对话：

Coco: Hey Mary, why do you look so nervous?

Coco: 玛丽，你怎么看着这么紧张？

Mary: I'm going to ask the boss for a raise.

Mary: 我要跟老板谈涨薪。

Coco: You should. You deserve a raise. You work very hard.

Coco: 你应该的，你应得一个涨薪，你工作非常努力。

Mary: I do work hard. I'm here early every day and I leave late every night.

Mary: 我确实很努力，我每天都到的很早离开的很晚。

Coco: Yeah, you do. You also help other people when they need help. You've helped me many times.

Coco: 是的，你确实是这样。你还帮助其他需要帮助的人，你已经帮我很多次了。

Mary: Also, I've been here for 10 years, you know，My last raise was three years ago.

Mary: 还有就是我在这里已经快十年了，我上次涨薪是三年前。

Coco: Three years? Then I think it's definitely time for a raise.

Coco: 三年前吗？那我觉得确实应该涨薪了。

Mary: Do you think she will say yes?

Mary： 你觉得老板会同意吗？

Coco: I think she will. She is nice. She listens well and she is also very fair.

Coco：我认为她会的，她非常好，她总是认真聆听而且她还很公平。

Mary: Umm I think I will write a short report about why I deserve a raise.

Mary: 我会给她写一份报告说明我为什么值得涨薪。

Coco: Only you would do that. You are so detail-oriented.

Coco:你真的会这样做，你真的很细节导向。

Mary: I like to be prepared about everything.

Mary: 我喜欢为所有的事情做好准备。

Coco: That's another reason why you should get a raise.

Coco: 那也是我认为你值得涨薪的另一个原因。

Mary: Ok. I'm ready to talk to her.

Mary： 好的，我准备好跟她沟通了。

Coco: You can't talk to her today.

Coco: 你不能今天跟她说。

Mary: Why not?

Mary: 为什么呀？

Coco: She's on a business trip.

Coco: 她出差了。

重点：

1.Ask the boss for a raise

ask sb for sth. 请求某人做某事

Raise 涨薪[ VN ] ~ sth (to sth) to increase the amount or level of sth 增加，提高（数量、水平等）

例： to raise salaries/prices/taxes 提高薪水/价格/税金

2.Deserve

V-T If you say that a person or thing deserves something, you mean that they should have it or receive it because of their actions or qualities. 应得

例：Government officials clearly deserve some of the blame as well.

政府官员们显然 也应受到某些谴责。

3.detail-oriented.

adj. 细心的；注重细节的；针对细节的

例：She is a detail-oriented teacher she always prepare her classes well in advance.

她是个细节导向的老师，她总是提前很早就开始准备她的课程。

4. prepared 作好准备的

ADJ If you are prepared for something that you think is going to happen, you are ready for it.

例：Doctors are prepared for a large number of patients.

医生已经做好准备迎接大批量的病人了。