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本週話題焦點：加薪 (如何開口要求加薪)
Jack and Diane are taking their lunch break together at a food court at B1 of their office building.
Jack 和 Diane 在他們辦公大樓的地下一樓餐飲區一起午休。 |
Diane: What's the matter with you today? I can tell that you've got something on your mind.
Diane：你今天怎麼啦？我感覺得出來你好像有心事。
Jack: Well, I have a meeting with my supervisor this afternoon and I'm a little nervous.
Jack：嗯，我今天下午要跟我上司會談，我有點緊張。
Diane: Nervous about what?
Diane：緊張什麼？
Jack: You know, I've been working here for five years now, and I've never gotten a raise.
Jack：你知道的，我已經在這裡工作五年了，而我從來沒有被加薪過。
Diane: So are you going to ask for one?
Diane：所以你要去要求加薪？
Jack: Yeah, that's what I'm going to discuss with my supervisor later on today.
Jack：是阿，這就是我今天晚一點要去跟我上司談的事情。
Diane: I wouldn't be nervous if I were you. It has been long overdue!
Diane：我要是你就不會緊張。這也拖太久了吧！
Jack: I just feel awkward about asking for it.
Jack：我只是覺得很難開口要求。
Diane: Inflation has been going up over the past couple of years, so I think that it's quite reasonable to ask for a raise.
Diane：這幾年通貨膨脹的很厲害，所以我覺得要求加薪是很合理的。
Jack: You're right! Prices have been going up! This fried rice is ten dollars more expensive than it was last year!
Jack：你說得對！物價一直在上漲！這盤炒飯就比去年的時候還要貴十塊！
Diane: Let me know how everything goes. If you get a raise, then maybe I'll ask my supervisor for one, too!
Diane：讓我知道事情進行得如何。如果你被加薪了，那或許我也要來問問我上司。
Jack: Don't push your luck. You've only been working here for nine months!
Jack：別太得寸進尺啊。你才來這裡工作九個月而已！
重要字詞講解：1. supervisor (n.) 管理人
例：I have a meeting with my supervisor this afternoon and I'm a little nervous.
（我今天下午要跟我上司會談，我有點緊張。）
例：My supervisor treats me very well, and I have learned a lot from him.
（我的上司對我很好，而且我也從他那�學到很多。）
2. overdue (adj.) 過期的
例：I wouldn't be nervous if I were you. It has been long overdue!
（我要是你就不會緊張。這也拖太久了吧！）
例：You water bill has been overdue for two weeks. Go and pay it now!
（你的水費帳單已經過期兩個星期了，快點去繳吧！）
3. awkward (adj.) 不合適的；尷尬的
例：I just feel awkward about asking for it.
（我只是覺得很難開口要求。）
例：I feel awkward sitting with these people.
（跟這些人坐在一起讓我覺得很彆扭。）
※ 小叮嚀：
要說明對於做什麼事很 awkward，可在後面加現在分詞；要說明對什麼東西很 awkward，可以後面加介系詞，再加名詞。
4. inflation (n.) 通貨膨脹
例：Inflation has been going up over the past couple of years.
（這幾年通貨膨脹的很厲害。）
例：A general rise of prices and wages is the necessary result of inflation.
（價格和薪資的普遍上揚是通貨膨脹的必然結果。）
5. push someone's luck 得寸進尺
例：on't push your luck. You've only been working here for nine months!
（別太得寸進尺啊。你才來這裡工作九個月而已！）
例：He tried to push his luck in the card game and lost all his chips in the end.
（他想在紙牌遊戲中得寸進尺，結果輸光了他的籌碼。）
小試身手
1. Don't ____ ____ ____. Get your ____ report done as soon as possible. Your ____ has been too nice to you, you know.
（不要得寸進尺，盡快完成你過期的報告。你的上司對你太好了。）
2. I felt ____ sitting at the same table with him. The only topic we could talk about is ____ and something like that.
（跟他坐同一張桌子感覺得不自在，我們只能聊聊通貨膨脹之類的話題。）
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解答
1. Don't push your luck. Get your overdue report done as soon as possible. Your supervisor has been too nice to you, you know.
（不要得寸進尺，盡快完成你過期的報告。你的上司對你太好了。）
2. I felt awkward sitting at the same table with him. The only topic we could talk about is inflation and something like that.
（跟他坐同一張桌子感覺得不自在，我們只能聊聊通貨膨脹之類的話題。）
相關實用句型解析
1. 某人可以感覺 / 辨識 …
sb can tell (that) + 子句 …
例：I can tell that you've got something on your mind.
（我感覺得出來你好像有心事。）
例： I could tell that the man is an Australian from his unique accent.
（我可以從他特殊的口音辨識出來，那個男人是澳洲人。）
※ 小叮嚀：
動詞 tell 在此句型中，為「感覺；辨識；知道」之意，而非一般我們所學到的「告訴」。"tell that … from …"表示「從…可以辨識出來 …」。
2. 某物比 …貴（多少錢）
sth is (… dollars) more expensive than …
例：This fried rice is ten dollars more expensive than it was last year!
（這盤炒飯就比去年的時候還要貴十塊！）
例：This dress is one thousand dollars more expensive than the one I bought yesterday!
（這件洋裝比我昨天買的那件還要貴一千元！）
小試身手
1. 警察可以感覺得出來這房子裡有些不對勁。
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2. 你能相信連這裡的一杯水都比台灣的要貴上二十元嗎？
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解答
1. The policeman could tell that there was something wrong inside the house.
2. Can you believe that even one glass of water here is twenty dollars more expensive than that is in Taiwan? | |
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