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?