7. At My Desk, on Break, and at Lunch

• ==go through, start in, head down, run into==
• The only trouble is, it’s always so busy during the lunch hour and I always have to ==stand in line====. That’s usually a pain.

Translation

• Original On the way to the office, I was thinking about what I have on my agenda today. When I get to my desk, there is a stack of new memos and papers in my inbox. When I ==turn on my computer, I see at least two-dozen emails I need to go through. Just as I start in on the email, my phone rings. It’s my project manager, Julie, asking me to come in for a conference call== with our head office. I don’t get back to my desk for nearly two hours. By that time, I was ready for a break.

  At 10:30, I ==head down to the break room and get some hot water at the water cooler to make some tea. There were a couple of other people on break, having snacks out of the vending machine and reading the new notices on the bulletin board. I run into== Sam, one of my friends at work, and we chat a little before going back to work.

  Before long, it’s time for lunch. I usually bring my lunch with me to work and eat it at my desk. If I don’t have time to pack a lunch, I sometimes go across the street for some take-out. The only trouble is, it’s always so busy during the lunch hour and I always have to ==stand in line==. That’s usually a pain. On Fridays, I usually go out to lunch with a few friends from work. On casual Fridays, we can kick back a little and take it easy==.

• Chinese 在去办公室的路上，我在想着今天的工作安排。到达办公桌后，我发现收件箱里堆满了新的备忘录和文件。我打开电脑，看到至少有二十几封邮件需要处理。就在我开始查看邮件时，电话响了。是我的项目经理朱莉，她让我去参加与总部的电话会议。我差不多两个小时都没能回到座位上。等到那时，我已经想要休息一下了。

  10:30 时，我走到休息室，在饮水机接了一些热水泡茶。休息室里还有几个人，他们在吃自动售货机里的零食，并阅读公告板上的新通知。我遇到了我的同事兼朋友萨姆，我们聊了一会儿，然后回去继续工作。

  很快就到了午餐时间。我通常会带午饭到公司，在办公桌前吃。如果没时间准备午餐，我有时会去街对面的餐厅买外卖。唯一的问题是，午餐时间总是特别忙，每次都要排队，真的很麻烦。到了星期五，我通常会和几个同事一起出去吃午饭。在休闲星期五（Casual Friday），我们可以稍微放松一下，享受轻松的时光。

• First February 1, 2025 3:04 PM

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• Second February 1, 2025 8:19 PM On the way to the office, I was thinking about what I have on my agenda today. When I get to my office desk, there is a stack of new memos and papers in my inbox. When I turn on my computer, I see at last two-dozen emails that I need to go though. Just as I start in on the email, my phone rings. It’s my project manager, Julie, asking me to come in for a conference call with our head office. I don’t go get back to my desk for nearly two hours. By that time, I was ready to take for a break. At 10:30, I head down to break room and get some hot water at the water cooler to make some tea. There were a couple of other people on break, having snacks out of the vending machine, reading the new notices on the bulletin board. I run into Same, one of friends from at work. We have chat a little chat before going back to work. Before long, it’s time for a lunch time. I usually bring my lunch with me to work and eat it at the my desk. If I don’t have not time to pack a lunch, I sometimes go across the street for some take-out. The only trouble is, it’s always so busy at during the lunch time. hour and I always have to stand in line. That’s really usually a pain. On Fridays, I usually go out to lunch with a few friends from work. On casual Fridays, we can kick back a little and take it easy.

Retell

• Frist 2026-04-08 12:37 On my way to my office, I was thinking about what I had to do today. When I get at my desk, there are a stack of memos and papers. I open my laptop and there are two dozens of emails. When I start in the email, Susan, my project manger, asks me to a conference with the head quarter. I didn’t get out until two hours later. By that time, I was ready to have a break. At 10:30, I go to the break room to get some water at the water cooler for hot tea. There are a lot of people chatting there, having snacks from the vendor machine, reading notice at the bullet board. I run into Sam, who is one of my closet friends. Before long, it’s lunch time. I usually take lunch to work and have my lunch at my desk. If I don’t have to pack lunch, I head down and go cross the street for some take-out. The only trouble is, it’s always busy and I have to stand in line. On Friday, I go outside to have lunch with my friend. On casual Friday, I can kick a little back and have a break.

    > Retell review: [[7. At My Desk, on Break, and at Lunch - Review]]
    > **Key Takeaways:**
    > - Keep the office routine in fixed chunks: `get to my desk`, `go through my emails`, `come in for a conference call`, and `get back to my desk`.
    > - Watch the count patterns: `there is a stack of ...` and `two dozen emails`.
    > - Use the workplace phrases as whole chunks: `out of the vending machine`, `on the bulletin board`, and `go across the street for some take-out`.
    > - Keep the Friday ending complete: `go out to lunch with a few friends from work` and `kick back a little and take it easy`.