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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。 | 
