地道美语听力练习:整理办公室 Organizing Your Office

I have a very disorganized office. My co- workers have been making jokes about my office for a long time, and my boss finally cracked down on me. He told me: “Get the office organized by Friday – no excuses!” What choice did I have?
我的办公室很乱。同事们拿我的办公室开玩笑已经有很长的时间了，老板最终给我施压。他对我说：“周五前把办公室收拾好——没有借口！” 我能有什么选择？

I’ve always been a pack rat. I hate to throw anything out, but I was determined to turn over a new leaf. It’s true I’ve worked in the same office for four years and have accumulated a lot of paper, but if I put my mind to it, I’m sure I could get rid of all of the clutter.
我总是搜集些无用的东西，我讨厌丢弃东西，我下定决心重新开始。我在同一间办公室已经工作4年了，我积累了很多纸。但是如果我打定主意清理，我保证所有的混乱都能清除。

There are piles of paper and files all over my desk and sorting them out won’t be easy. All I need to do, though, is to purge my filing cabinets of old files to make room for new ones. I also need to triage the papers on my desk, on the floor, and in my overflowing inbox. Then, I only need to make new files and label them. Finally, I’ll only keep those things on my desk that are essential and get rid of anything that isn’t.
办公桌是有成堆的纸和文件，给它们分类不是件容易的事。我所需要做的就是，清除包含旧文件的文件柜来为新文件提供空间。我还需要将桌子上，地上以及挤爆了的邮箱中的文件分类。然后，我只需要留些新文件并贴上标签。最后，我只需要将必须的文件留在桌子上，其他的都清除。

That’s a pretty good plan, don’t you think? I’ve already made a to-do list. Now all I need to do is start on those tasks!
一个很不错的计划，你怎么想？ 我还列了张要做的事的列表。现在我要开始做这些活了。

disorganized adj.杂乱无章的crack down 对…采取严厉措施pack rat  收集无用物件的人turn over a new leaf  重新开始; 改过自新accumulate v. 积累put my mind to it 打……的主意clutter n.混乱pile n.堆file n. 文件sort v.分类purge v.  清除filing cabinet  档案柜; 文件柜make room for 为……腾出空间triage  v. 分类overflowing  adj. 溢出的,过剩的label v. 贴标签于essential  adj. 必要的to-do list 要做的事的列表task  n. 工作,任务