白领快餐口语第27期:新公司的上下班时间~
- 听力原文
- 口语要点
Work time and breaks
A： Didn’t you punch in this morning, Monica?
B： Sorry, I don’t know the rule about punching.
A： That’s ok. I should have told you earlier. This is a company rule.
B： Do we also need to punch out after work?
A： According to the company rule, we should punch in before 8 o’clock and punch out after 5 o’clock every work day.
B： How about the lunch break, Lucy?
A： From 11:30 to 1 o’clock.
B： May I ask whether we need to work overtime?
A： Sometimes, but not quite often.
1.According to the company rule, we should punch in before 8 o’clock and punch out after 5 o’clock every work day.
根据公司的规定，我们应该每天早上8点前打卡上班，每天下午5点，打卡下班。
punch 最原本的意思就是“一拳’，例如：He laid his opponent low with a single punch.
他一拳就把对手打倒在地。
在这里punch作动词，表示“打卡”，punch in与punch out分别表示“打卡进公司”，“打卡下班”的意思、
2.B：May I ask whether we need to work overtime?
方便问一下，我们需要加班吗?
may I ask用在本句中，主要是用来缓冲句子的语气的，例如我们可以说：May I ask whether you have been married?方便问一下，你结婚了没?
work overtime 是“加班”的意思，
例如：我愿本周加班工作以示诚意。
As an earnest of my good intentions I will work overtime this week.
