經典背誦 Recitation
Jane: I'm very glad to hear that my good friend Shirley gets promoted. She is always very careful and responsible. She deserves this promotion. She asks me to work hard and get nominated next time. I hope so. What's more, the company gave Shirley a prize of 1,000 Yuan, so it's her treat.

生詞小結
exceptional adj. 杰出的

nominate vt. 提名

注釋
my treat 口語表達，意思是“我來付錢，我請客。”

Material 語素
When is payment for overtime required on New York State public work?

At a minimum, all work performed on a public work project in excess of eight hours in any one day or more than five days in any workweek is overtime. However, the specific overtime requirements for each trade or occupation on a public work project may differ. The specific overtime requirements for each trade or occupation are contained in the prevailing rate schedules issued for public work projects.

什么時間才算是紐約公共工作的加班時間？

至少，所有屬于公共事業項目的工作，如果是工作時間超過了一天八個小時或者是一周超過了五天都屬于加班的范疇。然而，屬于公共事業項目工作的加班的要求會由于職位的不同而有特殊的要求。具體每種職位的加班要求在公共事業項目工作頒發的安排表里。

Office Romance

Nowadays, office workers start to spend more and more time at work for various reasons, and consequently more time with their co-workers. As a result, office romance is alive and flourishing. Though it is fairly common these days, there are still a lot of concerns about it for its unwanted influences on the workplace. So it's forbidden in most of the companies.

辦公室戀情

現今，公司員工因各種原因在辦公室工作的時間越來越長，因此與同事相處的時間也有所增多。結果，辦公室戀情油然而生。盡管現在辦公室戀情相當普遍，但是對其仍然存在很多顧慮，因為它會給辦公室帶來不利影響。因此，大部分公司都禁止辦公室戀情。