英语情景口语:薪资与福利

 　　英语 情景口语:薪资与福利

　　P: have you finished going through the contract¹?

　　K: yes, but I have a few questions for you.

　　P: Ok. Ask away.

　　K: first, I’d like to know if you offer employees² sick leave.

　　P: yes, employees can take up to 10 days of sick leave per year. However, in order to get paid, you’ll have to bring in a note from the doctor’s.

　　K: even if I’m only sick for one day?

　　P: that’s correct.

　　K: that’s pretty strict, if you ask me.

　　P: well, we’ve had to add that to the contract because we found that many of our employees were taking almost one sick day a monty, even though they weren’t sick.

　　K: I see. I guess that makes sense.

　　P: do you have any other questions?

　　K: yes. Maternity³ leave is mentioned in the contract, but there’s nothing in the contract alout paternity leave. Do you offer anything to fathers?

　　P: we do actually. We can add that as an amendment⁴ to your contract.

　　K: how many days of paternity leave do you offer?

　　P: men are allowed to take 10 days of paternity leave for their first child.

　　K: why are women allowed so much more time for materniry leave?

　　P: qwll, women are the ones giving birth. I think it’s fair to give them more time, don’t you?

　　K: I guess so. I don’t have any other questions. Should I sign here then?

　　P: yes, please.

　　译文：

　　你看完合同了吗?

　　看完了,不过我有几个问题要问你.

　　好,问吧.

　　首先我想知道你们这里有没有为员工提供病假?

　　有,员工每年有10天病假.不过,如果不想扣工资的话最好交医生开的假条.

　　即使我只生病一天也要开吗?

　　没错.

　　如果你问我意见的话,我觉得这条规定太苛刻了.

　　嗯,我们必须把这一条写进合同,因为以前我们这儿很多员工即使没病,也几乎每月都要休一次病假.

　　我懂了.你们这样做确实有道理.

　　你还有其它什么问题吗?

　　有.合同里涉及了产假,可是没有提到父亲假.公司没有为新父亲们提供假期?

　　有的.我们可以把这一条作为补充条款写进你的合同.

　　那公司能给几天的父亲假呢?

　　头一胎的话,男性员工有10天假期.

　　为什么女性的产假比男性的多得多?

　　嗯,女性要经历生产过程,我觉得给他们更多时间休息很合理,你不觉的吗?

　　合理,我没有其他问题了.是在这里签字吗?

　　是的,签字吧.

1 contract   

n.合同，契约，婚约；v.使缩短，感染，订约

参考例句：

• The terms of the contract are acceptable to us.我们认为这个合同的条件可以接受。
• I'm under contract to teach here for one year.我按照聘约要在这里教一年书。

2 employees   

n.雇工，雇员( employee的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• She is always polite and considerate towards her employees. 她对待雇员总是客客气气，关心体谅。
• The company has a strict dress code—all male employees are expected to wear suits. 公司有严格的着装规定—所有男职员都要穿西服。

3 maternity   

n.母性，母道，妇产科病房；adj.孕妇的，母性的

参考例句：

• Women workers are entitled to maternity leave with full pay.女工产假期间工资照发。
• Trainee nurses have to work for some weeks in maternity.受训的护士必须在产科病房工作数周。

4 amendment   

n.改正，修正，改善，修正案

参考例句：

• The amendment was rejected by 207 voters to 143.这项修正案以207票对143票被否决。
• The Opposition has tabled an amendment to the bill.反对党已经就该议案提交了一项修正条款。