職場英文口語 第260期:宣佈決定(1)

Hello again and welcome back to English at Work – the drama about life at the plastic fruit production company called Tip Top Trading.

大家好，歡迎來到職場英語收聽Tip Top Trading塑料水果製造公司上演的情景劇。

You may remember Anna, the company's newest and brightest sales executive, was offered a promotion and a marriage proposal at the same time.

你可能還記得安娜，這個最聰明的女孩是這家公司新來的銷售主管。最近她同時得到了工作升職的機會與求婚。

She's taken time out to think about her reply but everyone in the office really misses her.

她最近一直在花時間想該怎樣回覆，不過辦公室裏的每個人都很想念她。

I dunno Denise, I'd be good for Anna, I think we would be been a perfect pair.

丹尼斯，我真的不知道，不過我覺得我一定會對安娜好的，我覺得我們是天生一對。

Mr and Mrs Darcy… it sounds good…

達西先生和達西夫人……這聽起來很好……

I'm back!Anna! I…we weren't expecting you.

我回來了！安娜！我……我們沒想到你會這麼快回來。

Yes I can see – perhaps you could tidy up your desk Tom.

我看出來了，湯姆，也許你該清理一下你的桌子。

Very funny Anna – still trying to be the boss!So did you have a good trip?Did you get some 'head space'?

好吧，安娜，你還是那麼愛發號施令。你的旅途愉快嗎？你的“大腦得到放鬆的空間”了嗎？

He means time alone to think about the things you want to think about.

他的意思是，時間能讓人想通應該考慮的事情。

Tell him you've been chewing things over – it means you've been thinking about your proposals and say I have come to a final decision.

告訴他，你已經仔細考慮過了。意思就是說，你已經考慮了他的求婚，並要得出一個最終的結論。