In this conversation, Derrick Stone is a recently-hired employee who is due to start work soon. He’s just arrived for a meeting with the company’s Employee Relations Officer, Joe Farley, to sign an employee contract.

　　Joe : How are you, Mr. Stone? I’m Joe Farley.
　　Derrick: Pleased to meet you, Mr. Farley.

　　Joe: Please have a seat. I know our employment officer has already given you information about your employee contract, but I’d like to go over the main details again before signing. First, you’ll be getting a monthly salary, with one month paid vacation after 1 year of service. No probation is involved.
　　Derrick: That’s what I understand.

　　Joe: You’ll be covered by our medical plan while on duty.Since you’ll be middle-management, you’re expected to be available up to 1.5 hours past normal working hours.Any approved overtime over that will be paid at time and a half, which you can take as salary or time off.
　　Derrick: Exactly my understanding.

　　Joe: A reasonable number of sick days will be covered by the company. Any extended illness will be covered by insurance. Have you read the other terms of the contract?
　　Derrick: Yes, I have.

　　Joe: Do you have any questions?
　　Derrick: Just one. I noticed an item about flex-time. Is that a possibility for me?

　　Joe: Yes it is, but you’ll have to discuss the details with your manager.
　　Derrick: That’s acceptable.

　　Joe: Good. Now, if you’ll just sign here, you can start work in 5 days.

　　參考譯文：

　　在這組對話中，Derrick Stone 是一個很快就要開始工作的新員工。他來和員工關系主管Joe Farley簽訂勞動合同。

　　Joe: 你好，Stone先生。我叫Joe Farley。
　　Derrick:很高興認識你，Farley先生。
　　Joe: 請坐。我知道我們的人事部經理已經告訴了你關于勞動合同的內容，但我還想在我們簽約之前把主要條件再談一下。首先你是月薪，在服務一年后，有一個月的帶薪假期。沒有試用期。
　　Derrick:這我清楚。
　　Joe: 你上班后將享受我們的醫療保險。既然你是中層，你將會比正常工作時間多工作1.5小時。超過1.5小時的必要加班都會有1.5倍的工資，可以以現金形式或假期形式兌現。
　　Derrick:正和我所想的一樣。
　　Joe: 合理的病假時間里公司照常支付工資。超出一定時間范圍將會由保險公司負責支付。合同上的其他一些條款， 你讀了嗎？
　　Derrick:是的，讀了。
　　Joe: 你有什么問題嗎？
　　Derrick:只有一個問題。我注意到了有關彈性工作時間的規定，對我也適用嗎？
　　Joe: 是的，但你必須與你的經理談。
　　Derrick:這可以接受。
　　Joe: 那好。在這里簽了字，你就可以在5天內上班了。