白領(lǐng)快餐口語(yǔ)第27期:新公司的上下班時(shí)間~

Work time and breaks

A： Didn’t you punch in this morning, Monica?

B： Sorry, I don’t know the rule about punching.

A： That’s ok. I should have told you earlier. This is a company rule.

B： Do we also need to punch out after work?

A： According to the company rule, we should punch in before 8 o’clock and punch out after 5 o’clock every work day.

B： How about the lunch break, Lucy?

A： From 11:30 to 1 o’clock.

B： May I ask whether we need to work overtime?

A： Sometimes, but not quite often.

1.According to the company rule, we should punch in before 8 o’clock and punch out after 5 o’clock every work day.

根據(jù)公司的規(guī)定，我們應(yīng)該每天早上8點(diǎn)前打卡上班，每天下午5點(diǎn)，打卡下班。

punch 最原本的意思就是“一拳’，例如：He laid his opponent low with a single punch.

他一拳就把對(duì)手打倒在地。

在這里punch作動(dòng)詞，表示“打卡”，punch in與punch out分別表示“打卡進(jìn)公司”，“打卡下班”的意思、

2.B：May I ask whether we need to work overtime?

方便問(wèn)一下，我們需要加班嗎?

may I ask用在本句中，主要是用來(lái)緩沖句子的語(yǔ)氣的，例如我們可以說(shuō)：May I ask whether you have been married?方便問(wèn)一下，你結(jié)婚了沒(méi)?

work overtime 是“加班”的意思，

例如：我愿本周加班工作以示誠(chéng)意。

As an earnest of my good intentions I will work overtime this week.