Unit 04
Working overtime
職場攻略/辦公日常
English for the workplace/Communication in workplace
BRAIN STORM
Share your ideas with your teacher and try to make sentences.
Would you work overtime today?
VOCABULARY
Repeat these sentences after your teacher.
1. free (adj.) 有空
Are you free on Friday?
你星期五有空嗎？
2. a ton (phr.) 一堆
There are a ton of items.
有很多物品。
3. overtime (n.) 超時
I have to put in some overtime tomorrow.
我明天要加班。
4. exhausted (adj.) 精疲力竭
She was exhausted after exercising at the gym.
她在健身房鍛煉後筋疲力盡。
5. busy (adj.) 忙
I am busy on Friday.
我星期五很忙。
6. evening (n.) 晚上
How about we see a movie on Sunday evening instead?
我們改為在周日晚上看電影怎麼樣？
7. in a row (phr.) 連續
It rained for one week in a row.連續下了一個星期的雨。
8. rest (v.) 休息
Let’s rest at the park.
讓我們在公園休息。
Dialogue
Read the dialogue aloud with your teacher.
Are you free for dinner tomorrow night?
你明晚有空一起吃飯嗎？
I don’t know… I worked a ton of overtime this week. I’m exhausted.
我不知道…這個星期我天天加班。我累死了。
Oh, really? Why did you work so much?
哦，是嗎？你為什麼那麼努力工作？
It was just busy in the office. I had to work every evening for the last two weeks!
只是辦公室事情多。我上兩個星期每晚都在工作。
Wow, 14 days in a row?
哇，連著14天？
Yes! And last weekend, I worked during the day too.
是阿！而且上周末我白天也工作呢！
Well, understand why you are tired. You really should rest this weekend.
嗯，我知道你為什麼這麼累了。你這周末該休息休息。
I will. Maybe we can do dinner next week!
我會的。也許我們下周末可以一起吃晚飯！
Let's Practice
Make it right.
A : ________.
B :It was just busy in the office.
1.Why did you work so much?2.What time is it?
A : I’d like to speak to your manager.
B : ________.
1.That’s cool!
2.I’m sorry. He just got off.
“schedule”
There was only one seat ____ on the train.
1.fear
2.free
Are you feeling _(1)_? Is the concept of “work’-_(2)_ balance” out of your _(3)_?
(A) reach (B)life (C)overworked
Extended learning
Try to make a sentence
1. career___________________________________
2. laid off___________________________________
3. unemployed______________________________
4. between jobs_____________________________
5. unemployment rate_______________________
