lesson (課文)

　　whenever you start a new job, one of the key things to ask is what time you start and what time you finish. most company's business hours are 9am to 5pm but some workers start at 8.30am and finish at 6pm.

　　some companies ask their staff to do shift-work. shift-work means that you could start very early in the morning but finish earlier or start late in the night and then have all day to sleep.

　　whatever the time it is good advice to get there a little early but not to leave early. if you are always early and stay late the boss will notice and may promote you.

　　managers don't mind if you are late occasionally, but they will not be happy if you are late every day. remember it's your responsibility to get to work on time.

　　在你開始一個(gè)新工作的時(shí)候，問清楚你的工作時(shí)間是非常重要的。 絕大多數(shù)公司的辦公時(shí)間是從早上9點(diǎn)到下午5點(diǎn)，但也有些公司從早上8：30開始上班，有些要到晚上6：00才下班。

　　有些公司實(shí)行輪班工作制，所謂輪班工作制是指：你可以早點(diǎn)到公司，早走;或是晚到公司晚走。

　　無論如何，早一點(diǎn)到公司是好的，但不要提前離開。如果你總是早到晚走的話，老板會(huì)注意到你的，說不定還會(huì)給你升職的機(jī)會(huì)。

　　如果你偶爾遲到的話，經(jīng)理一般不會(huì)說些什么，但如果你每天都遲到的話他可就要不高興了。要記�。好刻鞙�(zhǔn)時(shí)上班也是你工作職責(zé)的一部分。

　　dialogue(對(duì)話)

　　beth : can you tell me the time please, sally?

　　sally: sure, it's 8.55am. why do you ask?

　　beth : i missed the subway this morning and i thought i would be late.

　　sally: you're not late. in fact, you are a little early.

　　beth : you know i ran all the way from the subway station to the office and now i am exhausted.

　　sally: beth, you are always early or on time, so being a little late one day isn't a big deal.

　　beth : thanks for noticing that i always try to be on time.

　　sally: that's ok - i think you are a very good worker and always try your best.

　　beth : good to hear. i hope that i can get a big pay raise this year then?

　　sally: let me think about that one beth.

　　貝絲：薩麗，你能告訴我現(xiàn)在幾點(diǎn)了么?

　　薩麗：沒問題，現(xiàn)在是上午8：55。為什么問這個(gè)?

　　貝絲：今天早上我沒趕上地鐵，所以我想我可能要晚了。

　　薩麗：你沒晚，實(shí)際上你還早到了呢!

　　貝絲：你知道么，我可是一路從地鐵站跑到公司來的，現(xiàn)在都累得不行了。

　　薩麗：貝絲，你每天都按時(shí)上班，甚至提前到達(dá)辦公室，所以有一天晚一點(diǎn)兒的話真的算不了什么。

　　貝絲：真高興你能注意到我總保持上班準(zhǔn)時(shí)，謝謝你。

　　薩麗：沒什么。我一直認(rèn)為你是一名好員工，而且一直努力工作。

　　貝絲：能聽到這些我真高興。希望今年我的薪水能漲一些呢。

　　薩麗：讓我考慮考慮，貝絲。