
愚蠢的錯誤
Bianca is George’s boss. George has done some work with a lot of mistakes. Bianca is not happy.
碧安卡是喬治的老闆,喬治的工作出現許多錯誤,碧安卡很不高興。
boss(n.)老闆、上司
Bianca: George, can I talk to you privately for a moment?
碧安卡:喬治,我能私下跟你談談嗎?
privately(adv.)私下地
George: Sure.
喬治:好的。
sure(adv.)當然
Bianca: We need to talk about the report that you sent me yesterday evening.
碧安卡:我們需要談談你昨天傍晚寄給我的那份報告。
report(n.)報導、報告
George: Is there something wrong with it?
喬治:它有任何問題嗎?
Bianca: George, it is full of silly mistakes. The sales totals don’t add up, and the balance sheet is incorrect.
碧安卡:喬治,它滿是愚蠢的錯誤;銷售總計沒有加總,而資產負債表也是錯的。
full(adj.)充滿的、裝滿的sales(n.)銷售量total(n.)總額、總數add(v.)相加balance sheet(n.)資產負債表incorrect(adj.)不正確的
George: I’m sorry, Bianca.
喬治:我很抱歉,碧安卡。
Bianca: I need you to be more careful next time. I had to spend all last night correcting this report. If you don’t do your job properly then it affects all of us.
碧安卡:我需要你下次更注意一點,我昨晚必須花整個晚上修正這份報告,如果你做得不好,那會影響到我們全部。
careful(adj.)小心的、謹慎的time(v.)次、回spend(v.)花correct(v.)改正、糾正if(conj.)如果properly(adv.)正確地affect(v.)影響
George: I won’t let this happen again.
喬治:我不會讓這種情形再次發生的。
happen(v.)發生
Bianca: Your work is normally very good. Is anything the matter?
碧安卡:你的工作通常都做得很好,你有什麼麻煩嗎?
normally(adv.)通常、一般地matter(n.)事情、事件the matter問題、麻煩事
George: I’m stressed about some problems at home.
喬治:一些家裡的問題讓我倍感壓力。
stressed(adj.)感到有壓力的
Bianca: I’m sorry to hear that. If you need to talk to someone, then my door is open. But please, check your work before you send it next time!
碧安卡:很遺憾聽到這件事;如果你需要找人聊聊,可以隨時來找我。但是,請你下次在寄出報告之前先檢查過。
someone(pron.)某人check(v.)檢查、核對before(conj.)在…之前
George: Will do.
喬治:我會的。