Elementary ‐ The Office ‐ Out Of Control Spending (C0013)

Elementary ‐ The Office ‐ Out Of Control Spending (C0013)

A: OK, so now the last point on our agenda. Jill, let’s go over the profit and loss statement.
好的，现在是我们议程上的最后一点。吉尔，我们来看看损益表。
B: Great. Well, the main issue here, as you can see, is that our expenses are through the roof.
这里的主要问题是，正如你所看到的，我们的开销异常的高。
A: Let’s see... These numbers are off the charts! What’s going on here!
让我们看看…这些数字太离谱了!这是怎么回事!
B: Well, um, sir, the company expenditures on entertainment and travel are out of control. Look at these bills for example. Just this month we’ve paid over twenty thousand dollars for hotel charges!
嗯，嗯，先生，公司在娱乐和旅行上的开支已经超出控制。看看这些账单。就在这个月，我们付了两万多美元的旅费!
A: OK, thank you. I’ll look into it.
好的,谢谢你。我去调查一下。
B: The list goes on and on. Here, this is a bill for five thousand dollars for spa treatments!
这样的事举不胜举。在这里，这是一份5千美元的水疗护理账单!
A: Thank you; that will be all. I’ll take care of it.
谢谢你;就这是全部了。我会处理的。
B: Look at this one sir, eight thousand dollars were spent in one night at a place called ”Wild Things”?!
看看这个，先生，在一个叫做“野兽”的地方，一晚上就花了八千美元。
A: OK, I get it!! Thank you for your very thorough analysis!
好的，我明白了!感谢您全面的分析!

Key Vocabulary

单词或短语	性质	解释
go over	phrase	revise, check
through the roof	phrase	suddenly very high
off the charts	phrase	very high
expenditures	common noun, plural	amount of money spent on something
out of control	phrase	not in control
look into	principle verb, Will Future	investigate, try to get information about something
go on and on	phrase	continues
take care of	principle verb, Will Future	do something about

Supplementary Vocabulary

单词或短语	性质	解释
revenue	common noun, non-variable	amount of money paid to a business
cash flow	common noun, non-variable	the movement of money into and out of a business
the bottom line	phrase	the net profit; the amount of money a business makes after expenses
finances	common noun, non-variable	the amount of money you have and how well it is organized
income	common noun, non-variable	the amount of money a person or a company makes
assets	common noun, plural	things of value that are owned by a company