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@ 30070 Discussing Work
A: 王先生，你好像很忙。壓力大嗎？
Wáng xiānsheng， nǐ hǎoxiàng hěn máng。 yālì dà ma？
Mr. Wang, you seem very busy. Are you under too much pressure?
B: 有可能。我的老闆給我很大壓力。我很早上班，很晚下班。週末經常加班。
yǒu kěnéng。 wǒ de lǎobǎn gěi wǒ hěn dà yālì。 wǒ hěn zǎo shàngbān， hěn wǎn xiàbān。 zhōumò jīngcháng jiābān。
Maybe. My boss gives me a lot of pressure. I start work very early and finish very late. I often work overtime on the weekend.
A: 你在這家公司工作了多久？
nǐ zài zhè jiā gōngsī gōngzuò le duōjiǔ？ How long have you been with that company?
B: 在這家公司做了八年多了。但是我對我的薪水不太滿意。薪水太低。
zài zhè jiā gōngsī zuò le bā nián duō le。 dànshì wǒ duì wǒ de xīnshuǐ bùtài mǎnyì。 xīnshuǐ tài dī。
I've worked with this company for over eight years. But I'm not satisfied with my salary. My salary is too low.
A: 你為什麼不換個工作？像你這樣工作經驗豐富的人找工作很容易。
nǐ wèishénme bù huàn ge gōngzuò？ xiàng nǐ zhèyàng gōngzuò jīngyàn fēngfù de rén zhǎo gōngzuò hěn róngyì。
Why don't you change your job? For someone like you with a lot of working experience, finding a job is easy.
B: 你說得對。我應該考慮一下。
nǐ shuō de duì。 wǒ yīnggāi kǎolǜ yīxià。You're right. I should think about that.
---Key Vocabulary---
好像 hǎoxiàng to seem to be
壓力 yālì pressure
有可能 yǒu kěnéng possibly
下班 xiàbān to get off work
週末 zhōumò weekends
加班 jiābān to work overtime
薪水 xīnshuǐ salary
滿意 mǎnyì satisfied
換 huàn to change
考慮 kǎolǜ to think about
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
跳槽 tiàocáo change to a better job
工資 gōngzī salary
獎金 jiǎngjīn money award
福利 fúlì welfare
待遇 dàiyù pay
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