F:Where is the boss? I need him to sign a few documents. I checked in his office,but he is not there. Is he out of the office now?
M:Yes. Today is Tuesday,so the boss went off to his MBA seminar class. He is out of the office every Tuesday and Thursday mornings,and he has classes all day Saturday and Sunday.
F:What’s he studying?
M:He is finishing up a special continue education program for executives. He can continue working,taking a few of classes here and there,and in 2 years he will complete his MBA.
F:Sounds like a tiring schedule.He’s probably got a lot of homework too,eh?
M:The classes have him out of the office,so that is stressful for him. But as far as homework goes,it is a breeze for him.
F:Why is that?
M:He just has his secretary do his homework for him.
老板在哪兒?我需要他簽署幾份文件.我去過他辦公室找過,可是他不在那兒.他現在下班了嗎?
是的.今天是星期二,老板去上工商管理碩士的研討課了.每周二和周四上午他都不上班,周六和周日全天也都有課.
他學什么?
他參加了一個針對管理人員開辦的特殊繼續教育項目.他可以一邊繼續工作,一邊到處去聽課,兩年就能完成工商管理碩士課程的學習.
聽起來課程安排的很緊.那他可能有很多作業要做了?
上課時間,他不得不中斷工作,所以對他來說壓力很大.但作業對他而言,是輕而易舉的事.
為什么是這樣?
他只是把作業都交給他的秘書做就行了.
Tiring: making you feel the need to sleep or rest 令人困倦的;使人疲勞的;累人的
It had been a long tiring day.
這一天讓人感到又累又長.Schedule: a plan that lists all the work that you have to do and when you must do each thing 工作計劃;日程安排
I have a hectic schedule for the next few days.
我今后幾天的日程緊得要命.
We’re working to a tight schedule(= we have a lot of things to do in a short time).
我們的工作安排得很緊.
Filming began on schedule(= at the planned time).
拍攝如期開始.
The new bridge has been finished two years ahead of schedule.
新橋提前兩年落成.
The tunnel project has already fallen behind schedule.
隧道工程已經晚了工期.
Stressful: causing a lot of anxiety and worry 壓力重的;緊張的
a stressful job/situation/lifestyle
繁重的工作;艱難的處境;緊張的生活方式
It was a very stressful time for all of us.
對于我們所有人來說,那都是一段艱難時期.
Breeze: a thing that is easy to do 輕而易舉的事
It was a breeze.
這事不費吹灰之力.
