聽力每日練習 listen 852 Salary increase

1--Excuse me，sir, may I talk to you?
 
2--Bill! Sure, come on in. What can I do for you?
 
1--Well sir, as you know, I have been an employee of this prestigious firm for over ten years.
 
2--Yes.
 
1--I won’t beat around the bush. Sir, I would like a raise. I currently have three companies after me and so I decided to talk to you first.
 
2--A raise? Son, I would love to give you a raise, but this is just not the right time.
 
1--I understand your position, and I know that the current economic downturn has had a negative impact on sales, but you must also take into consideration my hard work, pro-activeness and loyalty to this company for over a decade.
 
2--Taking into account these factors, and considering I don’t want to start a brain drain, I’m willing to offer you a ten percent raise and an extra five days of vacation time. How does that sound?
 
1--Great! It’s a deal! Thank you, sir!
 
2--Before you go, just out of curiosity, what companies were after you?
 
1--Oh, the electric company, gas company and water company!
 
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注解：
 
1.prestigious有名望的
2.negative消極的
3.loyalty忠誠
 
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譯文：
 
1--先生，能打擾下嗎？我想和您談談話
2--當然可以，比爾，請進，有什么事嗎？
1--正如你所指，我在這家聲望很高的公司工作已經(jīng)十年多了。
2--是的。
1--我就不轉(zhuǎn)彎抹角了。我想要加薪。目前有三家公司想讓你我去，但是我決定先和您談談。
2--加薪？我會給你加薪的，但這個時候不合適。
1--我理解你的處境，我知道目前的經(jīng)濟下滑對銷售有負面的應先，但是你必須考慮我的辛勤工作，工作主動以及對公司超過十年的忠誠。
2--考慮到這些因素，而且我也不想讓人才外流，我愿意給你百分之十的加薪和額外的5天休假。這樣如何？
1--太好了。謝謝你，先生。
2--在你離開之前，處于好奇，有哪些公司在挖你？
1--電力公司，煤氣公司和自來水公司。