1、英语口语 8000 句(5) 在工作单位 在办公室 赶上了! I made it! *可以用于上班、上学和坐车时的情况。 I made it! (我赶上了!) Not quite. (那可未必。) Im on time! I arrived on time! (正点到达。) 要严格遵守时间。 Be punctual! Be punctual! (要严格遵守时间。) Yes, sir.(是，知道了。) 你又迟到了。 You are late again. 我只迟到了 5 分钟。 I was only late by five minutes. I was only five minutes la
2、te. 打出勤卡了吗? Did you punch in? *上班时。 Did you punch out? *下班时。 让我看看我的日程安排。 Let me check my schedule. Can we meet on Tuesday? (星期二我们可以见面吗?) Let me check my schedule. (让我看看我的日程安排。) Let me look over my schedule. Let me confirm my schedule. 我有好多事要干。 Ive got so much to do. Ive got so much to do. (我有好多事要干。)
3、 Dont worry. You can do it. (不用担心，你完全能干好!) I have so much to do. I have many things to do. Im extremely busy. (我非常忙。) 我的时间安排很紧。 Im pressed for time. 我是个普通的公司职员。 Im an ordinary office worker. *ordinary“平凡， 普通”。 “男职员”、 “女 职员”均用 an office worker 表示。 I do office work. (我是个公司职员。) Im a regular office work
4、er. (我是个普通的公司职员。) 这工作不太费事。 The work doesnt need much effort. The work doesnt need much effort. (这工作不吃力。) Lucky you! (那你太幸运了。) Its an easy job. (这个工作不吃力。) 干活别偷懒。 Dont neglect your duties! *neglect“不认真对待工作，不履行义务， 马马虎虎的态度”。Duty“义务”。 Dont neglect your duties! (干活别偷懒。) Okay. I wont. (好的，绝不偷懒。) 西区由我负责。 Im
5、 in charge of the west side. I take charge of the west side. (西区由我负责。) Im responsible for the west side. 我已经结束那项工作了。 Im done with the work. Im done with the work. (我已结束那项工作了。) Already? (已经结束了?) Im finished with the work. Im all done with the work. 我还能工作好长时间呢。 I can still work for a long time. Ill be
6、 able to work for many more years. (我还能工作好多年呢。) I still have many years of work. (我还可以干上好几年。) 我们的上司被解雇了。 Our boss has been fired. *fire“撤职，解雇”。 Our boss has been fired. (我们的上司被解雇了。) Youre kidding! (你不是在开玩笑吧!) Our boss has been dismissed. Our boss has been let go. Our boss has been canned. *俚语。 Our b
7、oss has been sacked. *俚语。 请把这个订在一起。 Please staple these together. *stapler 是名词，“订书器”。 staple 为动词，“订在一起”。 能帮我复印一下这份材料吗? Would you copy these papers? 复印机有毛病了。 This copy machine doesnt work. This copy machine isnt working. This copier is broken. (这台复印机坏了。) 我想复印机是没纸了。 I think it ran out of paper. *run o
8、ut“用完”。 I think its out of paper. 付款截止到什么时候? When is this due? *due“已到付款截止日期”。 When do I have to pay this by? When is the last day I can pay for this? How long is the pay period? When is the pay period over? When does this have to be finished by? 付款日期截止到 30 号。 Its due on the thirtieth. 我们休息一会儿吧。 Let
9、s take a break. Lets take a break. (我们休息一会儿吧。) Yes, lets. (好吧，休息一会儿吧。) Lets take a break, shall we? Shall we take a break. (我们休息一会儿吗?) 能帮我倒杯咖啡吗? Get me a cup of coffee, will you? *用于上级对下级。 Would you bring me a cup of coffee? (能麻烦您帮我倒杯咖啡吗?) * 这种说法要礼貌得多。 您想喝杯咖啡吗? Would you like some coffee? Would you
10、care for some coffee? *比较有礼貌的说法。 Do you want some coffee? How about some coffee? 那真是太好了。 That would be great. *用于回答别人的邀请和建议。 That would be perfect. That would hit the spot. That would be grand. *比较旧的说法。 快到午饭时间了。 Its almost lunchtime. Its almost time for lunch. 我们有 1 小时的午休时间。 We took an hour lunch br
