今天的这段对话,在讨论主管,
 
你的主管写报告出了错把责任赖在你头上该怎么办
 
来听今天的讲解:
 
A:  so, Emily, how was your day?
 
嗨,艾米丽,最近过的怎么样?
 
B:  I don’t think you really want to hear about it.
 
我想你不会想听我发牢骚的。
 
A:  it can’t have been that bad. Go on and tell me about it.
 
情况能有多糟糕呢。跟我说说吧。
 
B:  to be honest, it was terrible! My manager is such a pain in the neck!
 
老实说,真是糟透了!我上司实在是太讨厌了。
 
A:  why? What happened?
 
为什么这么说?除了什么事了?
 
B:  well, he made quite a few mistakes on the monthly report and when his supervisor found them, my manager blamed them on me!
 
嗯,他写的每月报告里出了好多错,结果他的主管发现之后,他居然都赖在我头上。
 
A:  that’s not very fair. What did you do?
 
真是不公平。那你该怎么办?
 
B:  there wasn’t really anything that I could do. There’s always been a lot of bad blood between my manager and myself. If I had said anything, he would have fired me for sure.
 
实际上我无计可施。我们俩的关系一直很紧张。只要我随便说点什么,他肯定就会把我给抄了。
 
A:  does he treat everyone in your department like this?
 
他对你们部门的其他人也是这样吗?
 
B:  he treats everyone pretty badly, but the way he treats me really takes the cake!
 
他对每个人都不怎么样。但尤其对我,可以说是坏到了极点。
 
A:  do you have any idea why he treats you worse than the others?
 
你知道他为什么对你比其他人都糟糕吗?
 
B:  I really have no idea. All I know is that the thought of him really curls my hair!
 
我还是不明白。我只是知道他的想法足以让我胆战心惊!
 
A:  is there anyone else you can talk to about it at your company?
 
这些遭遇你能跟公司里的其他什么人交流吗?
 
B:  not really. I’m hoping to live with it for a while until I get a promotion.
 
恐怕不能。我只希望自己能坚持忍耐知道升职。
 
A:  that’s very sensible. It sounds like you have a good head on your shoulders.
 
这样就对了。你能这么想,说明你还是挺聪明的。
 
B:  I try to be sensible about it, but it’s not very easy. Sometimes you just have to grin and bear it.
 
我努力让自己尽量保持客观地去看待这件事,但真是不容易做到。有时我不得不逆来顺受。
 
A:  that’s so true. When you have a taste for success, you can’t let dishonest people like your manager get in the way.
 
没错。你要你升值成功,像你上司这样不诚实的人就不能再为所欲为了。