【慢速生活英语口语广播10：工作中的背景差异(MP3)】voa慢速英语在线收听
diversity at work工作中的背景差异
Dialog
英语情景对话
Jeff: What were you and Richard talking about earlier? It looked intense.
男：早些时候你跟理查德在谈论什么，气氛看起来有点僵呀
Lucy: Yeah, Richard said something to me that I didn"t appreciate.
女：噢，他进了些让我不喜欢的事
Jeff: Oh, no. I know how insensitive he can be. What has he done now?
男：不会吧，我知道他这个人常常无礼又无知，今天他怎么又做这种事了？
Lucy: He asked me how long it took me to learn English.
女：他问我学习英语多少年了
Jeff: But, you were born and raised in California!
男：啊，你可是土生土长的加利福尼亚人呀
Lucy: Yeah, but I get that sometimes. It doesn"t matter how many generations my family has lived in the U.S., we"ll always
be foreigners in their eyes.
女：我算是明白了，无论我家有几代人在美国生活过，在有些人的眼里，我们永远是外国人
Jeff: What a racist! How can you stand working with the guy?
男：真是个种族分子！你如何能忍受与这样的家伙同事
Lucy: You know, Richard isn"t such a bad guy. He made the comment out of ignorance, not malice.
女：你知道的，理查德这个人不坏。他说这些话就是出于无知，而非恶意
Jeff: So, what did you say when he asked you how long it took you to learn English?
男：那么当他问你学了多久英语的时候，你是如何回答他的
Lucy: I told him 28 years. And, he knows I"m 28 years old since I just celebrated my birthday last week. He was puzzled for a minute, and then he got it.
女：我告诉他28年了。他显然知道我也才28岁因为上周我刚庆贺过我的生日。他一听愣了一下，随后就明白我什么意思了。
Jeff: Are you sure he really got the message?
男：你确信他明白了？
Lucy: Yeah, I"m pretty sure since I then asked him how long it took him to learn English.
女：是的，当我问他学习英语多久的时候，我就确信他明白我的意思了
Jeff: That"s hilarious! What did he say?
男：真爽，他怎么回答的
Lucy: He said, "36 years," and we both laughed about it. He apologized and now, it"s all good.
女：他说，36年了。我们俩接着就都笑了。他为刚才的事道歉，现在一切都挺好
Jeff: I"m glad. I bet he won"t make that mistake again.
男：我觉得挺好。我相信他不应该再犯类似的错误了。