11、eak. Where were you? (你去哪儿了?) We took an hour lunch break. (我们有 1 小时的午休时间。) 我们开始吧。 Lets get started. Lets begin! *用于任何场合。 Here we go. Lets get down to business. *谈生意进入正题时使用。 Lets get down to work. (我们开始工作吧。) 现在我不能放下这个工作。 I cant leave this job at the moment. Lets take a vacation soon. (我们马上休假吧。) I ca
12、nt leave this job at the moment. (现在我不能放下这个工作。) Im tied up at the moment. 我太忙了，顾不上那么琐碎的事。 Im too busy to bother with such details. *detail“细小的，零碎的”。 我忙得四脚朝天。 Im so busy, Id really appreciate any help I could get. 别偷懒! Dont slack off! *slack“懒惰”、 “马马虎虑”、 “松散”， slack off 表示“做 事松松散散”、“偷工减料”。 尽你的全力! Do
13、your best! 悠着点儿。 Dont work too hard. Good-bye, John. (约翰，再见。) Bye. Dont work too hard. (再见。悠着点儿。) 打起精神来。 Pull yourself together. *pull oneself together“打起精神， 振作起来”。 Pull yourself together. (打起精神来。) But I just made a big mistake. (可是我出了个很大的差错。) Get a hold of yourself. 你可以找我呀! You can count on me. *co
14、unt on.“指望”、“依赖”。 I need more help with the project. (这个计划还得找人帮忙。) Well, you can count on me. (那，你可以找我呀。) 连喘口气的工夫都没有。 I dont even have time to catch my breath. Hows work? (工作怎么样?) I dont even have time to catch my breath. (连喘口气的工夫都没 有。) I dont have time to breathe. 你怎么耽搁了? Whats keeping you? Whats k
15、eeping you? Hurry up. (你怎么耽搁了，快点儿!) Ill be over soon. (马上就来。) 换个工作是惟一的解决办法。 Changing jobs is the only way out. *way out“解决办法”。 你应该更加努力工作。 Youd better work harder. You should work harder. *这句不如上句语气强烈。 我是个工作狂。 Im a workaholic. *这句话既可以是褒义也可以是贬义。它是“工作 的”(work)和“酒精中毒”(alcoholic)的混合语。另外可以把喜欢吃巧克力 的人说成“choc
16、oholic”，把购物狂说成“shopaholic”。口语中常用。 我不知道这张表怎么填。 I dont know how to fill out this form. *fill out“在空白处填写”。 form 是“填写用表”。 这张表怎么填? How do I fill out this form? 您能帮我填一下这张表吗? Can you help me with this form? 看来会议要开长时间了，是吧? It looks like its going to be a long meeting, doesnt it? *look like.“好像要”，“看样子”。 This
17、 is gonna be a long one. (看来要拖长时间了。) 会议开得很成功。 The meeting went well. That went well. (进行得很顺利。) 我已经尽了最大的努力了。 I did all I could do. Why didnt you help more? (怎么没再帮他一把?) I did all I could do. (我已经尽了最大的努力了。) Thats all I can do. There is nothing more I can do. (我已经使出了浑身解数。) 你觉得印象深刻吗? Are you impressed? A
18、re you impressed? (你觉得印象深刻吗?) Very. (印象很深刻啊。) Isnt it impressive? 请在重要事项的下面划线。 Please underline the important items. *underline 可用作动词， “在下划线”。 好，没问题! Check. *对方在检查名单时表示满意的用法。 你能把要点说得再清楚点儿吗? Would you get to the point? *get to the point“抓住重点，进入正题”。 Would you get to the point? (你能把要点说得再清楚点儿吗?) All rig
19、ht, all right. (好的，好的。) Whats the point? (什么是重点?) Stop beating around the bush. What are you trying to say? (你想说什么?) *比较温和的说法。 全部重做。 Please do it all over again. *all over again“再重新做”，用于不好的 事情。 Please do it all over again. (全部重做。) From the beginning? (从头开始吗?) Please start over from the beginning. 把这
20、个给田中先生传真过去。 Fax this paper to Mr. Tanaka. *fax 是 facsimile 的缩略形式，用作动 词。 请把那份文件交给我。 Please hand the document in to me. *hand in“提交，交出”。 Please hand the document in to me. (请把那份文件交给我。) What document are you talking about? (你说的是哪份文件?) Please submit the document to me. Please hand in the document to me.
