英语口语8000句之五：在工作单位篇

我们开始吧。
Let's get started.
Let's begin! *用于任何场合。
Here we go.
Let's get down to business. *谈生意进入正题时使用。
Let's get down to work. (我们开始工作吧。)
现在我不能放下这个工作。
I can't leave this job at the moment.
Let's take a vacation soon. (我们马上休假吧。)
I can't leave this job at the moment. (现在我不能放下这个工作。)
I'm tied up at the moment.
我太忙了，顾不上那么琐碎的事。
I'm too busy to bother with such details. *detail“细小的，零碎的”。
我忙得四脚朝天。
I'm so busy, I'd really appreciate any help I could get.
别偷懒!
Don't slack off! *slack“懒惰”、“马马虎虑”、“松散”，slack off 表示“做事松松散散”、“偷工减料”。
尽你的全力!
Do your best!
悠着点儿。
Don't work too hard.
Good-bye, John. (约翰，再见。)
Bye. Don't work too hard. (再见。悠着点儿。)
打起精神来。
Pull yourself together. *pull oneself together“打起精神，振作起来”。
Pull yourself together. (打起精神来。)
But I just made a big mistake. (可是我出了个很大的差错。)
Get a hold of yourself.
你可以找我呀!
You can count on me. *count on...“指望”、“依赖”。
I need more help with the project. (这个计划还得找人帮忙。)
Well, you can count on me. (那，你可以找我呀。)
连喘口气的工夫都没有。
I don't even have time to catch my breath.
How's work? (工作怎么样?)
I don't even have time to catch my breath. (连喘口气的工夫都没有。)
I don't have time to breathe.
你怎么耽搁了?
What's keeping you?
What's keeping you? Hurry up. (你怎么耽搁了，快点儿!)
I'll be over soon. (马上就来。)
换个工作是惟一的解决办法。
Changing jobs is the only way out. *way out“解决办法”。
你应该更加努力工作。
You'd better work harder.
You should work harder. *这句不如上句语气强烈。
我是个工作狂。
I'm a workaholic. *这句话既可以是褒义也可以是贬义。它是“工作的”(work)和“酒精中毒”(alcoholic)的混合语。另外可以把喜欢吃巧克力的人说成“chocoholic”，把购物狂说成“shopaholic”。口语中常用。
我不知道这张表怎么填。
I don't know how to fill out this form. *fill out“在空白处填写”。form是“填写用表”。
这张表怎么填?
How do I fill out this form?
您能帮我填一下这张表吗?
Can you help me with this form?
看来会议要开长时间了，是吧?
It looks like it's going to be a long meeting, doesn't it? *look like...“好像要……”，“看样子……”。
This is gonna be a long one. (看来要拖长时间了。)
会议开得很成功。
The meeting went well.
That went well. (进行得很顺利。)
我已经尽了最大的努力了。
I did all I could do.
Why didn't you help more? (怎么没再帮他一把?)
I did all I could do. (我已经尽了最大的努力了。)
That's all I can do.
There is nothing more I can do. (我已经使出了浑身解数。)
你觉得印象深刻吗?
Are you impressed?
Are you impressed? (你觉得印象深刻吗?)
Very. (印象很深刻啊。)
Isn't it impressive?
请在重要事项的下面划线。
Please underline the important items. *underline 可用作动词，“在……下划线”。
好，没问题!
Check. *对方在检查名单时表示满意的用法。
你能把要点说得再清楚点儿吗?
Would you get to the point? *get to the
point“抓住重点，进入正题”。
Would you get to the point? (你能把要点说得再清楚点儿吗?)
All right, all right. (好的，好的。)
What's the point? (什么是重点?)
Stop beating around the bush.
What are you trying to say? (你想说什么?) *比较温和的说法。
全部重做。
Please do it all over again. *all over again“再重新做”，用于不好的事情。
Please do it all over again. (全部重做。)
From the beginning? (从头开始吗?)
Please start over from the beginning.
把这个给田中先生传真过去。
Fax this paper to Mr. Tanaka. *fax是facsimile的缩略形式，用作动词。
请把那份文件交给我。
Please hand the document in to me. *hand in“提交，交出”。
Please hand the document in to me. (请把那份文件交给我。)
What document are you talking about? (你说的是哪份文件?)
Please submit the document to me.
Please hand in the document to me.
这是我的得意之作。
This is a piece of work I can be proud of. *多用于针对论文作品或计划。
I'm really proud of this.
我找不到我的涂改液了。
I can't find my white-out. *white-out“涂改液”。