安娜正在努力的和苏格拉底先生最喜爱的销售经理瑞秋合作，瑞秋是来帮忙的，但是安娜却觉得瑞秋正在变成工作的阻碍，安娜要解决这个问题，你觉得她会怎么做？
english at work episode 37： rachel the rabbit!
bbc白领工作英语第 37 集：同事rachel，和难相处的同事工作
narrator: 大家好。 这又是 tip top trading 公司的一天。
denise: (on phone) and i said no john, not at my age, i'd rather take the bus…
tom: (on phone) yeah pete, that's great, so we'll deliver 2,000 bananas by friday. let's have a beer soon… yeah… cheers mate. narrator: 可是这里有两名工作人员在办公室里斗上了，谁都不肯让步。
anna: so you did what? you ordered the second-hand ones?!
rachel: chillax hannah…
anna: anna!
rachel: they're just oranges…
anna: plastic lemons actually.
narrator: anna 觉得和 rachael 一起工作很不容易，rachael 可是顶头大老板 socrates 先 生的热门销售经理。把她派到 tip top 公司是来帮忙促进销售的，可是看起来起的却 是反作用。
rachel: look, i'm off for a cappuccino, everything will be fine. ciao.
tom: anna, has rachel gone out?
anna: yes.
tom: phew. she's a bit of a man-eater. she almost ate me once.
anna: she eats men?
tom: well, not exactly. i worked with her in my last job. she was always listening in to other people's conversations and she's always changing jobs. that's why they call her rachel rabbit – you know, big ears, always jumping from one job to another.
anna: rachel rabbit! that's funny. so, she isn't that good then?
tom: oh, useless! she only worked for mr socrates because her father threatened to sue the company, after one of our plastic pineapples fell off a shelf and broke his toe. but, err… better keep that under your hat.
anna: my hat?
tom: i mean, keep it a secret.
anna: oh, right, i see. well, now, she's ordered loads of second-hand oranges to send to our new customer in france.
tom: but they wanted imperial lemons.
anna: i know. i'm not sure what to do, so i'm going to have to speak to paul about this. narrator: 对了，有时候碰到难题的时候，得向上级汇报，请求指导。告诉 paul, 你觉得 rachel 做出的决定会直接影响到公司的业务 i'm concerned that she's made a mistake that might affect the business. 你也可以说 rachel 没有起到她的作用或者是没有 做她该做的工作。she's not pulling her weight. 还有你也可以告诉上司你很难和这 个同事一起工作。i'm finding it very difficult to work with her.
anna: right. i'll try. there's paul now… paul could i have a word please?
paul: of course, anna. let's go in my office. now, how can i help?
anna: err, well, it's rachel.
paul: yes, amazing woman. mr socrates' favourite…
anna: i know… but i'm finding it difficult to work with her.
paul: oh why's that?
anna: i'm a bit concerned that she's made a mistake and it might affect our business.
paul: golly gosh. really?! why's that?
anna: well, she's ordered second-hand oranges for our new client in france.
paul: that's marvellous… isn't it?
anna: well, i asked her not to. they wanted lemons… new imperial lemons.
paul: ah… not so marvellous. anything else?
anna: well, speaking personally, i don't think she's pulling her weight. she doesn't seem to do any work and just keeps going out to buy cappuccinos.
paul: well, that's just not on. look anna, i will look in to this straight away and see if i can sort this out. thank you for bringing it to my attention. now, i think you've earned a custard cream.
narrator: anna 向老板 paul 汇报了她的担忧。现在 paul 可以决定是否要做进一步的调查。如 果你在工作中碰到难相处的同事，也觉得自己不能解决同事之间的问题， 那么报告上 司是应该的，你可以用到以下的一些表达： i'm concerned that she's made a mistake that might affect the business. she's not pulling her weight. i'm finding it very difficult to work with her.
narrator: 不知道 paul 会怎么处理这件事情。
paul: there you are rachel. nice cappuccino? could you step in to my office for a moment, i'd like a word.
rachel: ya, sure. denise: ooh, i wonder what that's all about. do you know anna?
anna: no idea.
tom: she's probably going to get a promotion and a pay rise… and a custard cream!
rachel: (false laughing) thanks paul, ciao. what a great guy he is. such a great sense of humour! looks like we're doing some good work anna!
anna: wwwhat?
narrator: oh anna. 我看 paul 没怎么处理你提出的问题。不过别着急，我们慢慢来。好了，今 天的白领英语就到这儿，我们下次节目再见！
listening challenge 听力挑战 tom 是怎么向 anna 描绘 rachel 的？ 答案：tom 说她是个食人者，比喻她能让男人都听她的话。
今日节目中的英语口语句子：
i'm concerned that she's made a mistake that might affect the business. 我觉得她做出的决定会直接影响到公司的业务。
she's not pulling her weight. 她没有起到她的作用。
i'm finding it very difficult to work with her. 我觉得很难和她相处，一起工作。