【职场英语6】示巴女王丨The Queen of Sheba
中英文对照
Welcome back to English at Work.
欢迎再次回到职场英语。
We’re still in Anna’s first week in the busy offices of Tip Top Trading.
现在依然是Anna在顶级贸易公司的第一周，继续着忙碌的办公室生活。
How’s it going Anna?
Anna ,一切进行得如何？
Everything’s still so new to me. I keep needing to ask people for help!
所有的事物对我来说都是新事物。我一直在寻求大家的帮助！
Well, that’s only natural at the beginning.
好吧，一开始这样都很正常的。
To ask people politely for help use the words would and could.
在寻求别人的帮助时，应该用“would”和“could”来提问。
You can also use the word please, but don’t make the mistake of thinking’s enough to make what you say polite.
你还可以用“please”,但是不要犯错误，为了礼貌而礼貌。
Er, ok.
额，好的。
Hello Anna!
你好，Anna！
Oh hi, Paul!
噢，你好，Paul！
I was wondering if you could do something for me?
我正想你能不能帮我一下？
Yes of course.
当然可以。
Would you be able to print out a file for me?
你可以帮我打印一份文件吗？
It’s a document on CBL – Convincing Bananas Limited – they’re one of our suppliers.
是一份信服香蕉有限公司的文档（CBL）——是咱们的供应商之一。
The file should be on the system and could I have it in the next ten minutes please, as they’re on their way here for a meeting?
文件应该是在系统里，可以在10分钟之后给我，因为他们正在赶来公司开会的路上。
Yes. Oh no, I’ve no idea how to find it!
好的。可是，我不知道上哪儿找！
Tom...?!
Tom？！
Er, ask Denise. She should know.
额，问Denise。她应该知道。
Ok, thanks Tom, I’ll ask her.
好的，谢谢Tom，我会问她的。
(on the phone to Sharon) I’d warned her, you know, I said ’Victoria, if you don’t change your hairdresser
（在与Sharon通话中），我已经提醒过她了，你知道的，我跟她说‘Victoria，如果你不换掉你的理发师’
Denise?
Denise?
One day you’ll… hold on a moment. Anna?
总有一天你会，等我一下。Anna？
Please email me the background file on CBL.
请你给我发一份关于CBL公司的背景文件。
Er!
嗯嗯！
Thank you.
谢谢你。
(on the phone) Who does that girl think she is?... Anna... new girl... I told you about her... yes with the saucepans, that’s the one.
（通话中）那个女孩以为她是谁？Anna，新来的女孩，我跟你说过的，对！就是拿平底锅那个，就是她！
She’s only been here five minutes and she’s already acting like the Queen of Sheba...
她来了才5分钟，还以为自己是示巴女王啊……
Oh and Denise, please send it to me within five minutes, Paul needs it soon. Thank you.
噢，Denise，请在5分钟之内把文件发给我，Paul马上要用到。谢谢你。
Really!
真的吗？
He he, good to see who’s the boss, eh Denise?
呵呵，很高兴看到谁是老板，是吧，Denise？
Really!
真的吗？
Er, Anna, I think you’ve upset Denise...?
额，Anna，我觉得你可能惹怒Denise了？
Upset Denise?
我怎么惹着她了？
You were a bit rude when you asked her to help.
你在向她寻求帮助时，有点粗鲁。
Was I?
我有吗？
Remember what I said Anna. Just using ‘please’ to ask someone to do something can sound a little rude.
Anna，记住我说的。只用“please”请求别人帮忙，会让人听起来有些粗鲁。
Oh.
噢，好吧。
Instead of saying ’Please send me the file’ you could say ’Could you possibly send me the file?’ or ’Would you mind sending me the file?’
不要说‘请你把文件发给我’，你应该说‘请问你可以给我发一下文件吗？’或者‘请问你介意给我发一下文件吗？’
Oh! English is so confusing!
噢！英语真让人困惑啊！
I’ll try to remember that.
我会记住的。
Oh no, the printer isn’t even set up! Tom?
喔，不是吧！打印机还没弄好！Tom？
Yeah?
怎么了？
Please help me with…I mean, could you possibly help me with the printer?
请你帮我，我是说，你能帮我处理一下打印机吗？
Er... I need to finish this email to a really important new client.
额，可是我需要给一位很重要的新客户写完这篇邮件。
But it’s really urgent. Would you mind writing your email later?
但是这个真的很紧急。你介不介意推迟一下你的邮件？
Okay, since you asked so nicely. Let’s have a look...
好的，看在你这么友好，让我们看一下吧。
Well, it’s a good thing Anna has understood how to use ’could’ and ’would’ to ask for things, before she upsets anyone else.
太好啦，Anna终于明白如何使用‘could’和‘would’来寻求帮助了，就不会惹是生非了。
Let’s hear those phrases again:
让我们再来听一次这些礼貌用语：
I was wondering if you could do something for me?
我正想你能不能帮我一下？
Would you be able to print out a file for me?
你可以帮我打印一份文件吗？
Could I have it within ten minutes please?
可以在10分钟之后给我吗？
Could you possibly help me with the printer?
你能不能帮我处理一下打印机吗？
Would you mind writing your email later?
你介不介意等会再写你的邮件？
The printer seems to be working well, but how well are Anna and Denise working together?
打印机好像可以正常使用了，但是Anna和Denise能不能愉快地一起工作呢？
Are these two going to be enemies?
她们会不会成为敌人呢？
Really! ’Denise do this! Denise do that!’ I’m telling you Sharon, I’ve almost had enough!
真是的！‘Denise做这个，Denise做那个！’Sharon，我跟你说啊，我真是受够了！
I get treated like I’m some kind of servant!
我被人当仆人一样指使。
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