in the middle of...

在...之間

He is standing in the middle of the room.

他站在屋子的中間。

I was in the middle of dinner when he called.

他打進來的時候，我正在吃晚飯。

employ

雇傭

The company employed several new staff.

公司又雇傭了幾個新員工。

self-employed

個體經營的；單干的；自由職業的

I'm self-employed.

我是自由職業者。

employee

雇員

Conversation:

A: What's up? Are you in the middle of something?

你還好嗎？在忙嗎？

B: Yeah. I'm just working out how much money I've earned this month.

是啊，我正在算這個月我能賺多少錢。

A: Doesn't your company work that out for you?

這不是應該由你的公司給你算嗎？

B: I don't work for a company anymore. After I got fired last month, I decided to become self-employed.

我現在不在公司上班了，上個月被公司解雇之后，我決定自己干。

A: Really? That's exciting. How do you like it so far?

真的嗎？太好了，那到現在為止你干的怎么樣了？

B: Well, I can wake up whenever I want and I don't have to ask anyone's permission to take a break.

我可以想什么時候起床就什么時候起床，想休息的時候也不用征求任何人的同意。

A: That sounds good.

聽起來不錯。

B: Actually. I'm working more hours now than I did before. But I don't mind as much because I'm the one making decisions.

實際上，我現在工作的時間比以前長多了。但是我不太介意這個，因為我一個人說了算。

A: How's the pay?

收入如何？

B: I'd rather not say. It's kind of a personal thing.

我不想說，這是我的私事。