职场英语学习：办公室老板安排员工购买办公用品

老板安排员工去买办公用品，下面就是该情景下的对话练习。

Dialogue 对话

Michael: The boss has an errand for you.

迈克尔：老板给你安排了个活儿。

Billy: What is my task, sir?

比利：什么活儿啊?

Michael: Scope out the city's shopping malls and find out the best deals.

迈克尔：找出城里的大型购物商场，看看在哪家买最划算。

Billy: The best deals on what sort of items?

比利：买什么东西呀?

Michael: Office supplies, of course.

迈克尔：当然是办公用品了。

Billy: I'm leaving now.

比利：那我走了。

Michael: Hold your horses. Don't leave without finishing your report first.

迈克尔：慢着，别忘了先把你的报告写完再走。

Billy: Fine, I'll finish, then go shopping!

比利：没问题。写完了我就去逛商场!

NEW WORDS 新单词

1) Hold your horses(等一会儿, 别着急): relax, wait a moment

Hold you horses, miss, you can't go into the shopping center until 9AM.

小姐，请等一会儿，上午九点商场才开门。

2) Mall(购物中心): an indoor multi-level shopping center

Kid who goes to the mall too much are called mall rats.

老去购物中心里瞎逛的小孩叫做“商场老鼠”。

3)Office supplies(办公用品): items used in the workplace, pens, paper...

I am off to the mall to buy some office supplies, do you want to come?

我要去购物中心里买点儿办公用品，你跟不跟我去?

4)Run errands (跑腿，办点儿事): do tasks, finish a small project, go out and do something

I have to run a few errands at the post office, do you want to come along?

我必须得去趟邮局办点儿事，你想不想一起去?

5)Quite a deal(一大把，很划算): a bargain, inexpensive

1) You will usually only get 1/2 an hour.

一般你只有半个小时。

2) Ask others if they want to share before you order a pizza.

在订比萨饼之前，问问其他人是不是也想要。

3) Try buying a fun and colorful lunchbox, one that others will admire. I have a Star Wars lunchbox, and my coworkers are all

jealous!

买一个有趣的颜色鲜艳的别人都喜欢的午餐饭盒。我有一个星球大战的饭盒，我的同事都羡慕极了!

4) If you eat at your desk, clean up the food very carefully. No one like bugs at their station.

如果你在桌子上吃午饭，吃完后要打扫干净。没有人喜欢他们的工作座位有小虫子。

5) If you are going out to pick up fast food, ask if you can get any for your friends.

如果你出去吃快餐，问问你的朋友，你能不能给他们带一点什么。