Betty受了上司的氣，找Gray抱怨。

Betty: That's it!! I've had it! I'm gonna start sending out my resume tomorrow.

Gray: Wow...I've never seen you this angry before. What gives?

B: Pat just chewed me out for the third time this week! In public, no less! She hates me...

Betty氣哼哼地說(shuō)，自己受夠了I've had it! Gray問(wèn)Betty是怎么回事。Betty說(shuō)，Pat chewed me out. 原來(lái)又被上司Pat罵了。

G: What happened?

B: I printed my quarterly report on both sides of the paper. Pat doesn't like that because she uses the blank side for notes...it shouldn't be a big deal, but...

G: So she blew up at you?

B: Yeah! Pat says, "If you can't follow basic instructions, what use are you?" Then she launches into a 10-minute lecture while shaking her finger at me.

G: Wow, that's not cool at all. Actually, I've heard from a few people that Pat's a bit of a hothead.

B: You know, Gray, I'm not a confrontational person. But no one should have to take this kind of abuse!

原來(lái)是Betty把季度報(bào)告印在了紙的反正兩面，不符合Pat的要求。 Betty覺(jué)得，這沒(méi)什么大不了的?？墒荘at卻blow up at her. 對(duì)她大發(fā)雷霆。 Gray對(duì)她深表同情，說(shuō)不少人抱怨說(shuō)Pat脾氣急躁。"a bit of a hothead," 容易頭腦發(fā)熱。 Betty說(shuō)，自己不愛(ài)吵架， not confrontational, 但是沒(méi)有人該受這種氣，no one should take this kind of abuse.

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G: Excuse me, Betty. Hey, Terry...come over here for a second. Betty, this is my friend Terry. Terry works for our company's Human Resources Department. He might have some ideas for you.

T: Hello Betty, nice to meet you. Hi, Gray. So what's up?

G: Betty's boss, Pat Noonan, is giving her a hard time. Betty's thinking of quitting if she can't figure something out.

T: Ah...the old nasty boss dilemma. Let me give it to you straight. Pat also supervises my department. So filing a complaint against her will probably get you nowhere.

B: So I'm doomed. I guess I'll start looking for a new job.

在人事部Human Resources Department工作的Terry剛好路過(guò)，Gray向他征求意見(jiàn)。Gray說(shuō)，Betty's boss is giving her a hard time. To give someone a hard time, 意思是跟某人過(guò)不去。 Terry回答說(shuō)，Let me give it to you straight. 意思說(shuō)“直話直說(shuō)”。

因?yàn)槿耸虏块T也歸Pat管，So filing a complaint against her will probably get you nowhere. 因此對(duì)她投訴恐怕沒(méi)用。

Get you nowhere是沒(méi)用的意思。Betty聽(tīng)后很沮喪地說(shuō)，So I'm doomed, 那我沒(méi)救了。Terry還有更好的建議嗎？我們下次繼續(xù)介紹。