办公室的节奏 In the Office
Hogan: Do I have any message?
Dr. Weird: Yes, your pedicurist called. Pedicurist护脚师，在中国是不常见的职业.

Hogan: What did she say?
Dr. Weird: She wanted to remind you of your appointment.
Do I have any Message? 有什么人留言给我吗？这是一句办公室用语，message并不是指我们常说的写在纸条上的留言，而是专门指电话留言。不要忘了在疑问句中，我们要用any来取代some。一个公司的老板每天要收到很多电话，处理很多事务，所以容易忘事儿。那么他要做的就是时不时的问问自己的秘书，是否有人打过电话留言给他。如果有什么重要人物打来电话，而你又忘了向秘书查询，那么你就会耽误公司的大事情！所以一定不要忘了问你的秘书Do I have any messages?

William: What’s on the schedule for today?
Hogan: Well, we’re all going to sit in a hot tub and drink champagne.
William: Sounds good to me!
What’s on the schedule for today? 这也是一句商务用语，比较适合那些外企白领。意思是说：我们今天有什么日程安排啊？比如说你是一家公司的老板，每天早晨到公司的第一件事就是向你的秘书查询一下你今天的日程安排。这样你对自己今天要做什么就心里有数了。所以你应该问What’s on the schedule for today? Schedule是指时间表，日程表的意思。注意一下这里我们使用的介词是on, on the schedule是一个固定搭配。如果你提前完成了你的任务，那么你还可以说：I’m ahead of schedule.看来，你走在时间的前面了。

William: Has the boss come in yet?
Miss ABC: He’s almost here!
William: Oh! My God!
Has the boss come in yet? 如果在办公室里有人这么问你，那你就需要仔细观察一下这个可疑的家伙了。有可能他有什么重要的事情要找老板，还有另外一种可能性就是这个家伙想偷懒。如果你只是公司某部门的负责人，那么做事情还是谨慎为好。因为你的上面还有你的顶头上司呢！比如说你上班迟到了，或者想打个盹儿，那就一定要弄清楚：Has the boss come in yet? 老板来了吗？他在附近吗？弄清楚他确实不在，你就可以为所欲为了。

Culture note:
Hey! We got some email from you guys. Some of you have written in saying that you’re trying to understand every word I say and it just isn’t working. Well. Let me give you some advice. Don’t try to understand every word. Try to skim for the most important words. Like today’s episode, “ in the office”, if you listen in special situations for some certain words you will understand people’s ideas completely. If you boss walks up and says:… message…, then you know that he wants to check his messages. If a co-worker comes over and says:… schedule…’ then they want to know what’s on the schedule. Or, if you are asleep at your desk, and someone comes up and says: … boss…, then you know the boss is there. So you have to get back to work. And didn’t understand everything, only the most important words. You got that?

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