A Day in the Life of a Typical American White Collar Worker
Situation 7 The Secretary-1 秘书
Steve: I'll call my secretary and have her make copies of your outline. 我会叫我的秘书并让她复印你的摘要。
James: Are you sure that's okay? I mean, she doesn't really work for me. What if she gets angry. 你确定那样能行吗？ 我意思是说，她不会为我工作 如果她生气怎么办？
Steve: No problem. She works for me, and you and I are working on this project together. Watch and learn. (Steve picks up the phone.) Lisa, could you come in here please? 没问题。她为我工作，何况你又和我合作同一个工程 看且学着点。（Steve拿起电话。） 你能进来一下吗？
Lisa: I can but I won't. It's only eight fifty-five and I don't start work until nine o'clock. 我能但我不想进来 才八点五十五，我到九点才开始工作
James: Well, Steve, I guess she knows who's the boss. 噢，, 我猜她知道谁是老板。
Steve: Very funny. We'll just have to wait for five minutes, That's all. 非常有趣。我们只好再等五分钟，就这样吧
James: Whatever you say. 你说了算。
(At two minutes after nine o'clock.) （九点过二分）
Steve: Lisa, do you think you could come in here now? 你认为你现在可以进来了吗？
