商务职场口语47
最后期限
Deadline
A: Let’s take a coffee break, shall we?
A:我们来喝杯咖啡休息一会儿吧,怎么样?
B: I wish I could, but I can’t.
B:我很想这么做,可我不能。
A: What keeps you so busy? You’ve been sitting there for hours. You’ve got to walk around. You just can’t stay on the computer forever.
A:什么让你这么忙?你在这里坐了好几个小时了。得走动走动。不能永远待在电脑旁边。
B: Well, I’m up to my neck in work. I’ve got to finish this report. Tom needs it by noon. I don’t want to be scolded if I can’t finish my work by the deadline.
B:嗯,可我工作忙得很。我必须完成这份报告。汤姆中午前就需要它。我不想自己因为不能在最后期限之前完成工作而被骂。
A: I understand that, but you’d feel better if you took a break, even for just a short while.
A:我能理解,不过要是休息一会儿的话你会感觉好一些的,哪怕只是一小会儿。