常用英语口语听力Topic294:升迁和涨薪

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经典背诵 Recitation
Jane: I'm very glad to hear that my good friend Shirley gets promoted. She is always very careful and responsible. She deserves this promotion. She asks me to work hard and get nominated next time. I hope so. What's more, the company gave Shirley a prize of 1,000 Yuan, so it's her treat.

生词小结
exceptional adj. 杰出的

nominate vt. 提名

注释
my treat 口语表达，意思是“我来付钱，我请客。”

Material 语素
When is payment for overtime required on New York State public work?

At a minimum, all work performed on a public work project in excess of eight hours in any one day or more than five days in any workweek is overtime. However, the specific overtime requirements for each trade or occupation on a public work project may differ. The specific overtime requirements for each trade or occupation are contained in the prevailing rate schedules issued for public work projects.

什么时间才算是纽约公共工作的加班时间？

至少，所有属于公共事业项目的工作，如果是工作时间超过了一天八个小时或者是一周超过了五天都属于加班的范畴。然而，属于公共事业项目工作的加班的要求会由于职位的不同而有特殊的要求。具体每种职位的加班要求在公共事业项目工作颁发的安排表里。

Office Romance

Nowadays, office workers start to spend more and more time at work for various reasons, and consequently more time with their co-workers. As a result, office romance is alive and flourishing. Though it is fairly common these days, there are still a lot of concerns about it for its unwanted influences on the workplace. So it's forbidden in most of the companies.

办公室恋情

现今，公司员工因各种原因在办公室工作的时间越来越长，因此与同事相处的时间也有所增多。结果，办公室恋情油然而生。尽管现在办公室恋情相当普遍，但是对其仍然存在很多顾虑，因为它会给办公室带来不利影响。因此，大部分公司都禁止办公室恋情。