Waiting on a client

A: Alex! What are you guys doing over there?

B: What do you mean, Janice?

A: I』ve been waiting for a response on the Blake Building design for nearly two weeks.

B: I』m sorry, Janice. But we』ve been waiting on the client. It』s out of our hands at the moment.

等待客戶

A：亞曆克斯！你們這幫人都在幹嘛呢？

B：你是什麼意思，珍妮絲？

A：我一直在等著對布萊克大樓設計的回復，等了快兩個星期了。

B：對不起，珍妮絲。可我們在等著客戶呢。此時此刻我們無能為力呀。

Criticism from your boss

A: Liz, you were supposed to have had those contracts typed up by now.

B: I was supposed to do that? I thought Sharon was responsible for that.

A: No, Liz. I asked you specifically. Don』t you remember?

B: I』m really sorry, Mr. Samuels. I really don』t remember that.

老闆的批評

A：麗茲，你現在應該把這些合同打完了才對。

B：是該我打嗎？我想著是該莎倫負責的。

A：不對，麗茲。我是專門讓你做的。你不記得了？

B：實在對不起，薩繆爾斯先生。我的確想不想來了。

(本文轉載自旺旺英語)