職場英文口語 第207期:傳達想法(1)

Hello again and welcome to English at Work.

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又見面了，歡迎回到“職場英語”。

It's another day at Tip Top Trading and hopefully a happier one, following Denise's bad news about her job.

希望這是丹尼斯在Tip Top Trading得知壞消息後快樂的一天。

I wonder if Tom and Anna are about to get the same bad news?

我想知道湯姆和安娜是不是也要收到同樣的壞消息？

It's really awful having to let a member of your staff go but that's the situation we're in, I'm afraid.

讓一名職員離開是很糟糕的事，但鑑於現在的處境，恐怕不得不這樣。

And now you're going to let us go aren't you?

現在你要讓我們走了，對嗎？

Honestly Paul, I've given my life to this company and, quite frankly, I'm disappointed… no, I'm angry at your decision.

說實話，保羅，我把生命都奉獻在這家公司了，坦白地說，我很失望，不，我對你的決定感到生氣。

See your biscuits? Well…Tom!That's what I think of Tip Top Trading…What? ! Hold on Tom.

看到你的餅乾了嗎？那麼……湯姆！這就是我對Tip Top Trading的看法……什麼？等下，湯姆。

I think you're a bit confused.I'm not sacking you too.

我想你有點誤會。我不是也要解僱你。

I need to talk to you about plastic vegetables… you know, the aubergine idea?

我要跟你們談談塑料蔬菜的事，關於茄子的想法。

Oh… I 're not sacking us?Sorry Paul… I'll buy you some more biscuits.

我懂了。你不是要解僱我們？抱歉，保羅，我會給你買一些餅乾的。

So what was it that you had to say?Plastic s and Anna's idea for a plastic aubergine.I like it. It's good.

那麼你想要說什麼？塑料蔬菜。你和安娜關於塑料茄子的想法。我喜歡，很不錯。