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Mandy: Well, look who’s here. Hi, Jennifer.
Jennifer: Mandy! Don’t tell me you work here.
Mandy: For all of a month now. Are you enjoying day one on the job?
Jennifer: Pretty much.
Mandy: Did you get the official tour?
Jennifer: Ben showed me around. The human resources person was off.
Mandy: The human resources person disappeared1 about a month ago.
Jennifer: Disappeared? What do you mean?
Mandy: Gone without a trace. Left all of her work stuff in her office. Left all of her personal stuff at home. It’s very hush-hush. Look out. Ben’s coming. Pretend2 to be talking about work.
Jennifer: So the copy machine is a disaster3. It would be faster to copy everything by hand. And I’ll do it if I have to.
Benjamin: Hello, Mandy, Jennifer. Is everything okay here? I thought I heard whispering4.
Mandy: Oh, of course. We didn’t want to distract people from their work by venting our copy machine frustrations out loud.5
Benjamin: Is that so? That’s funny. The repairman came yesterday. I thought the copy machine has been working fine today.
Mandy: Oh, I was talking about yesterday. It’s great that it’s finally fixed, really great. Well, I guess I’d better get back to work.
Benjamin: Yes, that would seem like a good idea.
Jennifer: I’m sorry. I was keeping her.
Benjamin: You know Mandy, then?
Jennifer: Oh, not really. She’s just an acquaintance6.
Benjamin: You shouldn’t allow yourself to be distracted by her. She’s a gossip, likes to spread idle rumors.7 Whatever she says, don’t take it seriously.S
曼 迪：哈，瞧瞧谁在这啊？嗨，珍妮弗！
珍妮弗： 曼迪！别告诉我你也在这儿工作啊。
曼 迪：已经整整一个月了。你第一天工作，还顺心吧？
珍妮弗： 挺好的。
曼 迪：有人带你正式参观公司吗？
珍妮弗： 本带我四处转了转，人力资源部的人不在。
曼 迪：人力资源专员一个月前就连人影也见不着了。
珍妮弗： 不见人影了？你什么意思？
曼 迪：不辞而别，无影无踪。她把工作物品统统留在办公室，个人物品统统留在
家里。这太蹊跷了。留神，本过来了，假装我们在谈工作。
珍妮弗： 瞧这破复印机，还没有手工抄写快呢。如果没别的办法我只好手抄了。
本杰明： 嗨，曼迪，珍妮弗，这儿一切正常吧，我听到有人在嘀嘀咕咕什么。
曼 迪：哦，可不嘛。复印机坏了，我们可不想大声抱怨干扰别人工作。
本杰明： 是吗？真邪门了嘿，昨天才来人修过。我以为今天复印机一直没问题呢。曼 迪： 哦，我说的就是昨天。修好了就好，真是太好了。好了，我觉得该回去干活了。本杰明： 是的，这想法不赖。
珍妮弗： 抱歉，是我找她搭话的。
本杰明： 那么说，你已经认识她了？
珍妮弗： 哦，也不算真正认识，只是泛泛之交。
本杰明： 你不要和她瞎搅和，她可是个长舌妇，喜欢无事生非，拉东家长扯西家短。不管她说什么，都别当回事儿。 S
Jennifer: Mandy! Don’t tell me you work here.
Mandy: For all of a month now. Are you enjoying day one on the job?
Jennifer: Pretty much.
Mandy: Did you get the official tour?
Jennifer: Ben showed me around. The human resources person was off.
Mandy: The human resources person disappeared1 about a month ago.
Jennifer: Disappeared? What do you mean?
Mandy: Gone without a trace. Left all of her work stuff in her office. Left all of her personal stuff at home. It’s very hush-hush. Look out. Ben’s coming. Pretend2 to be talking about work.
Jennifer: So the copy machine is a disaster3. It would be faster to copy everything by hand. And I’ll do it if I have to.
Benjamin: Hello, Mandy, Jennifer. Is everything okay here? I thought I heard whispering4.
Mandy: Oh, of course. We didn’t want to distract people from their work by venting our copy machine frustrations out loud.5
Benjamin: Is that so? That’s funny. The repairman came yesterday. I thought the copy machine has been working fine today.
Mandy: Oh, I was talking about yesterday. It’s great that it’s finally fixed, really great. Well, I guess I’d better get back to work.
Benjamin: Yes, that would seem like a good idea.
Jennifer: I’m sorry. I was keeping her.
Benjamin: You know Mandy, then?
Jennifer: Oh, not really. She’s just an acquaintance6.
Benjamin: You shouldn’t allow yourself to be distracted by her. She’s a gossip, likes to spread idle rumors.7 Whatever she says, don’t take it seriously.S
曼 迪：哈，瞧瞧谁在这啊？嗨，珍妮弗！
珍妮弗： 曼迪！别告诉我你也在这儿工作啊。
曼 迪：已经整整一个月了。你第一天工作，还顺心吧？
珍妮弗： 挺好的。
曼 迪：有人带你正式参观公司吗？
珍妮弗： 本带我四处转了转，人力资源部的人不在。
曼 迪：人力资源专员一个月前就连人影也见不着了。
珍妮弗： 不见人影了？你什么意思？
曼 迪：不辞而别，无影无踪。她把工作物品统统留在办公室，个人物品统统留在
家里。这太蹊跷了。留神，本过来了，假装我们在谈工作。
珍妮弗： 瞧这破复印机，还没有手工抄写快呢。如果没别的办法我只好手抄了。
本杰明： 嗨，曼迪，珍妮弗，这儿一切正常吧，我听到有人在嘀嘀咕咕什么。
曼 迪：哦，可不嘛。复印机坏了，我们可不想大声抱怨干扰别人工作。
本杰明： 是吗？真邪门了嘿，昨天才来人修过。我以为今天复印机一直没问题呢。曼 迪： 哦，我说的就是昨天。修好了就好，真是太好了。好了，我觉得该回去干活了。本杰明： 是的，这想法不赖。
珍妮弗： 抱歉，是我找她搭话的。
本杰明： 那么说，你已经认识她了？
珍妮弗： 哦，也不算真正认识，只是泛泛之交。
本杰明： 你不要和她瞎搅和，她可是个长舌妇，喜欢无事生非，拉东家长扯西家短。不管她说什么，都别当回事儿。 S