Ⅰ.核心学习：办公室午餐时间成文与不成文的规定

Michael: The boss has an errand for you.

迈克尔：老板给你安排了个活儿。

Billy: What is my task, sir?

比利：什么活儿啊?

Michael: Scope out the city’s shopping malls and find out the best deals.

迈克尔：找出城里的大型购物商场，看看在哪家买最划算。

Billy: The best deals on what sort of items?

比利：买什么东西呀?

Michael: Office supplies, of course.

迈克尔：当然是办公用品了。

Billy: I’m leaving now.

比利：那我走了。

Michael: Hold your horses. Don’t leave without finishing your report first.

迈克尔：慢着，别忘了先把你的报告写完再走。

Billy: Fine, I’ll finish, then go shopping!

比利：没问题。写完了我就去逛商场!

Ⅱ.单词简析

1) Hold your horses : relax, wait a moment

等一会儿, 别着急

ex:Hold you horses, miss, you can’t go into the shopping center until 9AM.

小姐，请等一会儿，上午九点商场才开门。

2) Mall : an indoor multi-level shopping center

购物中心

ex:Kid who goes to the mall too much are called mall rats.

老去购物中心里瞎逛的小孩叫做“商场老鼠”。

3)Office supplies : items used in the workplace, pens, paper...

办公用品

ex:I am off to the mall to buy some office supplies, do you want to come?

我要去购物中心里买点儿办公用品，你跟不跟我去?

4)Run errands : do tasks, finish a small project, go out and do something

跑腿，办点儿事

ex:I have to run a few errands at the post office, do you want to come along?

我必须得去趟邮局办点儿事，你想不想一起去?