A Day in the Life of a Typical American White Collar Worker Situation 21 James' Office-1 在James的办公室
James: Stacy, would you get Steve Dawson on the line for me, please? 你能帮我接、的电话吗?
Stacy: Right away, Mr. Goddard. (Dials Steve's extension) Mr. Dawson, this is Mr. Goddard's office, please hold for Mr. Goddard. 马上,、先生 (拨通的分机)先生,这里是先生的办公室, 请跟先生讲话。
James: (Speaking on the phone) Good morning Steve, how's it going? 在电话里说)早上好,进行的怎么样?
Steve: James! Yeah... I'm okay. How are you? James!我很好,你呢?
James: I'm doing pretty well this morning. But you don't sound so good. Is something wrong? 我今天早上非常好,但是听起来你不是很好 有什么事吗?
Steve: Well, it's just that I've been worrying all night about what happened yesterday. I still feel terrible about the way I acted in the meeting. 只是我一晚上都在担心昨天发生的事情。 我仍觉得我在会议上的表现糟糕极了。
James: Listen, I told you last night to forget about it. 听着,昨天晚上我告诉过你要忘记这件事情。
Steve: I know you did. But I can't get over it so easily. I really feel like I let you down yesterday. 我知道你是说了。但是我不能那么容易恢复过来。 我真的觉得我昨天让你下不了台。