上班族一天的生活都會經歷什麼？５句超實用的日常英文對話

 

小女孩用有趣的口吻描述了爸爸的一天，既忙碌又很有戰鬥力的上班生活，相信也是大多數的上班族會經歷的一天。在影片一開始，小女孩也丟出了一個問題：What do people do all day? （人們一整天都在做什麼？）

是呀，你一整天都在做什麼呢？今天，就讓我們用幾個簡單的你問我答，讓你知道如何說出屬於自己的一天喔！

How did you get to work today?

→ 你今天怎麼去上班？

I took the MRT to work. （我搭捷運去上班。）

I took the bus / train to work. （我搭公車／火車去上班。）

I rode my scooter to work. / I drove.（我騎機車／開車上班。）

 

What did you do at the office this morning?

→ 早上你在辦公室做了什麼？

First, I checked my email and replied back to some clients. Then I had a department meeting. For the rest of the day, I did work that my manager assigned me.

（首先，我收信並且回信給一些客戶。接著，我有一場部門會議。剩下的時間，我做主管指派給我的工作。）

 

What did you do during lunchtime?

→ 午餐時間你做了什麼？

I packed my own lunch today, so I just ate in the office.（我今天帶了便當，所以我在辦公室吃。）

I went out to eat with coworkers.（我和同事出去吃。）

I was so tired that I took a nap during lunchtime.（我太累了，所以在午餐時間小睡了一下。）

 

 What did you do in the afternoon?

→ 下午你做了什麼？

I left the office to meet with some clients.（我離開辦公室去拜訪一些客戶。）

I had a meeting with another department.（我和另一個部門有一場會議。）

I wrote up some reports and sent them to my manager.（我寫了一些報告並且寄給我的主管。）

 

What did you do after work?

→ 下班後你做了什麼？

I went to the movies with some friends, and we had a great time.（我和一些朋友去看電影，我們玩得很開心。）

I went to the gym to exercise.（我去健身房做運動。）

I worked overtime today. It was late when I got home, so I didn’t do anything.（我今天加班。當我到家時已經很晚了，所以我沒有做任何事。）

你的一天又是什麼呢？快來用這五個簡單的問題，參考上述的例句，來拼出屬於你自己的一天喔。What did you do all day? A presentation by you!

 

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大家問：What did you do all day?（你一整天都在做什麼呢？）

 

老師答：I took the MRT to work. In the morning, I had a meeting to discuss some videos and articles. During lunchtime, I went to eat McDonald’s and then took a nap afterwards. In the afternoon, I started working on my column. I had to rewrite it many times just to make sure it was inspiring and interesting. After work, I went home and did some chores. It was a tiring but challenging day!

 

（我搭捷運去上班。在早上，我有一場會議要討論一些影片和文章。午餐時間，我去吃麥當勞，之後小睡了一下。下午，我開始寫我的專欄。我必須重寫很多次只為了確保文章是有啟發性又有趣的。下班後，我回家然後做了一些家事。這是很累但又很有挑戰性的一天！）

 

除了上述的例句，如果還有任何想知道的說法，歡迎留言在下方讓我們知道喔！

 

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（本文刊載於希平方-線上學英文 〈上班族一天的生活都會經歷什麼？５句超實用的日常英文對話〉，未經授權，不得轉載。）