办公室闲聊：建议 请求与提议具有普遍的交际意义。请求和提议有许多表达方法，可直截了当提出自己的想法，也可采用暗示的方法；有随时想起的提议，也有经过周密思考后慎重提出的建议。 A: What's the matter, Jack? You look a bit pale. 你怎么了，杰克？你的脸色有点发白。 B: I feel terrible. I hardly slept a wink last night. 我觉得有点难受。昨天晚上几乎一夜没有合眼。 A: You often have trouble sleeping, don't you? I'll bet your blood pressure is high. 你经常睡不好觉吗？我敢打赌你的血压肯定很高。 B: As a matter of fact, it's a little high. 确实有点高。 A: Let's give you a bit of advice, if you don't mind. Quit smoking or at least cut down on it. Watch your diet and... 你要是不嫌我说话直接的话，我告诉你怎么办。马上戒烟，至少少抽一点。注意饮食而且…… B: And get some exercise every day, right? A lot of people have told me the same thing, but somehow I just can't force myself to do it. 每天活动活动，对吗？好多人都这样劝我，可我就是做不到。 A: Well, if you go on the way you have, you're only going to make things harder for yourself. 如果你这样继续下去，情况会越来越糟的。 办公室闲聊：抱怨 [ 10:41 ] 工作本来就不顺，隔壁的家伙还把音响开这么大，真是烦！但是光抱怨可没用，还要想办法解决。 A: Our neighbor company like to have their radios turned on loud, I see. 我发现咱们隔壁的公司喜欢把收音机开得很大。 B: Yes. It's like this almost every day. It's most irriatating! 是啊，差不多天天都是这样，真是烦人。 A: Some people are not very considerate. 有些人就是不替别人着想。 B: I've stood as much as I can. I'm going to do something about it. (goes to the window and shouts) I wonder if you people could turn that radio down a little? It's almost impossible to do anything with so much noise! 我已经受不了了，我要采取点措施。（走到窗口大喊）你们把收音机的音量开得小一点行吗？这么吵简直什么事情都没法干了。