我们知道,人既然是社会动物,就需要和其他人打交道。处理好办公室里的人际关系是一件很有挑战的事情。
在公司里,你也许是个秘书,你也许是管理财务的人员,你也许负责管理档案,你也许负责管理人力资源……,总之几乎你得天天待在办公室里,坐在办公桌旁处理堆积如山的文件。每天你有许许多多的杂事要处理,每天你有快乐,但更多的是不顺心,因为你是人,你需要与周围的同事和平共处,你需要克制忍耐;可又因为你是有血有肉的活生生的人,你要发泄(否则你会得心脏病),你要抱怨(因为憋在肚子里你会感到对不起自己)。下面是一些例句,你或许会从中学会怎样用英语发牢骚,也是一举两得吧!
1. Yech...it´s a beautiful day out. And here I am stuck inside the office with all this paper work.
哎,外面天气那么好,我却得守在办公室处理这些文件。
2. How am I to know what I´m supposed to do if there´s no organization around here?
如果这里那么没有条理,我怎么晓得该做些什么好呢?
3. The company is so cheap. We have to sharpen our pencils until they´re down to little stubs like this.
公司这么吝啬,害得我们得把铅笔用到这么短。
4. Now where did my eraser go this time? Don´t take things off other people´s desks without asking them, OK?
这回我的橡皮又到哪里去了?不要不说一声就拿别人桌子上的东西,好吗?
5. I want you to stop hogging my desk space, all right?
你不要再占用我的桌子,好吗?
6. Turn the other way when you smoke, so I won´t have to breathe it in, all right?
你抽烟时转向那一边,免得我吸到,行不行?
7. Don´t talk to me while I´m in the middle of calculating.
我在计算时,别跟我说话。
8. Ah, heck! Another mistake. The staff here can´t even use their calculators right!
真见鬼!又错了。这里的职员连计算器都用不对。
9. Oh, why did he have to give me this rush job now that it´s almost time for my lunch break!
哎,快到午餐休息时间了,他为什么非给我这个急件不可!
10. I know I made a mistake. I just wish he wouldn´t keep hammering away at it.
我知道我犯错误了。我真希望他不要一直骂个不停。
11. Doing this mindless work all day is going to drive me crazy.
整天做这种不用动脑筋的工作,会让我发疯的。
12. Why do I have to do all these extra needless little jobs anyway?
不管怎样,为什么我得做所有这些多余的、不必要的琐碎工作?
13. How come everyone in our company is middle-aged and stuffy?
为什么我们公司都是一些古板的中年人?
14. Every time he gets drunk, he goes into his lousy preaching routine.
每次一喝醉,他就开始他那令人讨厌的说教。
15. I don´t understand what´s going on inside these young people´s heads.
我不了解这些年轻人的脑子里想的是什么。
16. Say, don´t you think Miss Black is using the phone too much for personal calls?
喂,你不觉得布莱克小姐的私人电话打得太多吗?