I'll Start in Three Months' Time
Rose left school when she was seventeen and went to a college for a year to learn to type. She passed her examinations quite well and then went to look for work. She was still living with her parents.
A lot of people were looking for typists at that time, so it was not difficult to find interesting work. Rose went to several offices, and then chose one of them. It was near her parents' house. She thought, "I'll walk there every morning. I won't need to go by bus. "
She went to the office again and said to the manager, "I want to work here, but what will you pay me?"
"We'll pay you 27 pounds now," the manager answered, "and 30 pounds after three months."
Rose thought for a few seconds before she answered. Then she said, "All right, then I'll start in three months' time. "
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第10楼2011/08/28
我三个月后再开始工作
罗斯十七岁时中学毕业,后又上了一年大学学习打字。她以较好的成
绩通过了各项考试,然后就去找工作。她那时仍与她父母在一起居住。
当时,有许多人在找打字员,所以不难找到有意义的工作。罗斯去了
几家公司办公室,然后从中挑选了一家。这家公司办公室离她父母家很近。
她想,“ 每天早上我会步行那儿去。我不需要乘坐公交车。”
她再一次去到那家公司办公室,对其经理说:“ 我想在这儿上班,不
过你会给我多少薪水 ?”
“ 现在我们会付给你27英镑,”经理回答说,“ 而三个月后会付给你
30英镑。”
罗斯想了一会儿之后才回答。于是她说道:“ 好的,那么我三个月后
再开始工作。”