October, 15

Key vocabulary

1）  resources=money

2）  understaffed=not enough people to do the job（they don’t have enough employees）

3）  the timing is just not right=it is not a good time now

I think we should have a baby. The timing is just not right.

4）  weight off my shoulders=remove pressure or stress(to help me about work)

5）  intern 实习生

6）  keep costs down=to try not spend much money 降低成本

7）  that sounds reasonable = is OK

8）  Give me a hand=help Can you give me a hand about these boxes?

A: …like I told you before, we just don’t have the resource to hire you an assistant.

B. I understand that, but the fact is we are understaffed.

A. The timing is just not right, the economy is bad and it’s too risky to take on new staff.

B. Yeah, I guess you are right… here’s an idea, what if we hire an intern? She would take some weight off my shoulders.

A: She?

B: Yeah, you know a recent graduate. She could give me a hand with some of these projects and we could keep our costs down..

A: That’s sounds reasonable… let me see what I can do.

A: Tony, I’d like to introduce you to your new assistant.

B: OK, great! Let’s meet her!

C: Hi, I’m Adam./

B: Oh…hi…I’m Tony…