英語口語大贏家Topic294:升遷和漲薪 Promotion and Salary

雪莉最近被提升爲了財務室主任，那麼她被提升之後工作會有什麼變化呢？來看看她和簡的談話吧！

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Jane: I was really glad to hear about your promotion. Congratulations!

Shirley: Thanks, Jane. I was really surprised. I mean there were a lot of qualified people out there.

Jane: Sure, but the work you did was really exceptional! You definitely deserved it!

Shirley: Thanks a lot.

Jane: You are always responsible and careful.

Shirley: Jane, I appreciate it very much. I expect to see you get nominated pretty soon, too. You've been doing some great work!

Jane: Thank you. I'll try my best. By the way, when do you take over the new position?

Shirley: Next month.

Jane: So what are you responsible for?

Shirley: I'm going to manage the whole accounts department.

Jane: So you must get higher pay than before.

Shirley: Yes, the company will also give me a prize of 1,000 Yuan.

Jane: 1,000 Yuan? That's great! So…

Shirley: OK, I know what you mean. It's my treat.

Jane: Really? Can I order anything I want?

Shirley: Of course. Let's go.

聽看學
簡: 聽說你最近升職了，恭喜你！

雪莉: 謝謝你，簡。我太驚訝了。我的意思是還有很多其他優秀的人才。

簡: 確實是這樣的，但是你做的工作是獨一無二的！這是你應得的。

雪莉: 真是太謝謝你了。

簡: 你非常負責，而且也非常細心。

雪莉: 簡，真是非常感謝你的誇獎。我希望不久你也能被提名。你工作也一直非常認真。

簡: 謝謝。我會盡力的。對了，那你什麼時候上任呢？

雪莉: 下個月。

簡: 那你主要負責什麼樣的工作呢？

雪莉: 我要負責整個財務室。

簡: 那你的工資應該比以前要高吧。

雪莉: 是的，公司還會給我1，000元錢作爲獎金。

簡: 1，000塊？很不錯哦！那……

雪莉: 好了，我知道你的意思。今天我請客。

簡: 真的嗎？那我想點什麼都可以嗎？

雪莉: 當然啦，我們走吧。

經典背誦 Recitation
Jane: I'm very glad to hear that my good friend Shirley gets promoted. She is always very careful and responsible. She deserves this promotion. She asks me to work hard and get nominated next time. I hope so. What's more, the company gave Shirley a prize of 1,000 Yuan, so it's her treat.

生詞小結
exceptional adj. 傑出的

nominate vt. 提名

註釋
my treat 口語表達，意思是“我來付錢，我請客。”

Material 語素
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At a minimum, all work performed on a public work project in excess of eight hours in any one day or more than five days in any workweek is overtime. However, the specific overtime requirements for each trade or occupation on a public work project may differ. The specific overtime requirements for each trade or occupation are contained in the prevailing rate schedules issued for public work projects.

什麼時間纔算是紐約公共工作的加班時間？

至少，所有屬於公共事業項目的工作，如果是工作時間超過了一天八個小時或者是一週超過了五天都屬於加班的範疇。然而，屬於公共事業項目工作的加班的要求會由於職位的不同而有特殊的要求。具體每種職位的加班要求在公共事業項目工作頒發的安排表裏。

Office Romance

Nowadays, office workers start to spend more and more time at work for various reasons, and consequently more time with their co-workers. As a result, office romance is alive and flourishing. Though it is fairly common these days, there are still a lot of concerns about it for its unwanted influences on the workplace. So it's forbidden in most of the companies.

辦公室戀情

現今，公司員工因各種原因在辦公室工作的時間越來越長，因此與同事相處的時間也有所增多。結果，辦公室戀情油然而生。儘管現在辦公室戀情相當普遍，但是對其仍然存在很多顧慮，因爲它會給辦公室帶來不利影響。因此，大部分公司都禁止辦公室戀情。