Useful Words 第1 步 熟悉詞匯
complete 完成 task 工作 overtime 加班
shift 輪班 cooperate 合作 workload 工作量
exchange 交換 switch 轉換 workaholic 工作狂
complain 抱怨 substitute 代替 colleague 同事
initiative 主動性 coworker 同事
Useful Sentences 第2 步 牢記句型
I have to work overtime today . 我今天得加班。
I’m working late tonight . 我今晚得工作到很晚。
I have to work overtime today to get it done . 我要加班才能把這些做完。
Will I get paid extra if I stay late ?我加班有加班費嗎？
Could you take t shift from me ?你能替我個班嗎？
Can I change the shift with you ?我可以和你換班嗎？
1. I have to work overtime today . 我今天得加班。
I must work overtime today .我今天必須加班。
2. I’ve got so much to do . 我有好多事要做。
I have many things to do . 我有好多事要做。
3. I have to work late tonight ! 我今晚得工作到很晚！
I’m working late tonight .我今晚要工作到很晚。
4. I have to work overtime today to get it done . 我要加班才能把這做完。
If I work overtime . I think I can finish it . 我如果加班的話，我想我能完成。
5. I’ll work overtime this Saturday .我這周六要加班。
I must work overtime this Saturday .我這周六要加班。
6. Will I get paid extra if I stay late ?我加班有加班費嗎？
Will I be paid more than usual for staying later ?我加班晚的話，工作會比平時多嗎？
7. Hey Jack , got any shifts I can take ?嘿，杰克，我能換班嗎？
Could you take a shift from me ?你能幫我替個班嗎？
Would you like to cover me on Friday ?你周五能不能幫我代班、
8. Can I change the shift with you ?我可以和你換班嗎？
Would you like to change the shift with me ?你愿意和我換班嗎？
How about we change shifts ?我們換班怎么樣？
9. I switched with Bob .我跟鮑勃換班了。
I change shifts with Bob .我跟鮑勃換班了。
Useful Conversations 第3步 模仿對話
1. 加班 Work Overtime
Jimmy: I have had enough ! This is the third week in a row that work is having me work overtime .
Kevin : You must be tired ! I bet you are making good money though .
Jimmy : Yes , the money is nice , but it hardly seems worth it when I’m at work all the time . I haven’t even had time to play piano recently .
Kevin ; That’s too bad .
吉米：我受夠了！這是連續第三周了，總是讓我加班。
凱文：你一定累壞了！但是我打賭你一定賺了很多錢。
吉米：是的，收入可觀，但是用我全部的時間來工作并不值得。最近我甚至都沒有時間去彈鋼琴了。
凱文：那太槽糕了。
2. 調班 Change the Shift
Dan : Hey , Britney , did you get your schedule for next week ?
Britney : Yes , I saw it posted in the lunchroom . Why ?
Dan : I was hoping you could take a couple of my shifts . My friend is coming in from out of town and I want to be able to spend time with him .
Britney : Oh , I wish I could , Dan . I’m already working 35 hours though . I know that is I work any more hours they'll have to pay me overtime wages and I doubt the boss would approve .
Dan : Oh , of course . Do you know of anyone else who is looking for more hours ?
Britney : You could ask Janelle . I know she has only been getting one or two shifts a week .
丹 ：嘿，布蘭妮，你知道下周的日程安排了嗎？
布蘭妮：是的，我看到餐廳的通告了。為什么？
丹 ：我希望你能跟我調幾個班。我的朋友從外地過來，我想花點時間陪陪他。
布蘭妮：哦，我希望我能幫上忙，丹。但是我已經工作35個小時了。我知道如果我在工作幾個小時，他們就得付我加班費，但是我懷疑老板是否能同意。
丹 ：哦，確實是。你知道還有誰想多上一些班嗎？
布蘭妮：你可以問問珍妮兒，據我所知她一周才上一到兩個班。
lunchroom n. 學�；蚬S的餐廳
Useful Paragraph 第4步 誦讀短篇
Some people insist that only today and tomorrow matter . But how much poorer we would be if we really lived by that rule ! So much of what we do today is frivolous and futile and soon forgotten . So much of what we hope to do tomorrow never happens .
有些人堅持認為只有今天和明天才是最重要的，可是如果真的照此生活，我們將是何其可憐！許多今天我們做的事徒勞不足取的，很快就會被忘記。許多我們期待明天將要做的事卻從來沒有發生過。
frivolous adj. 輕率的 futile adj. 無用的
Cultural Background 第5步 了解文化
美國人熱衷于加班。比如說教師這一職業，擁有10年教齡的美國中學教師平均年薪4萬美元，高于歐洲的3萬美元，但這正是由于美國教師工作時間比歐洲多了近1/3而打拼出來的。不過，問題的另一面是，美國社會競爭之激烈，現在生活是很難想象出來的。美國法律規定加班能夠取得基本工資1.5倍的加班費，而時時擔憂“稍不留神”就有可能被劃入“窮人”的普通人（包括那些所謂的中產階級）絕不會放過任何賺錢的機會！
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