職場競爭力
Jeff and Catherine are coworkers. They hold different opinions on whether people should pursue further education while holding a job.
傑夫跟凱瑟琳是同事。他們對於有工作後是否還要繼續學習這件事有不同意見。
coworker(n.)同事hold(v.)持有different(adj.)不同的opinion(n.)看法pursue(v.)追求further(adv.)進一步地education(n.)教育job(n.)工作
Jeff: I was really tired yesterday!
傑夫：昨天真的好累啊！
tired(adj.)疲累的
Catherine: Didn’t you get off work on time? Why were you tired?
凱瑟琳：你不是準時下班嗎？累什麼？
get off work下班on time準時tired(adj.)疲累的
Jeff: I went to my English conversation class after work.
傑夫：我昨天去上英語會話課。
conversation(n.)會話
Catherine: You still have time to attend classes when there is barely enough time to deal with company affairs?
凱瑟琳：處理公司的事都快沒時間了，你還有空上課？
attend(v.)參加、出席barely(adv.)幾乎沒有enough(adj.)足夠的deal with處理company(n.)公司affair(n.)事務
Jeff: What I learn in class will benefit both me and the company in the future!
傑夫：我學到的東西對公司或對自己的未來都有好處！
benefit(v.)對⋯⋯有益處company(n.)公司
Catherine: What’s the point of you learning English when the company only does business in Taiwan?
凱瑟琳：我們公司只做台灣的生意，你學英文有什麼用？
company(n.)公司business(n.)商務活動
Jeff: How do you know that the company won’t attempt to do business internationally one day? Or maybe I will work in a foreign company in the future.
傑夫：你怎麼知道會不會有天我們公司開始拓展國際業務？或者，也許未來我會到外商公司上班。
company(n.)公司attempt(v.)嘗試business(n.)商務活動internationally(adv.)國際地foreign(adj.)外國的
Catherine: You’re really preparing well ahead of time!
凱瑟琳：你真的是提前做好萬全準備。
prepare(v.)準備ahead(adv.)在前面