1.Housing 住房, }; ^, ^* w2 W. V `
A:How about the housing costs in this town?8 c+ Q" b% i9 ~3 |+ J
B:The average house will cost $200,000. If you rent, you are looking at $1,500 a month for a nice apartment.( |" ?' g! Q6 M s4 z9 r1 n) Z3 D
A：这个地方的住房费用怎么样？1 V8 M. x, P$ q0 ?% \+ ?" c
B：平均的房价是20万美元，如果租的话，好的公寓差不多一个月1500美元。
3 C. j9 [0 B* W' ?1 D 2. Income tax 所得税- r, L$ Q+ U' u( l4 @) {3 ?
A: Does the company withhold income tax?# I5 z5 n# r# e# e/ y" v6 y# f
B: Yes. You need to fill a W-4 form, so we know how much we should withhold.
9 d! s9 O: z$ L) Z% c6 g8 ^ A：公司预扣所得税吗？
' }. ?- j' {: t B：是的，你得填一个W-4表，以便我们知道我们需要扣多少。
& E& d0 d# c4 u 3.Insurance payment 保险金' k' E, O; I5 X; D7 d0 T: J
A: How do we pay our portion of the insurance payment?% l8 E/ z1 M, H2 T+ i* T
B: It will be deducted from the salary for each paycheck.7 C6 [5 J. q1 \' y7 L
A：我们怎样付自己承担的那部分保费？
( s: Z; G O$ ?. H. E! p B：从每次发的工资里扣除。3 r8 N, I- C" c0 y/ M. G
4.Lunch 午餐
; @4 ?% F1 o5 d& N* Y A: Where do you go for lunch? g' O+ `( _% [; ]" \9 r
B: Some of us go to the Cafeteria. You can go out for lunch as well.
/ Q! W( F+ j$ W, Q1 ?* q3 d A：你们在哪儿吃午饭啊？
& l6 T5 q! r$ F2 @* {7 F- O B：有的去自助食堂，你也可以出去吃。
& Y/ ]5 b7 y$ h$ z3 {3 A8 b3 r+ v7 o 5.Outside line 外线
6 F4 B" c) y+ @! ? A: How do I get an outside line?
( \! d& B( Y" c1 u; |8 a B: Easy! Just dial zero.% m, Z K& d2 `& @% z2 `
A：我怎么拨打外线电话啊？
$ c2 Y1 B9 G5 T* R0 ? B：很简单！只要加拨0就可以了 |
发表于 2012-8-14 20:05:42
