地道美語聽力播客897：辦公室翻新

Alice: I can’t hear you over that hammering. When are these renovations going to be done?　　
愛麗絲：有乒乒乓乓的敲打聲，我聽不清你說話。什么時候翻修完?

　　Dilbert: They’re already two weeks past the scheduled completion date and I can only guess at the cost overruns.

　　呆伯特：已經(jīng)超出預計的完工期兩周了，我只能估算超出預算多少錢。

　　Alice: It feels like they’re never going to finish.

　　愛麗絲：感覺他們永遠也干不完似的。

　　Dilbert: I know. When the renovations were announced, I was glad to hear that the office would be reconfigured for better use.

　　呆伯特：我同意。翻修要是結束了，我就會很高興地聽到辦公室改造地更好用啦。

　　Alice: Me, too.

　　愛麗絲：我也是。

　　Dilbert: The upgrades sounded good – new lighting fixtures, flooring, and sound-deadening walls and ceilings.

　　呆伯特：改良的很不錯--新的照明設備，地板，還有隔音墻和天花板。

　　Alice: I was looking forward to an updated look with new built-ins. This old furniture shows lots of wear and tear.

　　愛麗絲：我一直想要一個既有現(xiàn)代的外觀，里邊又換上新內置家具的辦公室。老家具都磨損得不成樣子了。

　　Dilbert: Yeah, now all I want is to be rid of all this dust. Who can work with this racket?

　　呆伯特：是啊，現(xiàn)在我最想要的就是把這些塵土都弄干凈。有噪音還怎么工作啊?

　　Alice: Heh? What did you say? Did you say you can’t hack it? Me, neither!

　　愛麗絲：呵?你說什么?你受不了了?我也受不了了!