واژگان کاربردی:

concern : دغدغه

overall : بطور کلی

performance : کارآیی

unreliable : غیرقابل اطمینان

productive : سودمند

perfectly good : کاملا خوب

متن دیالوگ اصلی:

A: So, Lauren, I just wanted to talk to you quickly about our new customer support representative, Jason Huntley. 

B: Sure, what’s up? 

A: Basically, I’ve got a few concerns about him, and the bottom line is, I don’t think he’s a good fit for our company. 

B: Okay...what makes you say that? I thought you were pleased with his overall performance. Didn’t you just tell me last week how impressed you were with his attitude? 

A: Yeah, his attitude is great, but he’s really unreliable. Some times he’s really productive, but then other times....take last Tuesday for instance, he was 45 minutes late for our morning meeting! 

B: Well, I’m sure he had a perfectly good reason... 

A: But that’s not the only thing....you know, he really doesn’t have the best work ethic, I’m constantly catching him on MSN and Facebook when he should be talking to clients. 

B: Yeah, but come on, Geoff, as if you don’t check Facebook at work. Look, you hired this guy, we’ve invested a lot of time and money in his training, so now it’s up to you to coach him. Make it work, Geoff! 

A: Make it work, Geoff. You would say that, wouldn’t you, he is your cousin; what a jerk, make me hire your stupid, useless cousin.