A:Hi, Tony. Haven’t seen you for a long time. How have you been?
你好,托尼。好長時(shí)間沒看見你了,你怎么樣?
B:OK, I’ve been looking for a job for days,and I haven’t found one yet. It's so hard finding work these days. Have you had any luck?
還好,我已經(jīng)找了好幾天工作了,但是還沒找到。這些日子太難找到工作。你的運(yùn)氣怎么樣?
A:Yes, I've got a job, a waiter's job in a restaurant.
還行。我有一份工作,是在一家餐館做服務(wù)生。
B:Are you well paid?
待遇好嗎?
A:Well, $10 per hour, but I can keep the tips. That comes to roughly $80 every evening
嗯,每小時(shí)10美元,但我能把小費(fèi)留下。 每晚大概能有80美元。
B:Not bad.
不錯(cuò)呀。
A:Actually, there's still another opening. If you are interested, you’ll surely get it.
其實(shí),還有一個(gè)空缺。如果你感興趣,我肯定你能得到這份工作。
B:That’s great! I’ll go there right now and speak with the boss.
那太好了!我現(xiàn)在就去跟老板談?wù)劇?/p>
A:There’s no rush. You can see him tomorrow. I’ve told him about you. He promised to give you the job.
不必匆忙。明天你能見到他。我已經(jīng)跟他提起過你。他答應(yīng)給你這份工作。
B:That was nice of you, Susan. Thanks a lot.
你太好了,蘇珊。多謝了。
A:Think nothing of it, Tony. I’m sure you’d do the same for me.
這沒什么,托尼。我肯定你會為我做同樣的事。
B:Could you tell me a bit more about the work there? I mean, those dos and don'ts. I am a green hand, you know.
你能跟我再講講那兒的工作嗎?我的意思是,那些注意事項(xiàng),你知道,我是個(gè)新手。
A:First of all, you must be punctual. You should be there before 6 p. m. so that you will have half an hour for preparation changing clothes and things like that. Then,remember you should smile. Smile to your customers all the time. Never pull a long face even If you feel awful that day. Anything else? Oh, yes. Never argue with your boss. Learn to say 'Yes, sir. '
首先,你必須準(zhǔn)時(shí)。你應(yīng)該在下午6點(diǎn)之前到達(dá)那里,這樣你有半個(gè)小時(shí)的準(zhǔn)備時(shí)間——換衣服等類似的事。其次, 記住你應(yīng)該微笑。時(shí)常對你的顧客微笑。即使當(dāng)天你感覺不好也不要拉長著臉。還有什么呢?噢,對了,不要與你的老板爭論。學(xué)會說“是的,先生”。
B:Be a yes-man, you mean?
你的意思是說做一個(gè)唯唯諾諾的人?
A:You may put it that way if you like. Don’t worry. You’ll have no problem.
如果你愿意你可以這么說。別擔(dān)心,你不會有問題的。
B:I hope not.
我希望不會的。