一个普通上班族的日常独白（上）
经常有人跟我说日常工作中会碰到一些小细节，不知道该怎么用英语表达，为了解决这个问题，我给大家找来了日常工作独白，基本包括了工作中会遇到的大大小小的所有细节。认真读，你会感谢我的。
I woke up this morning and thought, "TGIF!" （Thank goodness it's Friday）I have been looking forward to the weekend and all I need to do is to get through one more day of work.
今天早上醒来，我想，“天哪，今天周五了！”我一直期待着周末的到来，再工作一天我就解放了。
I drive to work and pull into the parking lot next to my office building. I stop at the security gate. I put my key card into the card reader and the security arm goes up. I drive into the parking structure and find a parking spot.
我开车上班，要把车停在办公大楼旁边的停车场。我在安全门前停下来，把出入证放进读卡器，安全栏就上去了。开进停车场，我找了个停车位。
I make sure that my parking permit is showing in the windshield and I lock up. I get my briefcase out of the back seat and walk toward the building. It's a short walk and I'm there in no time.
我确定停车证在挡风玻璃上，于是锁上了车门。我把公文包从后座上拿了下来，朝着大楼走去。离的很近，很快就到了。
When I get there, I take out my badge and put it around my neck before I go through the main entrance of the building. Employees are supposed to wear their badges at all times at work so that the security guards know that we belong there.
当我到达那里时，我拿出我的工牌，把它戴在脖子上，然后穿过大楼的正门。员工在工作中都要戴上工牌，这样保安就知道我们在那里上班。
One day last week, I forgot my badge at home and I had to get a visitor's pass for the day. My coworker made fun of me all day. He kept asking me if he could get me some coffee and when I was leaving. What a joker!
上星期有一天，我把工牌忘家了，那天我不得不拿着一张参观者通行证。我的同事整天都在取笑我。他不停地问用不用给我弄点咖啡。真是一个笑柄！
The first thing I do when I get to work each morning is to check my inboxes. I go to the mailroom to check my mail slot to see what mail has arrived overnight. There are always a lot of intra-office and inter-office letters and memos. Much of it is junk mail, so I spend a few minutes sorting through it.
我每天早晨上班做的第一件事情是检查我的收件箱。我查看有没有我的邮件。办公室总是有很多信件和内部通知。大部分是垃圾邮件，所以我花了几分钟整理它。
The next thing I do is to turn on my computer to check email. I open my email program and my new messages automatically download into my inbox. Even though I have a pretty good spam filter, I still check through my trash folder carefully to make sure nothing important was filtered out.
接下来我打开电脑检查电子邮件。打开我的电子邮件，新邮件会自动下载到收件箱。即使有一个相当不错的垃圾邮件过滤器，我仍然会仔细检查我的垃圾文件夹，以确保没有重要的邮件被过滤掉。
We're also not supposed to get personal emails at work, but sometimes my friends send or forward me messages to this address and I have to make sure I respond using my personal email address. When I don't have time to finish a message or when I get interrupted, I save it into my draft folder.
在工作中不应该收发私人邮件，但有时我的朋友会发信息到这个地址，我收到后会用私人邮箱回复。当我没有时间回复信息或者被别人打断时，我会把它保存到我的草稿箱中。
Finally, I check my voicemail. I call the voicemail system and enter in my PIN to bypass the outgoing message. I have two new messages, and after listening to them, I save one of them and delete the other.
最后，我会检查一下我的语音邮件。转到语音邮件系统，输入密码。我有两个新消息，听完后，我保存了其中一个并删除了另一个邮件。
I look at the clock and it's already 9:30 AM! It's time for the morning meeting.I arrive at the conference room right before the meeting starts, and sit down in a chair around the large conference table. Our manager passes out a handout of the meeting agenda with some announcements and goes over some bullet points regarding old and new business.
我看了一下表，已经9点半了！早会时间到了。我在会议开始前到达会议室，坐在大会议桌周围的椅子上。经理在会议日程上分发了一些通知，讨论了一些关于新业务和旧业务的要点。
Then, he asks each person to give a status report on his or her projects. Each of us takes turns giving a quick rundown, while everyone else listens. Of course not everyone is paying attention, since they're thinking about their own reports and what they plan to say.
然后，他要求每个人报告自己的项目状态。我们每一个人轮流给出一个快速的描述，而其他人都在听。当然，并不是每个人的心思都在这里，因为他们在考虑自己的报告和计划要怎么说。
Sometimes our manager will make some comments or give us some feedback, but usually there's very little discussion.The meeting always ends the same way. Our manager gives a short summary of how our department is doing and a little pep talk to get us motivated.
有时经理会发表一些意见或者给我们一些反馈，但通常很少进行讨论。会议总是以同样的方式结束。经理简要地介绍了我们部门的工作情况，并说了些鼓励我们的话。
Now it's back to our desks to do some work!
When I get back to my desk, I clear off a few stacks of paper on the top of my desk so I have some space to work. I open the computer file I have been working on for the past week. This document is a report that is due next week and the deadline is fast approaching.
现在又回到办公桌开始工作！回到办公桌的时候，我把桌上的几堆纸清理干净，这样我就有地方工作了。我打开在过去一周一直在工作的计算机文件。这是下周要交的报告，期限马上要到了。
I open my filing cabinet and take out two files and a manila envelope that has the information I need in them. I look around for the pad of paper I used to jot down some ideas yesterday, and take out the paper clips, stapler, and Scotch tape I know I'll also need. Now I have everything in front of me so I can get down to business.
我打开我的文件柜，拿出两张文件和一张马尼拉信封，里面有我需要的信息。我到处寻找我昨天用来记下一些想法的纸，然后拿出纸夹子、订书机和透明胶带。现在我准备好了所有的东西，现在我可以开始工作了。
The first thing I have to do is get organized. I scan the information I have in front of me and take notes on the things I want to include in the report. Before I analyze the data for the report, I need to skim the background information to make sure I haven't missed anything. I was making good progress but I'm feeling thirsty, so I decide to take a quick break.
我要做的第一件事就是进行整理。审视一下我面前的信息，记下我要呈现在报告中的内容。在分析报告的数据之前，我需要浏览一下背景信息，确保没有遗漏任何东西。一切都进展地很好，但我觉得口渴了，所以我决定休息一下。
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