情景会话：A和B正在谈论他们的薪水问题。

A: How time flies! It's pay day again!

A: 时间过得真快！又到了发薪日了！

B: Yes, it is! You're an engineer, aren't you?

B: 是呀，真快！你是工程师，是吗？

A: Yes, I am。

A: 是的。

B: So you must be earning decently, don't you?

B: 那你钱一定挣得不少喽？

A: Well, just average。

A: 哦，只不过一般而已。

B: What's your salary then, may I ask?

B: 那能不能问一下你的薪水是多少？

A: Sure. My monthly pay is $2,500. What about yours?

A: 当然，我每月的工资是2500美元，你的呢？

B: I'm paid weekly, and it's around $700 per week。

B: 我拿的是周薪，每星期大约700美元左右。

A: That means you can get $2,800 a month. Right? That's quite a sum of money。

A: 那就是说你每月可得2800美元，对吗？这是相当可观的一笔钱呢！

B: Yes, but my pay is on an hourly basis and it's not up to much。

B: 是的，不过我的工资是以小时计算的，而这笔收入并不足道。

A: Then you must be working overtime。

A: 那么你一定在加班工作了。

B: That's right. I work 24 hours' overtime a week. And the overtime pay is usually more than the regular pay。

B: 对，我一星期加班24小时。而加班工资通常要高于固定工资。

A: So overtime has a bearing on how much you may make in a job. Don't you think so?

A: 所以加班影响工资收入的多少，你不这样认为吗？

B: Definitely. And the degree of responsibility in a job also has a great deal to do with the salary。

B: 是这样，而且工作中所负责任的轻重程度同薪水也有密切联系。

A: Yes. And so are other factors such as experience and fringe benefits。

A: 是的，其他如经验、福利待遇等因素也是这样。

B: No doubt about that. But anyway I have to work hard to earn my money。

B: 这是毫无疑问的，不过无论如何我得努力工作才挣得到钱。

下面再来学几句关于加薪的句子，希望大家薪水都涨起来哈哈！

What makes you think we should give you a raise?

你为什么认为我们应该给你加薪呢？

I hope you will seriously consider a pay increase。

请你认真考虑给我加薪。

Your monthly gross salary will increase by 300 yuan。

你每月的总收入会涨300元。

Good salesman will naturally earn more。

好的销售人员自然应该得到更多报酬。

I will give you a one-time bonus for your recent hard work。

我给你一次性的奖金，鼓励你最近的辛勤工作。