【生詞預覽】

tardiness拖延，unacceptable不可接受的

【笑話原文】

Is There Another Door?

Being the office supervisor, I had to have a word with a new employee who never arrived at work on time. I explained that her tardiness was unacceptable and that other employees had noticed that she was walking in late every day. After listening to my complaints, she agreed that this was a problem and even offered a solution, “Is there another door I could use?”

【中文譯文】

還有沒有別的門？

一個新雇員從來不按時上班。作為辦公室主管，我得說幾句。我對她解釋說，她這樣拖拖拉拉是不行的。其他同事都注意到她每天都遲到。聽完我的話之后，她承認這是個問題，她還提出一個解決辦法：“還有沒有別的門可以走？”

【詞匯講解】

1.have a word說些什么。與word有關的慣用語：have no words for sth.無法用語言形容某物；get the word了解了；eat one’s words收回前言／承認錯誤；at a word立即；say the word吩咐一下；upon my word說實在話。

2.arrive到達。arrive in Rome到達羅馬；arrive from Rome從羅馬到達。“來臨”：The time has arrived for you to study.是你學習的時間了。“被送來”：Day after day, the blossoms continued to arrive.日復一日，鮮花不斷送來。口語里，還有“成功”的意思：The book was his greatest success; with it, he arrived.這本書是他最大的成就，他靠它出了名。“碰巧發生”：It arrived that the master had already departed.碰巧主人已離開了。

3.on time準時，于指定時間：The train arrived on time.火車準時到達。注意與“in time”（及時）的區分：Do you think we shall be in time for the train?你看我們來得及趕上火車嗎？

4.unacceptable不可接受的／不能令人滿意的／不受歡迎的。The proposal was unacceptable.這個建議不能接受。He was unacceptable to her.她感到他不合意。

5.complaint抱怨。Our complaints fell on deaf ears.我們的抱怨被置若罔聞。還有“疾病”、“訴訟”的意思：childish complaints小兒常見病；take a complaint to the police向警方提出控告.

6.offer提出。offer還有很多含義，比如“奉獻”：offer oneself to God把自己奉獻給上帝。“呈現”：John offered an embarrassed, almost hurt expression.約翰的臉上現出一種窘迫乃至自尊心受到傷害的表情。