终于领会英语职场口语

　　In the middle of something?正在忙吗? 　　在表达“你在忙吗?”这个句子时，很多人都知道要说“Are youbusy?"，其实同一个概念可以有不同的变化。就像“Are you busy?"这句话，其实外国人也很常用“In the middle of something?”来表达. 　　但这句话比较接近于“Are you busy right now?"，是问人家“现在”是不是正在忙.大家不要小看这么小的变化，如果你除了用“Areyou busy?”之外，有时还懂得用“In the middle of something?”相信你的英语说出来就会跟别人不一样，例如:办公室里想找人谈话，又怕人家正在忙，这时你就可以问他，"In the middle of something? 　　(正在忙吗?)”

  　　Balancing 　　A:Hi, Betty. Are you in the middle of doing something? 　　B:Kind of. Do you have anything? 　　A:Yeah，I want to ask you something. Could you spare mesome time? 　　B:Of course. What's wrong with you? 　　A:You know that I just become a mother less than half year，but I feel I can not breathe under the pressure as a workingmother. You are excellent as a working mother. How doyou strike a balance between work and family? 　　B: Well，my parents help me do a lot of housework and look after our children, so I can focus more on my work. 　　A:Oh，that's good. I've once hired a baby-sitter, but I'm not feeling comfortable that I let her go away. 　　B: But you have to ask someone to help you. You can not manage it yourself. How about your husband? 　　A:He is much busier than me. I think I have to ask our par-ents for help too. 　　B: Well，you still need to spend some time with your children even when you're tired after work, because mother can notbe instead by others. 　　A:I know. I think you're a good working mother. 　　B: You'll be a good one too. 　　A:Thank you very much. 　　平衡 　　A:嗨，贝蒂。你在做什么? 　　B:没什么。有事吗? 　　A:是的，我想问你点事。你能空出些时间吗? 　　B:当然。怎么了? 　　A:你知道我刚刚做妈妈不到半年，但是我感觉做职场母亲的压力已经让我无法呼吸了。你是一位出色的职场母亲。你是怎么平衡工作和家庭的? 　　B:唔，我父母帮我做了很多家务，照看我们的孩子，所以我能专心工作。 　　A:峨，真好。我曾经请了一名保姆，但是我感觉不好，就让她走了。 　　B:但是你必须请人帮忙。你自己应付不来。你丈夫怎么样? 　　A:他比我忙。我想我也应该请我们父母帮忙。 　　B:唔，你即使工作再累也要和孩子一起待会儿，因为妈妈是不能被别人取代的。 　　A:我知道.我想你是一位好的职场母亲。 　　B:你也会成为一位好的职场母亲的。 　　A:多谢。