In this conversation, Sandra Jones, a project manager,has just arrived for a meeting with her superior¹, Joan Thomas. The meeting is to discuss some of the projects that Sandra is responsible for.
Joan: Hi, Sandra. Come on in.

　　Sandra: Good morning, Joan.

　　Joan: I want to congratulate you on the Arelia project. That was a job well done.

　　Sandra: Thank you, Joan. I appreciate it. It was a very interesting project. I really enjoyed working on it.

　　Joan: It looks like the ROI will be even better than your Ioma project, and you aced² that one.

　　Sandra: Thanks again. Now that was a real exciting

　　 project.

　　Joan: Unfortunately, I must mention that, from what I’ve seen so far, the Kaly project does not seem to be up to your usual standard. Is there any problem I can help with?

　　Sandra: Not really. I’ll get it back on track. I’m sorry. I think I jumped the gun on that one.

　　Joan: I’m sure you can straighten things out. Well, keep up the good work, Sandra.

　　Sandra: I’ll do my best.#p#

　　中：

　　在下面这一段对话中，项目经理Sandra Jones和她的上级Joan Thomas 刚刚到会议室准备开会。会议的内容是讨论Sandra 正在负责的一个项目。

　　Joan: 你好,Sandra,请进。

　　Sandra: 早上好，Joan。

　　Joan: 恭喜你的Arelia项目取得圆满成功。

　　Sandra: 谢谢，Joan。我很感激。这个项目很有意思。我很喜欢干。

　　Joan: 看上去ROI项目会比IOMA做得更好，那个项目，你做得很成功。

　　Sandra: 再一次谢谢你。这个项目真的很刺激。

　　Joan： 不过，我不得不指出，根据我所了解的情况来看，Kaly项目好像没有展现出你的正常水平。有什么我可以帮忙的吗？

　　Sandra: 不用。我会让它马上步入正轨。很抱歉，我想在那个项目上我开始得太仓促了。

　　Joan: 我相信你能处理得很好。继续好好工作, Sandra。

　　Sandra: 我会尽力的。