EU4-33: Sloving an employee problem

Vocabulary

[TODD] I asked you here to talk about your occasional tardiness.[HARRY] Oh, okay.[TODD] You see, it's becoming a bit of a problem. Sometimes you're as much as an hour late.[HARRY] I know.[TODD] So what's going on?[HARRY] I'm really sorry. I've been meaning to talk to you about this.[TODD]Okay. So what's the story?[HARRY] Well, as you know, my wife's just got a new job.[HARRY] And it's now me who drives the kids to school every morning. That's what's making me late.[TODD] I know how that is. I have two kids of my own, But regardless, we have to figure out a solution to this.[HARRY] I agree.[TODD] Another possibility would be for you to stay an hour later in the evenings, We have a lot of engineers who work late. They often have questions for us. You could deal with them.[TODD] Would that work for you?[HARRY] Yeah, that would work. That would definitely work. Thanks,Todd. I appreciate your flexibility on this.[TODD] Let's try this for a couple of weeks, and see how it goes.[TODD] And I want to emphasize that we value your work. This isn't a big deal.

Key words

-tardiness
-late
-flexibility

Grammar

1. Problems on the job

与生活中其他方面一样，有时工作中也会遇到一些问题，一位员工可能需要与老板就以下方面谈话。

• Being late = tardiness
• Being disorganized
• Being lazy
• Being sloppy
• Being argumentative
• Being offensive
• Not being flexible
• Not folowing instructions
• Not working well with the team
• Not meeting deadlines

2. Relative clauses with ‘who’

Frank is someone who enjoys a cup of coffee.
Oscar is someone who enjoys a practical joke.

使用关系从句连接两个句子。关系从句使你的写作和说话更加流畅，可以避免重复。关系代词who被用来代表人。

We have a lot of engineers. The engineers work late.
We have a lot of engineers who work late.

在这个例子中，主句-We have a lot of engineers-时一个完整句子。从句-who work late不是一个完整的句子，不能独立。