时间:2018-12-03 作者:英语课 分类:2012年ESL之商务英语


英语课

 


Working Shifts 


Lisette: You’re the new kid on the block, aren’t you? 


Danny: Yeah, it’s my first day. 


Lisette: I’m Lisette. 


Danny: I’m Danny. Nice to meet you. 


Lisette: You’re lucky to be starting on the day shift. When I started working here umpteen 1 years ago, I had to work the graveyard 2 shift for two years before I got the day shift. 


Danny: I guess I am lucky, but I wouldn’t mind working any shift, even double shifts, once I get up to speed. My wife and I are expecting our first child and we need to save up. 


Lisette: Oh, yeah? Congratulations! Well, there are always people who want time off and need someone to cover for them. You can usually pick up extra hours and shifts that way. Sometimes, there’s even overtime 3, but the veteran workers get first dibs. 


Danny: I can understand that. Well, if you ever need anybody to cover for you, just give me a shout. 


Lisette: All right, I’ll keep it in mind. Maybe I can help you save up for a diaper or two. 


 


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 



1 umpteen
adj.多的,大量的;n.许许多多
  • That punk got into umpteen fights.那个混混打斗无数。
  • I told him umpteen times,and yet he can't remember.我跟他说过好几百回了,可是他就是记不住。
2 graveyard
n.坟场
  • All the town was drifting toward the graveyard.全镇的人都象流水似地向那坟场涌过去。
  • Living next to a graveyard would give me the creeps.居住在墓地旁边会使我毛骨悚然。
3 overtime
adj.超时的,加班的;adv.加班地
  • They are working overtime to finish the work.为了完成任务他们正在加班加点地工作。
  • He was paid for the overtime he worked.他领到了加班费。
学英语单词
acceptance of machine
aid and comfort
apause
application client
application function
Arden, Mt.
Ascophora
bactericides
bake-oven
be driven
be referred to
Berlin Zoological Garden and Aquarium
bloodsworth
bread-and-circuses
Butocaine
celi(o)-
Cheremkhovo
convulsional
convulsionist
counteradvice
cross section map
delivery clause
diazomethanes
dimethyltectorigenin
disc stop
dislocation martensite
distichus
ecologic threshold
elihus
ethylenediamine tartrate
Eupenicillium
ferrite-diode circuit
film contraction
flood intensity
florifications
forcing spindle
genus cistothoruss
genus Tridacna
glasnost
goshwowboyoboy
heap roasting
heat-regenerator
highlen
how no
initial torque
inquiry-clause
lead glance (galena)
Levaya Khetta
Livingston,Robert R.
Mazovian
mechanical regulator
moment due to yawing
nearly related major key
nonlinear scanning
Ochnaceae
Otacanthus
pal(a)eopedology
par me
platypodia tomentosa
priority interrupt control unit
put life into something
quality insurance chain
quasi-negative operator
radio beam
reference amplitude tape
reflexive command
rhinocephalus
Ribes' ganglia
risistance
rotating cylinder
rotor magnet
Sambang-ni
sash locks
satinashes
Savic orogeny
shagbark
Side-channel
signal scanner
small and medium sized business
software laser
sol rubber
soloman
soybean yields
spectral sensitivity peak
stripped of
surgical process
tension load cell
test pit
theory of negating juristic person
thieved
tiam
torreson
transit level
tribute-paying
trubin
upper side band
vanilla extract
voo
warning signs for approaching a station
weaver finch
wire line jar
word locator