又到獎金發放時

盼星星，盼月亮，終于把年終盼來了。年終意味著一年的辛苦到頭，收獲的日子到了!職場新丁收獲了成長的歷練、職場中堅力量收獲了經驗的沉淀，更重要的，是大家都將收獲那讓人期待不已的獎金!雖說平日里我們的表現領導們都看在眼里，但這個時候總結一下自己一年的工作成果，給自己增添點績效砝碼也是很重要的呢。

Stephanie: What’s up with everyone? ①They are all running around like chickens with their heads cut off.

Tommy: Oh， come on. Surely you know. The performance reviews come out today. Everyone is nervous as hell.

Stephanie: That’s today? I thought it was next week. ②I’m so out

of whack.

Tommy: Well， it’s not like you have anything to worry about. You are Mr. Jacobs’s go-to girl. You can do no wrong.

Stephanie: Whatever. ③Don’t make me sound like the teacher’s pet. He treats me just like everyone else.

Tommy: In that case， you won’t mind settling for a bonus the same size as everyone else?

Stephanie: Well， I don’t know about that. I take on a lot of extra responsibilities. That had better be reflected in my bonus.

Tommy: Haha. ④Now you are showing your true colours. It’s all about the money， isn’t it?

Stephanie: Not all about the money…but the money sure does help.

Tommy: I’m sure you will get a nice bonus just in time to do your Christmas shopping. ⑤But I always recommend having something up your sleeve in case you don’t get as much as you were expecting.

Stephanie: What do you mean?

Tommy: I always have a list prepared outlining all the exceptional work I have done over the past year: clients I’ve landed， deals I’ve closed and profits that can be attributed to me. Then I can march in there and show Jacobs if ⑥he short changes me.

Stephanie: Great idea. I better get working on my list!

史蒂芬妮:大家都怎么了?跟無頭蒼蠅一樣慌里慌

張的。

湯米:哦，少來了，你肯定知道的。今天要進行業績考核，大家都緊張得要命。

史蒂芬妮:就在今天?我還以為在下星期呢。我真是不在狀態。

湯米:呃，你倒是不需要擔心什么。你是雅各布斯先生的得力助手，不會有問

題的。

史蒂芬妮:怎么都好，但不要說得我是什么老師的得意門生似的。他對我的態度跟對其他人的沒什么不同。

湯米:如果是這樣的話，你應該不介意拿跟別人一樣多的獎金吧?

史蒂芬妮:呃，這個我就不知道了。我可是負擔了許多額外的工作任務，這個最好能在我的獎金上有所體現。

湯米:哈哈。現在你終于露出真面目了。都是錢作怪，對吧?

史蒂芬妮:那也不是完全為了錢……但錢的確很重

要嘛。

湯米:我相信你一定會拿到一筆不菲的獎金，讓你可以在圣誕購物浪潮中放開手腳、瘋狂購物。不過我還是勸你早作準備，以防你得不到你預期中的獎金。

史蒂芬妮:這是什么意

思呢?

湯米:我通常會把我在一年當中做的許多額外工作列出來:我發展的客戶啦，我談妥的交易啦，還有我所創造的利潤啦。這樣當雅各布斯對我不公時，我就能大步邁進他的辦公室，把這一切都展示給他看。

史蒂芬妮:這個主意很棒。我最好也趕快弄一份我自己的列表!

Smart Sentences

① They are all running around like chickens with their heads cut off. (大家)跟無頭蒼蠅一樣慌里慌張的。

run around like a chicken with its head cut off: behave in an erratic way(行為怪異，行為不合理，無目的)。例如:

You can’t run around like a chicken with its head cut off; you should sit down and set your priority.

你不要跟無頭蒼蠅一樣忙個不停，應該坐下來，對事情進行疏理，分出一個輕重緩急。

② I’m so out of whack. 我真是不在狀態。

out of whack: not working properly， not in the usual state(不正常)。例如:

The ecosystem is out of whack due to serious pollution.

由于嚴重的污染，生態系統已經出現了紊亂。

③ Don’t make me sound like the teacher’s pet. 不要說得我是什么老師的得意門生似的。

teacher’s pet: teacher’s favorite student， usually refers to sb. who is getting unfairly favorable treatment from someone in authority(受寵之人，當權者的紅人)。例如:

No matter where he goes， Peter is always the teacher’s pet.

彼特不管走到哪兒，都是寵兒。

④ Now you are showing your true colours. 現在你終于露出真面目了。

true colours: the real and truthful reality of sb.(真面目)。例如:

I finally see my supervisor’s true colours through this incident.

我終于通過這件事看清了我上司的真面目。

⑤ But I always recommend having something up your sleeve… 不過我還是勸你早作準備……

have sth. up one’s sleeve: having an idea or plan which hasn’t been told to anyone; hidden but ready to be used(暗中已有打算，藏而待用)。例如:

Mr. Peterson always has something up his sleeves， just in case.

彼得遜先生總是留有一手，以防萬一。

⑥ He short changes me. 他對我不公。

short change sb.: treat sb. unfairly or dishonestly， usually because sb. is given less of sth. than he/she deserves(虧待某人)。例如:

Migrant workers have been short changed for years.

外來工受不公平待遇已經多年了。