1. Yech...it is a beautiful day out. And here I am stuck inside the office with all this paper work.

    （哎，外面天气那麽好，我却得守在办公室内处理这些文件。）

    2. How am I to know what I'm supposed to do if there's no organization around here?

    （如果这里那麽没有条理，我怎麽晓得该做些什麽好呢？)

    3.The company is so cheap we have to sharpen our pencils until they're down to little stubs like this.

    （公司这麽吝啬，害得我们得把铅笔用到这麽短。）

    4.Now where did my eraser go this time?Don't take things off other people's desks without asking them,O.K.?

    （这回我的橡皮又到哪里去了？不要不说一声就拿别人桌子上的东西，好吗？）

    5.I want you to stop hogging my desk space,all right?

    （你不要再占用我的桌子，好吗？）

    6.Turn the other way when you smoke,so I won't have to breathe it,all right?

    （你抽烟时转向那一边，免得我吸到，行不行？）

    7.Don't talk to me while I'm in the middle of calculating.

    （我在计算时，别跟我说话。）

    8.Ah,heck!Another mistake.The staff here can't even use their calculators right!

    （真见鬼！又错了。这里的职员连计算器都不能正确使用。）

    9.Oh,why did he have to give me this rush job now that it's almost time for my lunch break!

    （哎，快到午餐休息时间了，他为什麽非给我这个急件不可！）

    10.I know I made a mistake.I just wish he wouldn't keep hammering away at it.

    （我知道我犯错误了。我真希望他不要一直骂个不停。）

    11.Doing this mindless work all day is going to drive me crazy.

    （整天做这种不用动脑筋的工作，会使我发疯的。）

    12.Why do I have to do all these extra needless little jobs anyway?

    （不管怎样，为什麽我得做所有这些多余的、不必要的琐碎工作？）

    13.How come everyone in ourcompany is middle-aged stuffy?

    （为什麽我们公司都是一些古板的中年人？）

    14.Everytime he gets drunk,he goes into his lousy preaching routine.

    （每次喝醉，他就开始他那令人讨厌的说教。）

    15.I don't understand what's going on inside these young people's heads.

    （我不了解这些年轻人的脑子里想的是什麽。）

    16.Say,don't you think Miss Black is using the phone too much for personal calls?

    （喂，你不觉得布莱克小姐的私人电话打得太多吗？）