Count On You 指望你
Smith goes to see his supervisor in the front office. "Boss," he says, "we're doing some heavy house-cleaning at home tomorrow, and my wife needs me to help with the attic and the garage, moving and hauling stuff."
一天,史密斯去見他的客戶部領導,“老板”,斯密斯說,“我們家明天要大搞清潔,我老婆需要我回去幫忙清潔閣樓和車庫,搬搬挪挪什么的。”
"We're short-handed, Smith" the boss replies. "I can't give you the day off."
“斯密斯啊,你也知道,我們現(xiàn)在人手已經(jīng)不夠了”老板說,“明天的假我是沒法給你批了”。
"Thanks, boss," says Smith "I knew I could count on you!"
“多謝老板,”史密斯說,“我就知道跟著您干準沒錯”。
1.supervisor
supervisor指監(jiān)督者,管理者,鎮(zhèn)長,是一個總稱呼.director,superintendent, manager,都是負責檢查別人工作的人,他們都是supervisors.他們的銜頭是具體的名稱.
這里具體說說superintendent
1.在美國,負責(教育)的superintendent就叫教育學監(jiān),是一個學區(qū)的頭號人物.
2.警察局的superintendent,是一個警長.
3.大廈的superintendent就是大樓管理員,負責管道,垃圾電梯等事物,簡稱是super.
2.give you the day off
給一天的休假,off在這里是形容詞,休息,休假的意思,表示人的狀態(tài)。
相關搭配還有have a day off基本意思就是:休息一天,放一天假。
eg:I am looking forward to my day off.
我期盼我的休假。