【Trancript】

Work taboos

A：May I ask whether we are allowed to wear casual clothes in the office?

B：Sure, company rules are not very strict at this point.

A：Thank you for telling me that.

B：But remind you, there are some forbidden activities.

A：What are they? I’ll be careful.

B：Don’t use office phones for personal matters.

A：I got it.

B：Never ever come to work drunk, also smoking in the office is not allowed.

A：I see.

【Translation】

工作禁區(qū)

A：方便問(wèn)一下，我們平時(shí)上班可以穿休閑的衣服嗎?

B：可以，這一點(diǎn)上公司沒(méi)有特別嚴(yán)厲的規(guī)定。

A：謝謝

B：不過(guò)還是提醒你一下，有些事情，是不允許的。

A：哪些?我會(huì)小心遵守的。

B：不要用公司的電話打私人電話。

A：知道了

B：不要喝醉了上班，也不要在辦公區(qū)吸煙

A：好的

口語(yǔ)重點(diǎn)】

1.Work taboos

工作禁區(qū)

taboo n. 禁忌，禁止接近，禁止使用

如：Questions and problems that were once taboo are now discussed openly.

一度視為犯忌的許多問(wèn)題現(xiàn)在可以公開(kāi)談?wù)摿恕?/p>

Any mention of politics is taboo in his house.

在他家里一提政治就犯忌。

2.May I ask whether we are allowed to wear casual clothes in the office?

方便問(wèn)一下，我們平時(shí)上班可以穿休閑的衣服嗎?

casual clothes就是我們通常所說(shuō)的“休閑裝”，那“正裝”一般怎么說(shuō)呢?我們可以用formal dress或者suit(套裝)。

be allowed to就是“準(zhǔn)許做某事”的意思，

例如： Students in the campus are not allowed to go out after 11 p.m.

學(xué)校里的學(xué)生，11點(diǎn)之后不能出校門。

3.B：But remind you, there are some forbidden activities.

提醒你一下，公司里有些禁令的。

remind sb意思就是“提醒某人”，如：Please remind me to call him later.提醒我?guī)Щ亟o他打個(gè)電話。

forbidden 在這里修飾activites，表示“禁止的”。

As an earnest of my good intentions I will work overtime this week.