A：Excuse me, sir, may I talk to you?

先生，能打擾下嗎？我想和您談談話.

B：Bill! Sure, come on in. What can I do for you?

當然可以，比爾，請進，有什么事嗎？

A：Well sir, as you know, I have been an employee of this prestigious firm for over ten years.

正如你所知，我在這家聲望很高的公司工作已經十年多了。

B：Yes.

是的。

A：I won’t beat around the bush. Sir, I would like a raise. I currently have three companies after me and so I decided to talk to you first.

我就不轉彎抹角了。我想要加薪。目前有三家公司想讓我去，但是我決定先和您談談。

B：A raise? Son, I would love to give you a raise, but this is just not the right time.

加薪？我會給你加薪的，但這個時候不合適。

A：I understand your position, and I know that the current economic downturn has had a negative impact on sales, but you must also take into consideration my hard work, pro-activeness and loyalty to this company for over a decade.

我理解你的處境，我知道目前的經濟下滑對銷售有負面的應先，但是你必須考慮我的辛勤工作，工作主動以及對公司超過十年的忠誠。

B：Taking into account these factors, and considering I don’t want to start a brain drain, I’m willing to offer you a ten percent raise and an extra five days of vacation time. How does that sound?

考慮到這些因素，而且我也不想讓人才外流，我愿意給你百分之十的加薪和額外的5天休假。這樣如何?

A：Great! It’s a deal! Thank you, sir!

太好了。謝謝你，先生。

B：Before you go, just out of curiosity, what companies were after you?

在你離開之前，處于好奇，有哪些公司在挖你？

A：Oh, the electric company, gas company and water company!

電力公司，煤氣公司和自來水公司。