厭煩例行事務
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Carol︰Tom, I'm giving my notice. I'll be leaving the company in two weeks.
凱蘿︰湯姆,我要提出正式通知,我將在兩星期後離職。
Tom︰Okay. Is there any particular reason?
湯姆︰好。有任何特別原因嗎?
Carol︰I've just gotten so bored with doing the same old thing day in and day out.
凱蘿︰我只是對每天做同樣的事情感到很厭煩。
Tom︰Don't you think there's any variety in your job?
湯姆︰妳不認為妳的工作有任何變化嗎? Carol︰Some, but my duties are very limited. I need to try something new.
凱蘿︰是有一些,但我的工作職責很有限。我想嘗試一些新東西。
Tom︰Do you have a new job yet?
湯姆︰妳找到新工作了嗎? Carol︰I'm looking into a few different things.
凱蘿︰我正在研究一些不一樣的工作。
Tom︰Well, good luck with your job hunt.
湯姆︰嗯,祝妳找工作順利。
延伸學習 be bored with... 厭倦於…… = be tired of... = be fed up with...(fed為feed的過去分詞,表「被餵飽了」。)
例︰I'm fed up with her silly jokes. (我受夠了她的愚蠢笑話!)
day in and day out 每天
例︰I hate doing the dishes day in and day out.(我討厭每天都要洗碗。) variety n. 變化、種類
例︰Without any variety, life can be very boring.(沒有任何變化的話,生活會非常無趣。)
a variety of... 各式各樣的……
例︰There was a variety of food at the buffet.(那家自助餐廳有各式各樣的菜色。)
limited adj. 有限的 limit vt. 限制 be limited to... 侷限於……
例︰Aaron's interests are limited to sports, cars, and women.(亞倫的興趣侷限在運動、車子和女人。)
look into... 調查、研究……
例︰The police are looking into other possible reasons for the crime.(警方正在調查這起犯罪發生的其他可能原因。)
job hunt 求職,找工作
例︰Do you have any job-hunting tips to share with me?(你有沒有什麼找工作的秘訣可以跟我分享?)
hunt for jobs 找工作
例︰Sarah quit last week. She is now busying hunting for her next job.(莎拉上星期辭職了,她現在正忙著找下一份工作。)
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