پادکست سطح Elementary – شماره 4

The Office – I need an assistant!

A: …like I told you before, we just don’t have the resources to hire you an assistant.

B: I understand that, but the fact is we’re understaffed.

A: The timing is just not right. The economy is bad, and it’s too risky to take on new staff.

B: Yeah, I guess you’re right…. here’s an idea, what if we hire an intern? She would take some of the weight off my shoulders.

A: She?

B: Yeah, you know, a recent graduate. She could give me a hand with some of these projects and we could keep our costs down.

A: That sounds reasonable… let me see what I can do.

A: Tony, I’d like to introduce you to your new assistant.

B: OK, great! Let’s meet her!

C: Hi, I’m Adam.

B: Oh… hi… I’m Tony…

Key Vocabulary

resources: money

understaffed: not enough people to do the job

the timing is just not right: it is not a good time now

weight off my shoulders: remove pressure or stress

give me a hand: help

that sounds reasonable: is OK

Supplementary Vocabulary

recruit: hire

overworked: working too much

short staffed: not enough people to do the job

cut costs: reduce spending

overstaffed: having too many employees