21、 这是我的得意之作。 This is a piece of work I can be proud of. *多用于针对论文作品或 计划。 Im really proud of this. 我找不到我的涂改液了。 I cant find my white-out. *white-out“涂改液”。 今晚你加班吗? Are you working overtime tonight? *work overtime“加班”。 Are you working overtime tonight? (今晚你加班吗?) Unfortunately, yes. (很遗憾，要加班。) Are you worki
22、ng late tonight? (今天晚上你要工作到很晚吗?) 工作就是工作，不能讲私情。 Business is business. 他是个努力工作的人。 Hes a hard worker. 你超负荷工作了。 Youre overworking. 今天必须完成这份报告。 Finish this report today! 报告截止到几号? When is the paper due? 我有很多事要做。 Ive got so much to do. 瞧我桌上堆了一堆的事儿。 Theres a lot of work piled up on my desk. *pile up“堆积如山”。
23、Theres a lot of work piled up on my desk. (瞧我桌上堆了一堆的事 儿。) I feel sorry for you. (我真同情你。) 差不多就得了。 Well fake it. *fake“敷衍，搪塞”。“伪造”，“做假”。 Well make it up as we go along. 全都做完了。 All done! Ive finished it all. 今天忙了一天。 Its been a long day. *在这句里 long 不是“长”而是表示“忙”、“辛苦” 的意思。 Its time to go home. (该回家了。) Its
24、 been a long day. (今天忙了一天。) Weve worked hard today. It was a very busy day. Today was a rough day at work. 我不能为你破例。 I cant make an exception for you. *exception“例外”、“除外”。 外边天都黑了。 Its dark outside already. It has become dark outside already. Its already dark out. 就干到这儿吧。 Lets finish up. *“(工作等事)告一段落”
25、、“到此为止”。 Im so tired. Lets finish up. (我太累了，今天就到这里吧。) Good idea. Lets go home. (好主意，那我们回家吧。) Lets call it a day! (今天就到这里吧。) Lets go home! (我们回家吧。) 正好工作刚做完。 Ive just finished work. Ive just finished work. (正好工作刚做完。) Lets go for drink. (那我们去喝一杯吧。) I just got off work. Ive just finished working. 今天发工资。
26、 Todays payday. *payday“发工资的日子”。 Todays payday! (今天发工资。) Oh, yeah? I forgot all about it. (是吗?我都忘得一干二净了。) 我们一起去喝一杯吧。 Lets have a drink. Lets go out for a drink! 你辛苦了。 Thanks for your hard work. 我先走了。 I hope you dont mind my leaving now. *英文中没有这种打招呼的 习惯，但是也能说得通。 Could you excuse me, please? Will you
27、excuse me, please? 对不起，打断一下。 Sorry for interrupting. *用于打断别人谈话时，interrupt“插嘴”。 Im sorry to interrupt. Im sorry to interrupt you. Excuse me for interrupting. Forgive me for interrupting. 打扰一下可以吗? May I interrupt (you)? Excuse me. 史密斯先生在 1 号线听电话。 Mr. Smith is on line one. Mr. Smith is on line one. (史密
28、斯先生在 1 号线听电话。) Oh, okay. Thanks. (好的。谢谢。) 我已经和青木先生约好了。 I have an appointment with Mr. Aoki. Hello. May I help you? (您好，您有什么事吗?) Yes, I have an appointment with Mr. Aoki. (是的，我已经和青木先 生约好了。) ABC 公司在几楼? What floor is ABC on? What floor is ABC on? (ABC 公司在几楼?) The tenth floor. (在 10 楼。) 电梯在哪儿? Where are
29、 the elevators? Where are the elevators? (电梯在哪儿?) Around the corner over there. (在那个拐角。) 工作单位的人际关系 我和他很合得来。 I get along well with him. *get along (well) with.“和合得来”、 “和睦相处”。 Whats John like? (约翰是个什么样的人?) I get along well with him. (我和他很合得来。) I get on well with him. *英式英语。 我跟她合不来。 I dont get along we
30、ll with her. I dont get on well with her. *英式英语。 我很尊敬他。 I respect him. I highly respect him. *强调说法。 I look up to him. 我瞧不起他。 I despise him. I look down on him. 我想和大家和睦相处。 I want to get along with everyone. I hope I will get along with everyone. (我希望能和大家和睦相处。) 你跟她合得来吗? Are you getting along with her?
