时间:2018-12-03 作者:英语课 分类:2012年ESL之商务英语


英语课

 


Working Shifts 


Lisette: You’re the new kid on the block, aren’t you? 


Danny: Yeah, it’s my first day. 


Lisette: I’m Lisette. 


Danny: I’m Danny. Nice to meet you. 


Lisette: You’re lucky to be starting on the day shift. When I started working here umpteen 1 years ago, I had to work the graveyard 2 shift for two years before I got the day shift. 


Danny: I guess I am lucky, but I wouldn’t mind working any shift, even double shifts, once I get up to speed. My wife and I are expecting our first child and we need to save up. 


Lisette: Oh, yeah? Congratulations! Well, there are always people who want time off and need someone to cover for them. You can usually pick up extra hours and shifts that way. Sometimes, there’s even overtime 3, but the veteran workers get first dibs. 


Danny: I can understand that. Well, if you ever need anybody to cover for you, just give me a shout. 


Lisette: All right, I’ll keep it in mind. Maybe I can help you save up for a diaper or two. 


 


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 



1 umpteen
adj.多的,大量的;n.许许多多
  • That punk got into umpteen fights.那个混混打斗无数。
  • I told him umpteen times,and yet he can't remember.我跟他说过好几百回了,可是他就是记不住。
2 graveyard
n.坟场
  • All the town was drifting toward the graveyard.全镇的人都象流水似地向那坟场涌过去。
  • Living next to a graveyard would give me the creeps.居住在墓地旁边会使我毛骨悚然。
3 overtime
adj.超时的,加班的;adv.加班地
  • They are working overtime to finish the work.为了完成任务他们正在加班加点地工作。
  • He was paid for the overtime he worked.他领到了加班费。
学英语单词
a KO
afterboiler system
Aitken nucleus counter
anorthite
appropriations reserve
Bagratid
be scant of
blind-joint
bosomier
breakfasters
camphorae
Canary Ridge
chloro-phosphonium
climate-neutral
collapsed parenchymatous cell
compacting conditions
contract of mandate
contras
coronal electrophotometer
crossed circles
cutting cutter
day position
deicing of aircraft
displicence
East Friesian
epirubicin
estate in coparcenary
femalize
flashing lights
front line
front main bearing
fronture
frustration-aggressions
gas-pressure maintenance
geniculant
get the bit in one's teeth
gray snappers
halfway lines
heat-shock response element
high-grade steel
hocco
hogging rotor shaft
Hypenantron
inner center
international courier service
iodide-process titanium
isolated power system
jerbils
jokelet
jump bit
junction leakage
lend color to
local stack
map specifications
maysenine
megazine
melki
mongcorn
multibucket
Muntendam
myrtanol
non-constant
nonperforming loan
not worth a curse
nummies
oligodeoxythymidylic acid
op-con
open flow test
Oristà
percieve
phenolic
polarization phenomenon
pralatrexate
prerupture
psoil
recirculating ball-rack and sector steering gear
recto-vesico-vaginal fistula
reference section
resoil
resorpyrine
rooted away
seeded surface
septendecillionth
Shilin
Shisandraceae
short-titles
shovel bow
snake phobia
standing knee height
static storage area
Sulcus promontorii
suspense payments account
tarkowskis
thelonious sphere monks
thermosteresis
titanosauridaes
to blend
Tractus bulboreticulospinalis
triple control cable system
ultrafaint
unsociableness
yhalden