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我专门让你做的，你不记得了吗？ I asked you specifically¹. Don't you remember?

A: I asked you specifically. Don't you remember?

我专门让你做的，你不记得了吗？

B: I'm really sorry. I really don't remember that.

实在对不起，我的确想不起来了。

 

我又被经理骂了。 The manager let me have it again.

=The manager chewed² me out again.

A: The manager let me have it again. 我又被经理骂了。

B: I wonder why the manager is so hard on you.

不晓得经理为什么对你这么严格？

 

经理的性格是不是有问题呀？ The manager has a personality³ problem, doesn't he?

A: The manager has a personality problem, doesn't he?

经理的性格是不是有问题呀？

B: Why do you get blamed? It was his mistake.

为什么要责备你？那是他自己的错！

 

我受不了经理的颐指气使。 I can't stand being bossed around by the manager.

A: Why are you so upset? 你为什么这么生气呢？

B: I can't stand being bossed around by the manager.

我受不了经理的颐指气使。

 

我熟练之后就会做得快一点了。 I'll be much faster if I'm familiar with it.

◆This is all new to me. 对我来说一切都是陌生的。

A: Have you finished it? I need it in a flash.

你做完了吗？我急着要。

B: I'll be much faster if I'm familiar with it.

我熟练之后就会做得快一点了。

 

我根本不想听你的借口。 I really don't want to hear your excuses.

A: I really don't want to hear your excuses. We're running a busy office here.

我根本不想听你的借口。我们这儿干的就是忙事。

B: You're right. I apologize. 您说得对。很抱歉。

 

你看你犯了一个多大的错误！ What a big mistake you have made!

A: What a big mistake you have made!

你看你犯了一个多大的错误！

B: I'll do it well next time. 下次我一定做好。

 

如果你想抽烟，你必须用休息时间。 If you want to smoke, you'll have to use your break time.

A: If you want to smoke, you'll have to use your break time and go outside.

如果你想抽烟，你必须用休息时间而且到外边去。

B: I understand. 我明白。

 

你离开办公桌已经有25分钟了。 You've been away from your desk for 25 minutes already.

A: I don't mind you taking a break, but you've been away from your desk for 25 minutes already.

我不反对你休息，可你离开办公桌已经有25分钟了。

B: I'm sorry. I must have lost track⁴ of the time.

抱歉，我一定忘记钟点了。

 

你做这个项目不够努力，这令我很失望。 I'm disappointed⁵ by your lack of effort on this project.

A: I'm disappointed by your lack of effort on this project.

你做这个项目不够努力，这令我很失望。

B: I've put just as much work into this as anybody else.

我在这上面所投入的一点不比别人少。

 

我不想再听你辩解了。 I've had enough of your excuses.

=I don't want to hear any excuses.

◆No more excuses! 别再辩解了！

A: It's really quite a difficult task for me.

对我来说，这个任务真的很难。

B: I've had enough of your excuses. 我不想再听你辩解了。

 

你是怎么搞的？ How do you handle it?

A: This result is not correct. How do you handle it?

这个结果不对。你是怎么搞的？

B: But I'm just following orders. 但是我是按照要求去做的。

 

请严格遵守时间！下不为例。Be punctual⁶! It's not to be repeated.

A: I'm terribly sorry I'm late. 十分抱歉，我迟到了。

B: Be punctual! It's not to be repeated.

请严格遵守时间！下不为例。

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