日常办公室英语口语：有关钱
bucks
范例：
Would you loan me ten bucks?
借我10块钱好吗?
I'm broke.
我身上一毛钱都没有。
句型解说：
buck是钱的意思，也就是中学学过的dollar(元)，但美国人偏爱说buck，5块钱说“five bucks”。 跟five dollars，twenty dollars的意思一样，却是更常用的。big bucks指大钱，例如：有人想赚大钱就是making big bucks。
灵活运用：
1.Mary: How much is it?多少钱?
Clerck:Ten bucks.10块钱
2.My dream is to make big bucks.
我的梦想就是赚大钱。
broke
范例：
Mary:I'm broke
我身上一毛钱都没有。
John:I can loan you ten bucks. If that'll help.
如果你需要的话，我可以借你10块钱。
句型说明：
broke这个词，原本指破产，但也可以说没钱。这个“没钱”又有两种含义：一种是手头真的很紧;另一种是指身上没有现金。所以，当美国人说“I'm broke”时，可能指她身上没有现金，而不是说他真的破产了。
灵活运用：
1.I can't afford that.
我买不起。
I'm broke.
我手头紧。
2.I'm broke.
我身上没有现金。
3.I'm going to get some cash.
我要去取一些现金。
日常办公室英语口语：An office party 办公室聚会
An office party
A: Mrs. Montgomery? I’ve been trying to figure out when we should have the New Year’s party. Could you take a book at these dates?
B: Sure. The twenty-ninth is out. I’ll be out of the office all day at a seminar1. Either the twenty-eighth or the thirtieth is fine.
A: Well, why don’t we make it the thirtieth? We can set it up from three to five. That way, everybody can just go home afterwards.
B: Sounds good to me. You make up the invitations, I’ve got run. I’ve got a meeting in five minutes.
办公室聚会
A：蒙格玛利女士?我正在盘算着哪天开一个新年聚会。你看看这几天行吗?
B：当然。29号不行了。我要外出开一整天演讨会。28号或30号都行。
A：嗯，那我们就定30号吧。可以从3点开到5点。这样的话，大家可以结束后就回家。
B：我觉得不错。你来做请柬，我得走了。五分钟后我有个会要开。
重点词汇：
1 seminar [semnɑ:(r)]
n.研究小组，研讨会，(大学的)研究班
参考例句：
The seminar aims to provide an overview on new media publishing.研讨会旨在综览新兴的媒体出版。
The seminar was to discuss diversification of agriculture.该研讨会讨论的是农业多种经营。
日常办公室英语口语：购置办公设备
Buying office equipment
A: I do want to meet with you and take a look at your catalogue. We’re redecorating and are going to add some things.
B: Well, I’ll be glad to help you out. I can come out anytime on Tuesday or Thursday of next week.
A: Let’s put it down for 1:15 on Thursday. We’ll definitely need some new filing cabinets and at least one desk unit.
B: Fine. I’ll bring both our office furniture and equipment catalogues on Thursday.
购置办公设备
A：我的确想见你一面，看看你们的产品目录。我们在正装修，也准备添置一些东西。
B：好啊，我愿意帮你解决问题。下周二或周四的任何时候我都可以出来。
A：那咱们就定在星期四一点十五分。我们肯定需要一些新文件柜和至少一套组合办公桌。
B：好。星期四我把我们的办公室家具和办公设备的目录都带来。