Moving Up in the World 突破工作瓶頸‏

Moving Up in the World 突破工作瓶頸
Suzie Brown is executive assistant to Harvey Walker, president of Walker Publications. Her job brings her into frequent contact with Tom Wilson, Harvey's right - hand man.
蘇西.布朗是沃克出版公司總裁哈維.沃克的機要助理.因著工作的緣故,她經常和哈維的得力助手湯姆.維爾森接觸
( at Suzie's desk )
在蘇西的辦公桌旁
Tom: Good morning, Suzie. Is Mr. Walker in yet?
早安,蘇西.沃克先生來了嗎?
Suzie: Hi, Tom. No, he isn't. He called to say he'd be late. I guess that means you're
in charge until he gets here. Is there any thing I can do for you, " Mr. Wilson "?
嗨,湯姆.還沒.他打過電話說會晚點到.我想,那也就是說,在他到之前由您當家.我可
已為您做什麼呢"維爾森大人"?
Tom: Well, I do have a problem, but I doubt you can be of much help.
Did I say something wrong? You don't look very happy.
嗯,我現在的確有個狀況,不過恐怕妳是幫不了什麼忙
我說錯話了嗎?妳看起來不怎麼高興
Suzie: Well, I'm not very happy. What you just said makes me feel useless. And
maybe I am. All I do is answer the phone, usher people into Mr. Walker's office,
and smile really big. Anyone could do that.
嗯,我是不怎麼高興.你剛說的話讓我覺得自己很沒用.或許我真的沒什麼用.我做的
事就是接電話,把人帶進沃克先生的辦公室,然後露出個大笑臉.誰都能做這些事
Tom: Now, Suzie. Don't sell yourself short. Listen, you arrange Mr. Walker's schedule.
You handle his correspondence. And you have a very nice smile. Nobody else I
I know can smile the way you do.
嘿,蘇西.別小看妳自己.聽著,妳不但安排沃克先生的行程,還處理他往來的信件,而且
妳臉上總是保持微笑.我認識的人,沒有一個擁有妳那種笑容
Suzie: ( smile ) Thank you, Tom.
微笑 謝謝你,湯姆
Tom: That's better.
那樣就好多了
Suzie: ( frowning ) But my smile can't hide the fact that I'm in a dead - end job. Think
about it. There's nowhere to go from here, no chance for me to get ahead. Sure
, I help a very important person live his very impotant life. But I want a life, too.
皺眉 可是我的笑容不能隱藏我的工作是個"死胡同"的事實.想想看,這個職位無處
可升,我根本毫無長進的機會.沒錯,我是在幫一個很重要的人物過他那很重要的生
活.但我也要有我自己的生活啊!
Tom: What do you mean? You have a great job and a great life, Suzie.
妳在說什麼?妳有一份很棒的工作和很棒的生活,蘇西
Suzie: That's easy for you to say. But would you want to do what I'm doing?
你說得很容易.可是你會想做我現在的工作嗎?
Tom: Hmmmm. Probably not. Althought it would be inyeresting to read Mr. Walker's
correspondence.
嗯,大概不會.不過,讀沃克先生的信好像還蠻有趣的
Suzie: It's very uninteresting, believe me. I've seen more than enough of it. Anyhow, I'm
tired of drudgery. I want to move up in the world, to spread my wings and fly, to
take responsibility. I want to hear people say, " Suzie, we have a problem and
we're counting on you to solve it ".
一點也不好玩,相信我.我已經讀夠了那些信.總之,我已經對這些所是感到厭倦了.
我想要往上爬,張開翅膀飛翔,能負責些事情.我希望聽到別人說:"蘇西,我們現在有
個狀況,我們全靠妳來解決了"
Tom: Well, why don't you try seeing your own situation in just that way?
嗯,妳為何不從這個角度來看妳現在的狀況呢?
Suzie: Huh?
蛤?
Tom: Look, your " dead end " feeling is a problem that needs to be solved, right? So
spread your wings and fly, Suzie. Solve the problem.
瞧,妳現在這個"死胡同"的感受不就是一個有待解決的問題,不是嗎?那麼就張開妳的
翅膀飛翔吧!蘇西,把這個問題解決掉
Suzie: You can't be serious, Tom. How am I going to do that?
你不是當真的吧,湯姆.我要怎麼做呢?
Tom: You decide, Suzie. You may only be Harvey Walker's assistant here at work, but
you're the CEO over your own life. So take the initiative. Make something happen
for yourself.
蘇西,妳來決定.在這裡,妳或許只是哈維.沃克的助理,不過妳可是妳自己生命的CEO(
總裁).所以採取主動,讓生活精采起來
Suize: You make it sound so easy, Tom. Do you have any ideas that would help?
湯姆,你把事情說得那麼簡單.你有任何能幫得上忙的點子嗎?
Tom: Sure. But I think I'll keep them to myself. That way, you'll get the most out of
your problem - solving experience. See you around.
當然,不過我先不告訴妳.如此,妳才能從這個解決問題的經驗中得到最大的效益.下
回見
Later in the week, Tom stopped by Suzie's desk again.
同一個星期過了幾天後,湯姆在次來到蘇西的辦公桌
Tom: How's it going, Ms. CEO?
進行得怎樣,CEO小姐?
Suzie: Great, Tom! I've enrolled in an evening course in business management. I also
talked to Mr. Walker. He encouraged me to read his business books and
periodicals in my free time. I'm on my way up!
很好,湯姆.我已經報名參加了一個夜間的商業管理課程.我也和沃克先生談過.他鼓
勵我在空檔的時候,讀他的商業書籍和期刊.我已經開始往上爬了
Tom: Wonderful. I'm sure glad to see your smil again. In fact, it's wider than ever. Why
?
太棒了.我真的很高興能再看到妳的笑容.事實上,妳笑得比以往都開心.為什麼?
Suzie: Because now I'm thinking about doing your job. ( laughs )
因為我已經開始覬覦你的工作了 大笑



@word bank
right - hand man (n. phr) 得力助手;左右手
usher (v.) 引導;招待
sell someone / something short (v. phr) 低估某人/某事
correspondence (n.) (官方.商業)信件
dead - end job (n. phr) 沒晉升機會的工作
get ahead (v. phr) 進步
drudgery (n.) 沉悶;辛苦;無趣的工作
count on someone / something (v. phr) 信賴;憑藉;靠(某人/事)
CEO [Chief Executive Officer] (n. phr) 最高決策者
initiative (n.) 主動的行動
See you around. (exp) 回頭見
enroll (v.) 主動報名;參加
periodical (n.) 期刊;雜誌



@The Day's Phrase
Tomorrow we'll visit my husband's parents. Thursday, we'll see mine.
明天我們要去拜訪我的公公婆婆.星期四我們則會去我父母那兒
Do we have enough red envelopes for all the children?
我們有足夠的紅包給所有的孩子們嗎?
It been a year sice we've gotten all the relatives together.
距離上次與所有親戚聚在一起已經一年了
Can everyone please gather by the sofa for a family picture?
大家可以聚在沙發旁拍張全家福嗎?
My daughter is terrified of the dragon dancers, but my son loves them!
我女兒被舞龍的人嚇著了,但我的兒子喜歡他們
We always eat mustard greens at this time of year to symbolize a long life.
每年此時我們總是吃芥菜,代表長命百歲