- aHow was your day?
你今天过得怎么样?
- bLet’s start with you. How was yours?
你先说吧,你怎么样?
- aIt was really busy. I had to work straight through my lunch break.
特别忙.我午休的时候都在干活.
- bDid you get to leave early then?
你能早点走吗?
- aMy boss told me that I could either go home early or take a long lunch break another day, so I decided to wait and take a long lunch break another time.
我上司说我可以早点回家或者改天午休休的长一点,所以我决定等到哪天有空中午多休息一会儿.
- bIt was nice of your boss to give you an option. My boss would never do that.
你上司人不错,还给你选择的机会.我上司从来都不会这样.
- aLet’s get back to you. How was your day?
还是说说你吧.你今天怎么样?
- bIt was horrible! It was just one thing after another.
今天真是太可怕了,事情一件接着一件.
- aYou look pretty upset. Are you ok?
你看起来情绪不好.没事吧?
- bI’m fine. But I have bad news.
我没事.但是我有个坏消息.
- aWhat’s that?
是什么?
- bI got sacked today.
我今天被解雇了.
- aYou’re kidding! How did that happen?
你开玩笑吧?到底怎么回事?
- bWell, I was late to work today. It was the third time I was late this week.
嗯,我今天迟到了.这是我这周第三次迟到了.
- aHow late were you?
迟到多长时间?
- bOnly about 5 minutes.
大概只有5分钟.
- aYou got fired for being a few minutes late?
就因为迟到几分钟你就被解雇了.
- bMy boss is really picky about that. He never arrives late, usually works over-time, and always gets his work done on time.
我上司对迟到最敏感了.他自己从不迟到,经常加班,而且总还是按时完成任务.
- aOh well. You never really liked your boss anyway, did you?
哦,你一直都不喜欢你的上司,对吧?