生活中，工作中難免會有一些讓人生氣的事情，在職場中，人們是怎么談論的呢?我們來看下面幾段小對話吧。
(1)
Clara: What happened just now, Mark? You weren’t very kind when you were talking with Ted. What do you have against him?
克拉拉：馬克，剛才怎么回事?你和泰德說話的態度不是很好啊。你對他有什么不滿嗎?
Mark: I just don’t like him at all.
馬克：我就是不喜歡他。
Clara: Why? Is there something in particular?
克拉拉：為什么?有什么特別的原因嗎?
Mark: Well, he has such a mean streak in him! I went to his office to ask him for some help, and he simply turned up his nose at me! I was so angry that I wanted to slap him! He wasn’t like that before he got the job. Now he’s such a snob!
馬克：他太刻薄太無禮了!我剛才去他辦公室找他幫忙，他理都不理我一下!氣死我了，真想扇他一巴掌!他沒坐這個職位以前不是這樣的，真勢利!
Clara: You want my advice? Let it go.
克拉拉：想聽聽我的建議嗎?別去想了。
Mark: Of course, logically I know you’re right, but somehow I just can’t bring myself to forget it. Even the mention of his name starts me fuming.
馬克：當然，按理說你是對的，可是我就是過不去。就連提他的名字都讓我火大。
(2)
Judy: You look like you’re fuming. What’s going on?
朱蒂：你氣得快冒煙了。怎么了?
Andy: The boss is being unreasonable! He flared up at me, making a mountain out of molehill!
安迪：老板太不講理了!一點小事就沖我發火。
Judy: What’s the "molehill" he made a mountain out of?
朱蒂：什么小事?
Andy: I only made a few more copies, and I didn’t think it was any big deal, but he blew up at me!
安迪：我就多復印了幾份文件，沒什么大不了的，他就發火了。
Judy: Well, he has been under a lot of pressure recently. The company has been losing money and he’s been a little bit depressed.
朱蒂：哎，他最近壓力挺大的。公司一直虧損，他有點沮喪。
Andy: Well, I know he has the blues, but it doesn’t mean he can vent his anger on me.
安迪：我知道他心情不好，可是他也不能沖我撒氣呀。
(3)
Jane: You look so angry. What happened?
簡：你看起來很生氣呀，怎么了?
Mark: Nothing. I’d rather not talk about it. Just don’t ask.
馬克：沒什么，我不想說，所以別問了。
Jane: Come on. I think you need to let off some steam. Besides, you shouldn’t keep your feelings pent up. They’ll eat you alive. So, talk to me.
簡：來吧，我覺得你應該把憤怒發泄出來。而且不能壓抑自己的情緒，它們會吞了你的。跟我說說。
Mark: All right. This morning I took my car to the garage to have them check the air-conditioner. They only gave it a once-over, refilled it with some Freon, and charged me 300 bucks!
馬克：好吧。我今天早上去修車廠修車里的空調，他們就隨便看了一下，加了點氟利昂，就要我300塊錢!
Jane: No wonder you’re livid. I’d be mad, too, if someone ripped me off like that.
簡：怪不得你臉都綠了。如果人家這么打發我的話，我也會很生氣的。
Mark: Yeah. AND they were rude. They said I didn’t know anything about cars, which I don’t, but they didn’t have to be so blunt!
馬克：是啊，更過分的是他們很無禮。他們說我根本不懂車，我是不懂，可是他們也不能這么說我呀!
Jane: Sounds like you got a raw deal! Maybe you should file a complaint with the Consumer Protection Agency.
簡：看來你真是受到了很糟的待遇。你可以向消費者保護協會投訴他們。
