佩尼:Paul, could you come to my office? I need to talk to you.保羅.你能到我的辦公室來嗎?我需要和你談談. 保羅:Sure,I'll be there as soon as I finish this paper.好的.我一弄完這張檔案就過去. 佩尼:No, come here right now.不.現在就過來. 保羅:OK, what`s the matter?好的.什麼事? 佩尼:I`m sorry to say that I have to let you go.很遺憾.我得讓你走了. 保羅:Why?爲什麼? 佩尼:Well, you are not efficient, and you don`t work well with the other employees.這個嘛.你的工作效率不夠高.還有你和其他員工的工作配合也不太好. 保羅:Well, some of those guys are not the kind with which I`d like to communicate, but if that`s important to you, I`ll try to get along with them.因爲有些人我不想和他們交流.不過如果這件事對你很重要的話.我會注意與他們相處的. 佩尼:It`s too late. We are downsizing our work force and you`ll have to go.太晚了.我們正在精簡員工.你不得不走. 保羅:It`s unfair.這不公平. 佩尼:I`m sorry. It`s the decision.我很抱歉.但這是決定.
