職場白領口語對話第28期:新公司都有哪些禁區?
【Trancript】
Work taboos
A：May I ask whether we are allowed to wear casual clothes in the office?
B：Sure, company rules are not very strict at this point.
A：Thank you for telling me that.
B：But remind you, there are some forbidden activities.
A：What are they? I’ll be careful.
B：Don’t use office phones for personal matters.
A：I got it.
B：Never ever come to work drunk, also smoking in the office is not allowed.
A：I see.
【Translation】
工作禁區
A：方便問一下，我們平時上班可以穿休閒的衣服嗎？
B：可以，這一點上公司沒有特別嚴厲的規定。
A：謝謝
B：不過還是提醒你一下，有些事情，是不允許的。
A：哪些？我會小心遵守的。
B：不要用公司的電話打私人電話。
A：知道了
B：不要喝醉了上班，也不要在辦公區吸菸
A：好的
【口語重點】
taboos
工作禁區
taboo n. 禁忌，禁止接近，禁止使用
如：Questions and problems that were once taboo are now discussed openly.
一度視爲犯忌的許多問題現在可以公開談論了。
Any mention of politics is taboo in his house.
在他家裏一提政治就犯忌。
I ask whether we are allowed to wear casual clothes in the office?
方便問一下，我們平時上班可以穿休閒的衣服嗎？
casual clothes就是我們通常所說的“休閒裝”，那“正裝”一般怎麼說呢？我們可以用formal dress或者suit（套裝）。
be allowed to就是“准許做某事”的意思，
例如： Students in the campus are not allowed to go out after 11 p.m.
學校裏的學生，11點之後不能出校門。
3.B：But remind you, there are some forbidden activities.
提醒你一下，公司裏有些禁令的。
remind sb意思就是“提醒某人”，如：Please remind me to call him later.提醒我帶回給他打個電話。
forbidden 在這裏修飾activites，表示“禁止的”。
As an earnest of my good intentions I will work overtime this week.
