美语怎么说007: 跟班打杂的 朋友, 北京, 中国, 美国人

李武军

Donny 在北京学汉语，他的中国朋友要是遇到了不知道用美语怎么说的词，就会来请教他。今天是方方要问的：跟班打杂的。

Donny: Hey, Fang Fang, what's up? Do you like your new job?

FF: 啊，还行吧。就是初来乍到，专业一点都用不上，尽打杂了。

Donny: 打杂？What do you do everyday?

FF: 无非就是复印文件，取东西，接电话什么的。哎？美国人怎么形容这种工作啊？

Donny: Oh! Someone who does small and unimportant tasks at work is called a go-for. g-o-f-o-r, go-for.

FF: 哦! 这么说，go-for 就是公司里的小弟小妹! go-for 的主要工作就是跑腿儿。那“跑腿”又怎么说呢？

Donny: We say they "run errands for others." Run is spelled r-u-n, errands is spelled e-r-r-a-n-d-s. The word "errand" means a short trip that's taken to finish a necessary task.

FF: Errand 差事，复数加s, errands, 所以 run errands for others 就是替别人“跑腿”的意思。

Donny: That's right. I guess you don't really like running errands for your boss, right?

FF: 是啊，我想做有意义的工作，可老板总让我干些没用的活儿。

Donny: She gives you a lot of busy work, I'm assuming? The phrase "busy work" refers to tasks that keep people busy but are not very useful.

FF: 哦! 原来，busy work 就是花时间，但没意义的工作。老板给我 busy work，并不是因为这些工作重要，而是因为她不愿意看我闲着!

Donny: That's right! Fangfang, a lot of people start as go-fors and work their way up. I'm sure you'll do just fine. Now let's see what you've learned today!

FF: 公司里跑腿打杂的小弟小妹叫 go-for；

跑腿是 run errands for others；

消磨时间，但是没意义的工作是 busy work.

李武军

回复 5# 莎莎dawn


   of course, it's better to do something than to do nothing

莎莎dawn

Well,In the company,if you are a newcome especially who has just graduated from school,they often start as a go-fors,and run errands for their manager.But actually,having something to do always be better than nothing to do ,even that is a busy work.

李武军

回复 3# Erikadyn


   we should do something useful and never waste our time

Erikadyn

the boss just don't like his staff to kill the time and do nothing there

Erikadyn

so easy！！！