BEC商務(wù)英語活學(xué)活用：Mistakes

　　Ⅰ.核心學(xué)習(xí)：Mistakes 犯錯

　　Steve: Hi Mike. You're in the office bright and early today.

　　史蒂夫：嗨邁克，你今天來公司太早了。

　　Mike: I know. I was so strung-out last night that I could not sleep.

　　邁克：我知道。昨天晚上我太緊張了睡不著覺。

　　Steve: That's tragic buddy. What is making you feel so nervous?

　　史蒂夫：那太不幸了朋友。什么事讓你那么緊張?

　　Mike: I am too ashamed to tell anyone. Just leave me alone.

　　邁克：太難以啟齒了，別問我了

　　Steve: Mike, we have helped each other out of many jams. Please let me help you this time.

　　史蒂夫：邁克，我們曾經(jīng)互相幫助解決了很多困難。這次讓我來幫你吧。

　　Mike. Well, OK. Yesterday I deleted some important files that the boss really needs and I don't know what to do!

　　邁克：好吧。昨天我把老板需要的一些重要文件刪掉了，我不知道怎么辦才好。

　　Steve: Is that all? People are not robots Mike. We all make mistakes sometimes.

　　史蒂夫：就因?yàn)檫@嗎?人不是機(jī)器邁克，我們都有犯錯的時候。

　　Mike: Really? I feel much better now that I have told you.

　　邁克：真的嗎?跟你講了以后我現(xiàn)在感覺好多了。

　　Steve: Listen carefully because I have lots more to say about office mistakes.

　　史蒂夫：關(guān)于在辦公室里做錯事我還有很多話要說，好好聽。

　?、?單詞簡析

　　1) Strung-out: very worried, stressed

　　很擔(dān)心，緊張

　　ex:If I don't study before an exam I get very strung-out and think that I will fail.

　　如果考試前不學(xué)習(xí)的話我就會很緊張，覺得自己會通不過。

　　2) Tragic: something terrible, very bad

　　很可怕很糟糕的事情

　　ex:When I was ten years old my dog died - it was tragic.

　　在我十歲的時候，我的狗死了-那真是太慘了。

　　3) Jam: trouble, difficulty

　　麻煩、困難

　　ex:I was driving too fast and when the police stopped my car I knew that I was in a real jam!

　　我開車開得太快了，警察攔住我的車的時候我知道自己惹大麻煩了。

　　4) Robot: a machine that looks and acts like a human

　　樣子和動作像人的機(jī)器

　　ex:Then 1970's were full of TV shows about robots.

　　七十年代凈是些關(guān)于機(jī)器人的電視節(jié)目。

　　Ⅲ.課文篇

　　At some time in everyone's business career, they will make a mistake (or two). Some mistakes are small and can be easily fixed, while others are large and take a lot of work to set right.

　　每個人工作期間都有犯一兩次錯誤的時候。有些是小錯誤很容易解決，有些錯誤很嚴(yán)重需要做很多工作來彌補(bǔ)。

　　Regardless of the size of the mistake, the most important thing to do is to tell someone straight away. Even if you think that you will get in a huge jam, the best policy to is admit to your mistakes as early as possible.

　　不管多大的錯誤，最重要的是趕快把它說出來。盡管你認(rèn)為你會惹上大麻煩，但最好的解決方法是盡早承認(rèn)錯誤。

　　If you try to hide a mistake and someone else finds out (and they always do), the trouble will be much worse because you tried to hide it.

　　如果你想把錯誤隱藏起來，被別人發(fā)現(xiàn)后麻煩更大(人們總是能發(fā)現(xiàn))，因?yàn)槟阍噲D掩蓋錯誤。

　　Anyone can make a mistake once, but only a fool makes the same mistake twice! Learn from your mistakes and don't repeat them.

　　每個人都有犯錯的時候，但只有傻瓜才會犯同樣的錯誤!從錯誤中吸取教訓(xùn)，不要重犯舊錯。

　　When you do make a mistake, think about all of the possible solutions, so that when you tell someone, you can suggest ways to fix it. People will think highly of you for your honesty and professionalism that way.

　　如果真的犯了錯誤，想一想可能的解決方法，這樣你在跟別人說的時候就可以提出解決它的建議。這樣一來人們就會很欣賞你的誠實(shí)和職業(yè)作風(fēng)。

　　When someone else makes a mistake and comes to you for help, try to focus on solving the problem and not on criticizing them. All problems can be fixed if you think carefully enough!

　　當(dāng)別人犯了錯誤來向你尋求幫助的時候，盡量把注意力放在解決問題上而不是責(zé)備他們。只要認(rèn)真想想，任何問題都會被解決的。

　?、?對話篇

　　Beth: I heard the boss yelling at Mike for some reason earlier today. Do you know what it was about?

　　貝斯：今天早晨我聽到老板為了什么原因在跟邁克發(fā)脾氣。你知道怎么回事嗎?

　　Sally: Steve says that Mike made a mistake and then tried to cover it, but the boss found out.

　　薩利：史蒂夫說邁克做錯了事又試圖掩蓋它，被老板發(fā)現(xiàn)了。

　　Beth: Why didn't he just own up and tell someone?

　　貝斯：為什么他不坦白說出來?

　　Sally: He was too scared that he would be fired, I suppose.

　　薩利：我想他害怕被辭退。

　　Beth: But when you have made a mistake, it is important to tell someone so that it can be fixed.

　　貝斯：可是做錯事的時候最重要的是說出來這樣問題才能得到解決。

　　Sally: I bet that Mike wished you had told him that earlier.

　　薩利：我確信邁克一定希望你早一些跟他說這些話。

　　Beth: He won't do that again - Mike is not a fool, and only fools make the same mistake twice.

　　貝斯：他不會再做錯了，邁克不是傻瓜，只有傻瓜才會重復(fù)同樣的錯誤。

　　Sally: As always you are the smart one with the good advice.

　　薩利：你總是那么聰明，能提出一些好建議。

　　Beth: But remember, even the smartest person makes mistakes sometimes!

　　貝斯：但是要記住，就算最聰明的人也有犯錯的時候。