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我专门叫你做的，你不记得了吗？ I asked you specifically1. Don't you remember?
A: I asked you specifically. Don't you remember?
我专门叫你做的，你不记得了吗？
B: I'm really sorry. I really don't remember that.
实在对不起，我的确想不起来了。
我又被经理骂了。 The manager let me have it again.
=The manager chewed2 me out again.
A: The manager let me have it again. 我又被经理骂了。
B: I wonder why the manager is so hard on you.
不知道经理为何对你这么严格？
经理的性格特点是否有问题呀？ The manager has a personality3 problem, doesn't he?
A: The manager has a personality problem, doesn't he?
经理的性格特点是否有问题呀？
B: Why do you get blamed? It was his mistake.
为何要责备你？那是他一个人的错！
我受不了经理的颐指气使。 I can't stand being bossed around by the manager.
A: Why are you so upset? 你为何这么生气呢？
B: I can't stand being bossed around by the manager.
我受不了经理的颐指气使。
我熟练之后就会做得快一点了。 I'll be much faster if I'm familiar with it.
◆This is all new to me. 对我来讲所有都是陌生的。
A: Have you finished it? I need it in a flash.
你做完了吗？我急着要。
B: I'll be much faster if I'm familiar with it.
我熟练之后就会做得快一点了。
我根本不想听你的借口。 I really don't want to hear your excuses.
A: I really don't want to hear your excuses. We're running a busy office here.
我根本不想听你的借口。大家这儿干的就是忙事。
B: You're right. I apologize. 你说得对。非常抱歉。
你看你有一个多大的错误！ What a big mistake you have made!
A: What a big mistake you have made!
你看你有一个多大的错误！
B: I'll do it well next time. 下次我肯定做好。
假如你想吸烟，你需要用休息时间。 If you want to smoke, you'll have to use your break time.
A: If you want to smoke, you'll have to use your break time and go outside.
假如你想吸烟，你需要用休息时间而且到外边去。
B: I understand. 我了解。
你离开办公桌已经有25分钟了。 You've been away from your desk for 25 minutes already.
A: I don't mind you taking a break, but you've been away from your desk for 25 minutes already.
我不反对你休息，可你离开办公桌已经有25分钟了。
B: I'm sorry. I must have lost track4 of the time.
抱歉，我肯定忘记钟点了。
你做这个项目不够努力，这令我非常失望。 I'm disappointed5 by your lack of effort on this project.
A: I'm disappointed by your lack of effort on this project.
你做这个项目不够努力，这令我非常失望。
B: I've put just as much work into this as anybody else.
我在这上面所投入的一点不比其他人少。
我不想再听你辩解了。 I've had enough of your excuses.
=I don't want to hear any excuses.
◆No more excuses! 不要再辩解了！
A: It's really quite a difficult task for me.
对我来讲，这个任务真的非常难。
B: I've had enough of your excuses. 我不想再听你辩解了。
你是如何搞的？ How do you handle it?
A: This result is not correct. How do you handle it?
这个结果不对。你是如何搞的？
B: But I'm just following orders. 但我是根据需要去做的。
请严格遵守时间！下不为例。Be punctual6! It's not to be repeated.
A: I'm terribly sorry I'm late. 十分抱歉，我迟到了。
B: Be punctual! It's not to be repeated.
请严格遵守时间！下不为例。
