瞬间秒杀听力 第523期:我不喜欢我的工作

 

I must confess that I don't like my current job.

The worst part of my job is

that the workload¹ is really overwhelming.

I have to work overtime² frequently,

sometimes even on weekends.

Therefore, I have lost many chances

to hang out with friends.

我必须得承认我不喜欢我现在的工作。

我工作最糟糕的是工作量压得喘不过气来。

我经常加班，

有时候甚至在周末，

因此，我失去了很多与朋友外出的机会。

1 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。

2 overtime   

adj.超时的，加班的；adv.加班地

参考例句：

• They are working overtime to finish the work.为了完成任务他们正在加班加点地工作。
• He was paid for the overtime he worked.他领到了加班费。