A: Ms. Montgomery? Do you have a moment? 蒙格玛利女士，您这会有空吗？
B: Sure, Brian. What's on your mind? 有空，布莱恩。有事吗？
A: I'm a bit upset about this year's bonus. I was really expecting a little more. Are there any problems with my work? 今年的奖金有点令人沮丧。我以为会多些呢。是我的工作有什么问题吗？
B: No, not at all, Brian. This year, we've all had to cut back. I'm hoping next year's going to better. I hope you can understand. 没有，一点都没有，布莱恩。今年我们大家都得紧一些。预计明年会好点，希望你能理解。
A: Hello, Mr. Kramer. Could you spare a minute? 您好，克莱默先生。能占您一点时间吗？
B: That's about all I can spare, Karen. What do you need? 只能是一点点，凯伦。你有什么事？
A: I need to talk to you about that new secretary you've hired. I think I'm going to have some problems working with her. 我想说的是您新录用的秘书。我觉得我和她在工作中会发生些问题。
B: She seems to be quite qualified. If it's a personal problem, I'd prefer it if you would work it out between yourselves. 她好像挺称职的嘛。如果是个人问题，我倒希望你们自己解决。
A: I'm not sure what you expect me to do, Michelle. You've not been very clear about any of this. 我搞不清楚你期望我做什么，米歇尔。这些事你都没讲清楚。
B: I'm sorry, Clint. Maybe I didn't make myself clear enough. We should get together to discuss this. 对不起，科林特。可能我确实没弄清楚。我们可以一起来讨论这事。
A: Yeah. I think that would be a good idea. I'm really in the dark on everything. 对，我想这会是个好主意。我的确是一头雾水。
B: Fine. Let's meet this afternoon. I'll draw you a better picture of the situation. 好，我们今天下午见。我会给你把情况描述得更清楚些。
