哭了这么久！
So long Denise!
Hello again. It’s a difficult day at the offices of Tip Top Trading .
大家好！话说顶级贸易公司今天很难过。
The office assistant Denise is losing her job, and today is her last day.
办公室助理Denise即将失去工作，今天是她在公司的最后一天。
Anna is busy with her work and trying to get everyone to sign Denise’s leaving card.
Anna正忙着让大家为Denise的离职卡签名。
Paul, have you signed Denise’s leaving card yet?
Paul，你给Denise的离职卡签名了没？
No, not yet. Have you got a pen? “Sorry to see you go. Best foot forward. Paul.”
还没呢。你有钢笔没？“很抱歉看你离开，祝你前途似锦。Paul亲笔。”
There. I feel a bit guilty, it was me who got rid of her.
写完了。呃，我有点内疚，毕竟是我把她解雇的。
Yeah. Well, you should feel really bad. I can’t believe you’re getting rid of her.
是啊，你真该为此难过。我简直不敢相信你竟然开除她。
Tom, do you want to sign the card?
Tom，你要给她签名吗？
Yeah, of course. “You are…were…the best employee we ever had. So sad to see you go. Kiss, kiss, kiss. Tom.”
当然。“Denise，你是我见过的最棒员工，看你离开我很伤心。再此献上三个吻，Tom亲笔。”
Gosh. Three kisses! Erm, you haven’t given me any money for her leaving present yet, have you?
天哪，还三个吻！对了，你还没给我买离职礼物的钱呢。
Oh sorry, a bit of a cash flow problem … Here, have a pound.
哦，对不起，最近资金有点紧张。给你，一磅。
That’s generous! (Denise crying in distance)
也太慷慨了吧！（Denise在远处哭着）
Oh crumbs, she’s crying again. Anna, could you deal with her?
哦，苍天，她又哭了！Anna，你去安慰下吧。
I’ve got something important to do.
我现在有重要事情做。
Oh yeah. Me too.
哦，我也有事，很忙。
Denise, are you OK? Are you upset about leaving?
Denise，你还好吧？还在为离开而难过吗？
Yes. I’ve loved working here. I’ve made some good friends… like you Anna…
是啊，我喜欢在这工作。还交了像你这样的好朋友。。。
Oh, and being able to make free phone calls has been good. What am I going to do now?
再说，我可以免费打电话。现在要走了，我该怎么办啊？
Oh dear Anna. It sounds like Denise needs some career advice .
哦，亲爱的Anna。听起来Denise需要些职业建议。
Career advice?
职业建议？
She needs some guidance on what to do next and where to find another job.
对，她需要一些职业指导，如下一步做什么，到哪里找工作。
What would you do in her situation?
要是遇到她的情况，你会怎么做？
Look in the newspaper, ring my contacts, register with a job agency?
找报纸、给联系人打电话、注册职业介绍所。
Exactly! I’m sure you can give her some good advice. Go on, give it a go !
没错，我相信你能给她一些好建议，快去吧！
OK, I’ll try. (To Denise) Cheer up Denise, you need to think positively.
好吧，我试试。（对Denise说）Denise，振作一点，你应该乐观看待问题。
Do I? I’m unemployed from tomorrow, how am I ever going to find another job?
是吗？从明天开始我就失业了，我该怎样找新工作啊？
Well, have you tried looking in the job section of the newspaper?
恩，你试着在报纸上找过吗？
No.
没有。
It’s a good place to st art. And there are loads of job- finding websites you could sign up for.
报纸是个不错的选择。而且那么多求职网站，你可以注册试试。
I don’t have a computer.
可我没有电脑。
Well what about ringing some of the people you know; contacts who may know about a job.
那就给你认识的人打电话，尽可能联系那些了解工作的人。
Hmm, I hadn’t thought about that.
恩，这点我倒是没想过。
And of course, you could register with a recruitment agency.
当然，你也可以去招聘机构注册。
They’re good at finding jobs for you.
他们很擅长找工作的。
Oh, that’s a good idea. Anna, you’re brilliant! What great ideas … you’re so kind and… thoughtful.
哦，好主意！Anna，你真聪明。这么伟大的想法，哦，你太亲切了，太体贴了。
(Door opens) Anna could you… Oh no, she’s crying again.
（门开了）Anna，你能。。。哦，天哪，她又哭了。
Oh no, shall we go back in to your office Paul?
不是吧？Paul，那我们回你办公室吧？
No, no. It’s OK, Denise is crying with happiness. She’s feeling better now.
呃，不是，没关系的。Denise是在流幸福的泪水。她现在感觉好多了。
Oh well, in that case… shall we all gather round and officially say goodbye to Denise.
哦，这样的话，那我们聚到一起，和Denise正式道别吧。
It’s an emotional day for Denise, but Anna has been really useful with her career advice.
对Denise来说，今天是颇为感动的一天。因为Anna给了她很多有关职业生涯的建议。
If a professional career advisor is not available, giving some
of your own advice can sometimes be useful.
假如没有职业顾问，给自己一些建议有时也是很有用的。
Let’s hear again what Anna suggested…
一起回顾下Anna提出的建议吧。
You need to think positively.
你应该乐观看待问题。
Try looking in the job section of the newspaper .
试着在报纸上找找工作。
There are loads of job- finding websites you could sign up for.
有很多求职网站，你可以注册试试。
What about ringing some of the people you know?
给你认识的人打电话问问。
You could register with a recruitment agency.
你也可以去招聘机构注册。
OK everyone, the time has come to say farewell to Denise.
好了，大家该向Denise道别了。
It’s with regret we’ve had to let her go.
让她离开，我们感到很遗憾。
We? You, Paul.
我们？Paul，是你自己。
Thank you for all your hard work and we wish you very well in the future.
Denise，谢谢你的辛勤工作，希望你未来安好。
(Everyone claps) Anna, I think we have a gift for Denise?
（大家鼓掌）Anna，我们给Denise准备的礼物呢？
There you go Denise. Careful , it’s quite heavy.
给你，Denise。小心点哦，它很重的。
(Unwrapping gift) Oh, what a beautiful fruit bowl… and full of plastic fruit!
（拆开礼品）哇，多漂亮的果盘啊。。。还有这么多塑料水果！
(Everyone laughs) (Phone rings) I’ll get it (Tom talks to someone on the phone).
（大家笑了）（电话铃响）我去接电话。（Tom在电话上和人聊天）
Sorry about that everyone. That was a company called Nice'n ’Cheesy, they remember you Anna.
很抱歉打扰大家。刚刚美味奶酪店来电，他们还记得你哎，Anna。
They liked your sales pitch and want to order a hundred thousand plastic grapes to go with their cheeses!
他们很喜欢你的推销，想订购10万支塑料葡萄来搭配奶酪。
What?! Brilliant! Ooops.
什么？太棒了，呼！
(Fruit bowl drops and smashes) My new fruit bowl! (Starts crying again)
（果盘掉下，摔碎了）我的果盘！（又开始哭了）
Oh dear. Poor Denise! It looks like she might be leaving the company at just the wrong time.
哦，可怜的Denise！貌似她离开公司的时间不太合适。
I wonder if she’ll be back? You’ll have to join us again for the next episode of English at Work. Bye!
不知道她是否会回来。。。记得收听下一期职场英语哦~拜拜。