31、 *get along“合得来”、“和睦相处”。 她根本不搭理我。 She ignored me. *ignore“不放在眼里”、“不理”、“假装看不见”。 What did she do? (她怎么了?) She ignored me. (她不搭理我。) She gave me the cold shoulder. She didnt pay any attention to me (at all). 我不知道他在想什么。 I dont know what hes really thinking. Im not sure what he is thinking about. I dont r
32、eally know what is on his mind. 我没有理由让人嫉妒。 I have no reason to be envied. *envy“羡慕他人或物”，“嫉妒”。 There is no reason to be jealous of me. There is no reason to envy me. 我讨厌爱拍马屁的人。 I dont like brownnosers. *brownnoser 俚语，“讨好别人的人”、“阿 谀逢迎的人”。 Theyre helping our boss again. (他们又去帮上司的忙了。) I dont like brownno
33、sers. (我可讨厌拍马屁的人了。) I dont like flatterers. (我不喜欢爱说恭维话的人。) I dont like ass-kissers. *俚语， 不太文雅的说法， 使用时要注意场合。 我是个不顾家的人。 Im neglecting my family. *这是种相当严厉的说法。neglect 表示 “对玩忽职守”、“不尽义务”。 I put my work before my family. (我是工作第一，家庭第二。)*比较 温和的说法。 I should treat my family better. (我该重视我的家庭。) 你站在哪一方? Which si
34、de are you? *side“(竞争、谈判等的)一方，自己人”。 Which side are you on? Who are you rooting for? Which side do you support? (你支持哪一方?) 我是站在你这边的。 Im on your side. *on ones side“站在一方”。 Whose side are you on? (你是站在哪一边的?) Im on your side. (我是站在你这边的。) I will support you. (我支持你。) I agree with you. (我同意你的意见。) 他对我很不客气的。
35、Hes very hard on me. *be 动词+hard on.“蛮横，野蛮”。 Do you like your boss? (你喜欢你的上司吗?) No, hes very hard on me. (不，他对我很严厉。) He treats me unkindly. (他对我一点儿都不友好。) Hes mean to me. (他对我很刻薄。) Hes very strict. (他很严厉。) 他总把我当作眼中钉。 He always treats me like an enemy. *enemy“仇人，敌人”。 He was rude to say that. (他这样对你说话也
36、太无礼了。) He always treats me like an enemy. (他总把我当作眼中钉。) He acts like Im an enemy. He treats me as if Im his enemy. 他对我很蛮横。 He treated me badly. I was badly treated by him. I received bad treatment from him. He treated me unkindly. (他对我很粗暴。) 我欠他的情。 Im obligated to him. *obligate“让某人负有法律或道义上的义务”。 Im un
37、der obligation to him. I owe him. * owe“欠的情”。 I have an obligation to him. Im deeply indebted to him. (我非常感激他。) Ive received kindness from him. (他对我很好。) I owe him a lot for everything he has done for me. (我非常感谢他 为我所做的一切。) 我们很熟，互相直呼其名。 Were on a first name basis. *表示“之间关系好，很亲密”。 Were on first name te
38、rms. 评论他人 他的理解力很强。 Hes quick on the uptake. *这是一种固定说法，表示“理解吸收能力 强”。 Hes a fast learner. He has a quick mind. He catches on quickly. 他不会让你失望的。 Hell never let you down. *let down“使人期待落空”。 他很能干。 Hes efficient. *efficient“有效的”、“效率高的”、“工作出色的”、“能力 强的”。 He finished the job already. (他早就把工作做完了。) Hes efficie
39、nt. (他真能干。) He does things well and he gets them done quickly. (他工作起来 又好又快。) He gets things done efficiently. (他做事很有效率。) He handles things quickly. (他处理事情很麻利。) He handles matters promptly. (他处理事情很利索。) 他是个好人。 Hes a good guy. Hes a good man. Hes a good person. 他显老。 He looks old for his age. *形容词+for 表
