告诉你们。

　　You could say 'I would be grateful if you hear any rumours, not to pass them on'. 你可以说“如果听到任何谣言，不传谣会让我感到欣慰。”

　　This can be a tricky³ situation and you need to handle it well. 这会是一个棘手的情况，你要小心处理。

　　Good luck! 好运！

　　Gosh. This is hard but here goes. 天啊，这太难了，但是必须要做。

1 brewing   

n. 酿造, 一次酿造的量 动词brew的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• It was obvious that a big storm was brewing up. 很显然，一场暴风雨正在酝酿中。
• She set about brewing some herb tea. 她动手泡一些药茶。

2 rumours   

n.传闻( rumour的名词复数 )；风闻；谣言；谣传

参考例句：

• The rumours were completely baseless. 那些谣传毫无根据。
• Rumours of job losses were later confirmed. 裁员的传言后来得到了证实。

3 tricky   

adj.狡猾的，奸诈的；(工作等)棘手的，微妙的

参考例句：

• I'm in a rather tricky position.Can you help me out?我的处境很棘手，你能帮我吗？
• He avoided this tricky question and talked in generalities.他回避了这个非常微妙的问题，只做了个笼统的表述。