Ⅲ.課文篇

A) A list of the typical excuses for not being done on time:
　 *note (These work for reports or even homework from school) My dog ate the report. Oh, you needed that this week? You're not the boss of me. Put it on the pile, I'll get to it whenever.
一些在未能及時(shí)完成工作時(shí)常用的借口：
注：（適用于報(bào)告之類的工作或?qū)W校的作業(yè)） 我的狗把報(bào)告吃了。噢，你這星期就需要呀？ 你不是我的老板。把它放在那堆文件上，我總是會(huì)做的。

B) A list of promises to do better: It won't happen again. I'll get right on it. That was a special case, I assure you. It will be on your desk before you know it.
一些要改過的承諾：這種事不會(huì)再發(fā)生了。我馬上就做。我向你保證，那是特殊情況。很快就把它放到您辦公桌上。