Work taboos 工作禁忌May I ask whether we are allowed to wear casual clothes in the office?我可以問一下我們是否被允許穿便裝上班。Sure, company rules are not very strict at this point.當然，公司在這方面的規定不是很嚴格。Thank you for telling me that.謝謝你告訴我。But remind you, there are some forbidden activities.但是提醒你，有一些禁止的事情。What are they? I’ll be careful.是什麼?我會注意的。Don’t use office phones for personal matters.不要用公司的電話做私人的事。I got it. 我知道了。Never ever come to work drunk, also smoking in the office is not allowed.不要酒後上班，在辦公室抽菸也是不允許的。I see我明白了。 知識點講解：1.Work taboos工作禁區 taboo n. 禁忌，禁止接近，禁止使用 如：Questions and problems that were once taboo are now discussed openly. 一度視爲犯忌的許多問題現在可以公開談論了。 Any mention of politics is taboo in his house. 在他家裏一提政治就犯忌。2.May I ask whether we are allowed to wear casual clothes in the office? 方便問一下，我們平時上班可以穿休閒的衣服嗎？ casual clothes就是我們通常所說的“休閒裝”，那“正裝”一般怎麼說呢？我們可以用formal dress或者suit（套裝）。be allowed to就是“准許做某事”的意思，例如： Students in the campus are not allowed to go out after 11 p.m. 學校裏的學生，11點之後不能出校門。3.B：But remind you, there are some forbidden activities. 提醒你一下，公司裏有些禁令的。 remind sb意思就是“提醒某人”，如：Please remind me to call him later.提醒我帶回給他打個電話。 forbidden 在這裏修飾activites，表示“禁止的”。 As an earnest of my good intentions I will work overtime this week.
