地道美語(yǔ)聽(tīng)力播客569:工作失誤

Boss:What is going on here?!

老板：這到底是怎么回事?

Jenny:There was a miscommunication.

詹妮:這是一個(gè)失誤。

Boss:A miscommunication?! There are 16 copiers in this office. Who ordered 16 copiers?

老板：失誤?辦公室里(突然)出現(xiàn)了16臺(tái)復(fù)印機(jī)，誰(shuí)訂購(gòu)的?

Jenny:No one did. Clearly wires got crossed somewhere. I’ll try to get to the bottom of this, but the copiers will be removed before lunch.

詹妮:沒(méi)人訂購(gòu)，顯然是哪個(gè)環(huán)節(jié)出了點(diǎn)錯(cuò)，我會(huì)盡力查清楚的，復(fù)印機(jī)也會(huì)在午餐前被搬出辦公室。

Boss:I can’t even walk to my office with all of these machines in here. How am I supposed to get any work done?

老板：這些機(jī)器擋在這，我都不能進(jìn)我的辦公室了，我要怎樣完成工作啊?

Jenny:I’m looking for the purchase order right now to see if the mistake was on our end or on their end

詹妮:我現(xiàn)在就找找訂購(gòu)單，看看是我們這邊的失誤，還是他們的錯(cuò)。

Boss:Let me know as soon as you figure it out. I want to know who’s responsible for this.

老板：查清楚后馬上向我匯報(bào)。我想知道這屬于誰(shuí)管。

Jenny:Right, I’ll let you know. No doubt it was just a clerical error. No harm, no foul.

詹妮:好的，我會(huì)向您匯報(bào)的。毫無(wú)疑問(wèn)，這只是一個(gè)筆誤。沒(méi)有造成什么損失，也就沒(méi)什么大錯(cuò)，您別放在心上。

Boss:No harm, no foul?! This screw up has cost me half a day’s productivity. I think that’s plenty of harm done.

老板：沒(méi)什么損失?別放在心上?整成這樣浪費(fèi)了我半天的時(shí)間，我認(rèn)為已經(jīng)造成很大的損失了。

Jenny:You’re right, sir. I stand corrected. I’m sure it was just an honest mistake.

詹妮:是，先生。我接受指正。我想這只是無(wú)心之過(guò)。

Boss:Stop making excuses for the person responsible for this debacle. Jenny, why are you making excuses for the person responsible?

老板：不要替那個(gè)做錯(cuò)事的人找借口了，你為什么要為那個(gè)人辯解呢?

Jenny:You look thirsty. I’ll go get you some coffee right now!

詹妮:您看起來(lái)口渴了，我現(xiàn)在去給您倒杯咖啡。