ESL Podcast 560 – Learning Work Rules and Routines
时间：2019-02-05 作者：英语课 分类：地道美语播客
I was happy to finally get a job, but I wasn’t ready for a first day of work like this one.
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Boss: This is your first day and my job is to give you the rundown on how we do things around here. This is a well-oiled machine. Everybody has to pull his or her weight, or things don’t run smoothly 1. Got that?
Olivia: Yes, I do. I’m here to learn and to get up to speed as quickly as possible.
Boss: Good. I expect you to know the drill and be able to fall in line by the end of the week.
Olivia: I will do my very best.
Boss: We don’t like surprises around here, so we’ve built our workday around a lot of routines that every employee follows. We expect people to arrive at 8:30 on the nose. That’s our start time and there is no leeway whatsoever 2. If you’re habitually 3 late, you’re out. Got that?
Olivia: Got it.
Boss: We’re no run-of-the-mill company. We have a tried and true system here and we expect all of our employees to follow lockstep. Got that?
Olivia: Yes, sir.
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I needed a job, but when I was offered this one, I didn’t know what I was letting myself in for. I didn’t have a new boss. I had a drill sergeant 4!
Script by Dr. Lucy Tse
- The workmen are very cooperative,so the work goes on smoothly.工人们十分合作，所以工作进展顺利。
- Just change one or two words and the sentence will read smoothly.这句话只要动一两个字就顺了。
- There's no reason whatsoever to turn down this suggestion.没有任何理由拒绝这个建议。
- All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you,do ye even so to them.你想别人对你怎样，你就怎样对人。
- The pain of the disease caused him habitually to furrow his brow. 病痛使他习惯性地紧皱眉头。
- Habitually obedient to John, I came up to his chair. 我已经习惯于服从约翰，我来到他的椅子跟前。