Mr. Green: Please come in, Steven.
Steven: All right, Mr. Green.
Mr. Green: Have a seat over there. How are things going out in the office?
Steven: Pretty well. Everyone is working hard.
Mr. Green: But, our business has been going down sharply the couple of months and we have to reduce some staff.
Steven: You mean I'm among the people who have to go?
Mr. Green: I'm afraid so.
Steven: Did I do something wrong?
Mr. Green: You're the sales manager, but our sales didn't go up.
Steven: But you know I've been working very hard. And I have a family to support.
Mr. Green: I feel sorry, but that's the decision of the directorate.

格林先生：史蒂文，請進(jìn)來一下。
史蒂文：好的，格林先生。
格林先生：坐吧。辦公室里情況怎么樣？
史蒂文：相當(dāng)好。每個人都在認(rèn)真工作。
格林先生：但是，這兩個月來我們生意滑坡得很厲害，我們不得不裁員。
史蒂文：你是說我也是其中一員？
格林先生：恐怕是這樣的。
史蒂文：我哪方面做得不好嗎？
格林先生：你作為銷售部經(jīng)理，并沒有使我們的銷售量增加。
史蒂文：可你知道我一直都很努力的，而且我還要養(yǎng)家。
格林先生：我真的很抱歉，但這是董事會的決定。