40、示“就而言”、“比较”。 Hes only 46. (他只有 46 岁。) He looks old for his age. (他显老。) He looks older than he is. He looks young for his age. (他显年轻。) 你看上去比我年轻。 You look younger than me. *从语法上来讲应该是“You look younger than I”，但美国现在一般不这么说。 Were the same age. (我们同龄吧。) But you look younger than me. (可是你看上去比我年轻。) You look
41、younger than I do. 他就是那种人。 Thats the way he is. Thats the kind of guy he is. 他长得像谁? Who is he like? 他有丰富的常识。 He has a lot of common sense. 他虽年轻，却很博学。 Hes wise for his age. * for ones age“与年纪相比却” Hes only ten and he made this.(他只有 10 岁就能做出这样的东西。) Hes wise for his age. (他虽年轻，却博学。) Hes wise considering
42、 his age. Hes wise for a man of his age. 他交际很广。 He knows a lot of people. Hes well-known. Hes very popular. (他很有人缘。) He has a large circle of acquaintances. (他交际广泛。) *“熟悉的人， 认识的人”，但和 friend (朋友)不同，虽没深交，但见过面、搭过话。 他是个有才干的人。 Hes a go-getter. *go-getter“有才能的人”，“干将”。 He runs a lot of business. (他有很多生意。)
43、Yeah, hes a go-getter. (是呀!他是个有才干的人。) Hes a man of action. Hes a man of ability. Hes a wheeler-dealer. *比较旧的说法。 你真体谅人。 Youre so sympathetic. *sympathetic“同情的”、“能体谅人，体贴人 的”。 他是守信用的人。 Hes faithful. *faithful“对人、对工作忠诚，守信用的”。 He has a strong sense of duty. 他的嗓音低沉。 He has a deep voice. He has a low voice
44、. His voice is very deep. 他发福了。 He has put on weight. He has gained weight. He has lost weight. (他瘦了。) 他太胖了。 Hes overweight. Hes a fatso. (他是个胖猪。) Hes fat. (他很胖。) Hes skinny. (他骨瘦如柴。) 你真有胆量。(你好大胆子。) You have a lot of nerve. Sir, I dont think you should fire John. (先生，我觉得你不该解雇约 翰。) You have a lot of
45、nerve to say that. (你胆子不小，竟敢这么说。) You have a lot of balls. *balls 在这里表示“厚脸皮”、“傲慢”，同时有 “睾丸”的意思。所以是一种不礼貌的说法，会给人不愉快的感觉。 You have a lot of guts. Youre bold. *bold“大胆的”、“不客气的”、“力量强的”。 Youre very brave. (你很勇敢。) 他是个很谦虚的人。 Hes a very modest man. *modest“(要求、意见、态度、行为等)比 较慎重。” He didnt say anything. (他可什么都没说。
46、) Hes a very modest man. (嗯，他是个很谨慎的人。) Hes very polite. (他很有教养。) He doesnt like to brag. (他不喜欢吹牛。) He isnt boastful. (他一点都不自负。) 他有个好脾气。 He has a good temper. Hes in a good mood. *表示“现在正好情绪不错”，和上句的语气不一 样。 他这个人脾气暴躁。 He has a bad temper. Hes in a bad mood. *表示“现在碰巧情绪不好”，和上句的语气不太一 样。 她不知哪儿有点怪。 Theres so
47、mething strange about her. There is something fishy about her. There is something odd about her. 她有点不太对劲儿。 Shes not herself. *直译是“她不是她自己了。” Shes been edgy lately. (她近来情绪急躁。) Yeah, shes not herself. (是的，有点儿不太对劲儿。) Shes not acting like herself. Shes not acting normally. 她真让人捉摸不透。 Shes so weird. *weird
48、“不可思议”、“变化多端”、“古怪的”。 She cut her hair very short. (她把头发剪得短短的。) Shes so weird. (真让人捉摸不透。) Shes bizarre. Shes very strange. 塔米饭量很小。 Tammy eats like a bird. *直译“塔米像鸟一样吃饭”，是人却只有小鸟 那么点儿饭量。 Tammy eats like a bird. (塔米饭量很小。) Shes on a diet. (她正减肥呢。) Tammy eats very little. (塔米只吃一点点。) Tammy doesnt eat very much. (塔米不怎么吃。) Tammy eats like a horse. (塔米特别能吃。) 她的身材很好。 She has a nice figure. *表示“体型”时不用 style。 She has a good figure. 他已过壮年。 His best days are gone. Hes past his prime. 我父亲上年纪了。 My fathe
