A Could you tell me a little about the organization? For example, how big is your workforce here?

你能告訴一些關(guān)于公司的情況嗎？比如說，你們那兒有多少員工？

B Well in total we have around 150 employees based in Hong Kong with another 400 in our head office in Beijing. The news desk staff in Hong Kong comprises around 80 staff.

在香港我們大概有150名員工，北京總部有400名員工,香港新聞部大概有80名職員。

A I see. And how about the working hours?

我明白了，工作時間呢？

B Well, as you know Rebecca, in journalism work hours are not exactly nine to five. You could be on call at any time. We do have to work very unsociable hours at times.

Rebecca正如你所知道的，新聞業(yè)的工作時間不是按時的朝九晚五，任何時候都是隨時待命的。有時候我們必須得在遠離人群的時間工作。

A Well I am used to that, Mr. Parsons, so that’s not really a shock for me.

Parsons先生，我已經(jīng)習(xí)慣于那樣工作了，所以那對我來說并不奇怪。

B Good, as long as you understand that.

好的，還好你很理解。

A And when do you need to fill the vacancy, Mr. Parsons?

Parsons先生，你想讓我什么時候上班？

B Yesterday! But no, we are hoping to start from the beginning of next month.

昨天，但是做不到，我們希望下個月初你能到崗。

A That sounds ideal.

聽起來很理想。