A Day in the Life of a Typical American White Collar Worker
Situation 8 Meeting the Boss-1 见老板
(Mr. Barnes calls Steve on the intraoffice phone) 先生用室内电话叫）
Mr. Barnes: Dawson? 华生先生吗？
Steve: Yes, this is he. 是的，我就是
Mr. Barnes: Contact Goddard and come up to my office immediately. I want to [wanna] go over today's meeting in advance. 联系Goddard并且立即到我的办公室来 我想提前召开今天的会议。
Steve: Mr. Goddard is with me now; we'll come up right away. (Steve to James.) Well, that was the old man; It's show time. And he sounds a little nervous, which means we have to be even more careful. Goddard先生现在就和我在一起，我们马上就来。 (走向詹姆士) 喂，是老头子， 到时间去见他了。 听起来让人有一点紧张，那意味着我们必须得更小心。
James: I'll be extremely careful. I just don't want him to yell at me again. I'm an engineer, not a secretary. 我会很小心的 我才不希望他又对我大呼小叫。 我是个工程师，不是秘书。
Steve: Be careful. Lisa might hear you. Anyway, let's go. 小心点，会听见你的。好吧，我们走吧
(Steve and James go up to Mr. Barnes' office and his secretary sends them in. They knock on the door.) 和詹姆士来到先生的办公室并且他的秘书领他们进去， 他们敲门。）
