又缺席又出包
Kevin and Alice are in the office pantry. Alice looks tired and stressed. Kevin notices her worried face.
凱文和愛麗絲正在辦公室的茶水間裡。愛麗絲看起來很累、壓力很大。凱文注意到了她擔憂的表情。
pantry(n.)食品儲藏室、餐具室、茶水間pantry cabinet儲藏櫃stressed(adj.)感到壓力的highly stressed極度壓力大的stressful(adj.)令人有壓力的
Alice: Kevin, I am going crazy. I cannot work with Ben anymore. He is a total nightmare.
愛麗絲：凱文，我快瘋了。我再也受不了跟班共事了。他簡直是個噩夢。
not…anymore不再=no longernightmare(n.)噩夢、可怕的人事物
Kevin: Oh no, what did he do this time? Did he forget another deadline?
凱文：噢不，他這次又做了什麼？他又錯過截止期限了嗎？
set a deadline設定截止日期meet a deadline準時完成、趕上期限
Alice: Worse! He missed our big meeting this morning, and then he sent me his report. It is full of mistakes! I have to do his job for him again.
愛麗絲：比那更糟糕！他今天早上缺席了重要會議，之後他把報告寄給我。那份報告錯誤百出！我又得幫他把工作做一遍。
send sb. sth.寄給某人某物=send sth. to sb.be full of充滿／be filled with充滿mistake(n.)錯誤make a mistake犯錯correct a mistake糾正錯誤
Kevin: Wow. He really likes to pass the buck. He always makes other people do his work.
凱文：哇。他真的很喜歡甩鍋。他總是讓別人替他做工作。
pass the buck推卸責任、甩鍋make O. VR讓某人做
Alice: Exactly! He just sits there and plays with his phone all day. I am so tired of cleaning up his messes.
愛麗絲：沒錯！他整天就坐在那裡玩手機。我真是厭倦了幫他收拾爛攤子。
be tired of…厭倦～clean up one’s mess幫某人收拾爛攤子、清理殘局
Kevin: You need to talk to the manager, Alice. It is not fair to you.
凱文：你必須和經理談談，愛麗絲。這對你一點都不公平。
talk to sb.和～談話(單向)talk with sb.和～談話(雙向)fair(adj.)公平的、適度的、尚可的
Alice: I know, but I don’t want to create conflict in the office.
愛麗絲：我知道，但我不想在辦公室製造衝突。
conflict(n.)衝突、爭執
Kevin: It is not conflict; it is business. If you do not say anything, he will never change.
凱文：這不是衝突，這是公事公辦。如果你什麼都不說，他永遠都不會改變。
business(n.)商業、買賣、公司do business做生意in business公司營運中
Alice: You are right. I will schedule a meeting with our boss tomorrow. I cannot carry his load forever.
愛麗絲：你說得對。我明天會和我們老闆約個時間開會。我不能永遠替他收拾善後。
schedule(v.)安排、排定(時間)(n.)時程表stick to a schedule遵守時間表ahead of schedule超前進度／behind schedule落後進度load(n.)承載量、負擔workload(n.)工作負荷take a load off (one’s mind, shoulders)放下重擔、減輕壓力
Kevin: Good for you! Let’s get some coffee now. My treat!
凱文：這樣就對了！我們現在去喝杯咖啡吧。我請客！
my treat我請客treat(n.)款待、享受、特別的禮物
Alice: Thanks, Kevin. You are the best colleague ever!
愛麗絲：謝謝你，凱文。你真的是有史以來最好的同事了！
colleague(n.)同事=coworker