L: did you get my email?

Z: I certainly did. Do you want to come in and give me some feedback about your weekend?

L: sure.

Z: how did the business trip go?

L: well, to be honest, nothing is more stressful than going on a business trip with our boss.

Z: I understand. The last time I went on a business trip with the boss, I didn't even have enough to eat!

L: I also think the company is pretty cheap with travel expenses. I spent half of the weekend on a train! Surely they could have afforded to buy a few plane tickets!

Z: our company is quite conscious of the environmental problems that frequent flying causes.

L: I see. Well, then perhaps they could give me a few days off after a business trip. It was really tiring for me.

Z: I can ask the boss about giving you the day off today.

L: thank you. I can't imagine getting much done today. I'm just too exhausted!

Z: no problem. Did you bring any gifts back for your department?

L: no, should I have?

你收到我的邮件了吗?

我收到了.你能不能过来跟我说说周末出差的情况.

当然可以.

这次出差怎么样?

嗯,坦白说,没什么事比跟老板出差压力更大了.

我明白.上次我跟老板一起出差,我甚至连饭都吃不饱!

我还觉得我们公司差旅费定的太少了.我在火车上浪费了半个周末的时间.他们肯定能付得起几张机票钱!

咱们公司对频繁飞行造成的环境污染问题总是很敏感.

我明白.那出差结束后他们应该给我几天时间休假.我实在是太累了.

我可以跟老板申请让你今天休假.

谢谢你.我实在不能想象今天再干很多活儿会变成什么样.我简直是筋疲力尽了.

没问题.你给你们部门的同事们带礼物了吗?

没有,我应该带吗?

Feedback:反馈信息

We need more feedback from the consumer in order to improve our goods.

我们需要从消费者那里多得到些反馈信息以提高产品质量.

Stressful: 充满著压力的; 充满著紧张的

living in these stressful times

生活在充满紧张的时代

Conscious:意识到的

a.意识到[…]的,察觉[…]的[of]

He was not conscious of my presence in the room.

他没有察觉我在房间里

I was conscious of being lifted from the ground.

我感觉到自己从地上被抬起来

b. 意识到<…>的

She was conscious that her strength was failing.

她意识到自己的体力在逐渐衰退

c. 知道[…]的[of]

You are never conscious (of) what people think of such conduct.

你从来没有想到人们对这种行为作何想法

Exhausted

a. 疲惫的,筋疲力竭的

exhausted players

筋疲力竭的选手

b. [因…而]疲惫的,筋疲力竭的 [by,from,with]

We were exhausted by the climb up the hill.

我们因爬上那座小山而筋疲力竭

We were [felt] quite exhausted with the toil.

我们因那件辛苦的工作而感到十分疲惫