Name: 跟著《辦公室瘋雲》學英文 — 麥可史考特紙業公司！ (Learn English with THE OFFICE — Michael Scott Paper Company)
Uploaded: 2026-03-19T17:07:16.000Z
Duration: 15 min 33 s

In today's lesson with the Office, you learn English expressions for the workplace and business situations with this hilarious scene.

在今天的 Office 課程中，你會透過這個爆笑的場景，學習職場和商業情境的英文表達方式。

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Michael, who had always worked at Dunder Mifflin, decided to quit his job as manager and start his own paper company.

一直在 Dunder Mifflin 工作、擔任經理的 Michael，決定辭職自己開一間紙業公司。

But after just a few weeks of running his new business, his old company, Dunder Mifflin, called him back for a meeting.

但在他經營新事業才幾個星期後，他以前的公司 Dunder Mifflin 找他回去開會。

Michael, in order to expedite these negotiations, we are prepared to make you a very generous offer, and

Michael，為了加速這些談判，我們準備給你一個非常優渥的報價，而且

永遠都不要接受他們的第一次報價。

Now, before we get started, you should know that these expressions that you're seeing highlighted below, like a generous offer to buy out, to expedite, and

好，在我們開始之前，你應該要知道，你現在看到的這些標示出來的表達方式，像是優渥的報價、收購、加速，還有

many, many more that you learned today are included in a deck of fleshc that we created especially for this lesson with the Office on our own app.

今天學到的很多很多其他內容，都包含在我們為這堂課特別製作的牌組裡，是和 Office 在我們的應用程式上一起的。

If you want to remember all these words forever, never forget them, and

如果你想永遠記住這些單字，永遠不要忘記它們，而且

actually be able to use them when you speak, this is the best way for you to do that.

真的能在說話的時候用出來，這是你做到的最好方法。

Click the link below to access this lesson from Insider app and you can even watch it from there, too.

點擊下面的連結，就能從 Insider 應用程式進入這堂課，你也可以從那裡觀看。

I don't even want to hear what your first offer was.

我根本不想聽你的第一次報價是多少。

I know you can't be making very much money.

I don't know how your prices are so low, but I know it can't keep up that way.

我不知道你們的價格怎麼會這麼低，但我知道這樣下去不行。

I'm sure you're scared, probably in debt.

我確定你很害怕，可能還負債。

這是你收到的最優渥的報價了。

麥可，為了加速這次的談判，我們準備給你一個非常優渥的報價，

If you expedite something, it means you're trying to speed up the process to make it happen faster.

如果你加速某件事，意思就是你試圖加快流程，讓它更快發生。

So David's intention are to speed up the negotiation by offering more money than Michael deserves for his company.

所以David的意圖是透過提供比Michael的公司應得的更多的錢來加速談判。

When you give someone something that is really nice and more than you think is fair.

當你給別人一些很棒的東西，而且比你認為公平的還要多。

Michael means the offer is so low that it feels disrespectful, like an insult or offense.

Michael 的意思是報價太低了，感覺很不尊重人，就像是侮辱或冒犯。

A supplier is a company that provides goods to another business.

供應商是指提供商品給另一家公司的企業。

Like a restaurant must have their meat suppliers and cheese suppliers, etc.

就像餐廳需要有肉品供應商和起司供應商等等。

我不知道你們的價格怎麼會這麼低，但我知道這樣撐不久。

If you say that something can't keep up, you mean that it's not sustainable.

如果你說某件事「撐不久」，意思就是它無法持續下去。

Have you ever noticed the letter B in the word debt is completely silent, like debt?

你們有沒有注意到「debt」這個字裡的 B 是完全不發音的，就像 debt？

Debt, by the way, refers to money that you owe someone that they're expecting you to pay back.

順帶一提，負債是指你欠別人、別人期望你會還的錢。

這就是你們能拿到的最好的報價了。

I'll see your situation and I'll raise you a situation.

我看到你的處境，我再加碼一個處境。

This phrase is a play on poker terminology, like I'll see your bet and I'll raise you.

這句話是玩撲克術語的梗，就像「我看穿你的下注，我再加碼」。

This means to match a bet and then increase the amount of money you're willing to risk because you're confident that you'll win.

這表示你要跟注，然後因為你很有信心會贏，所以提高你願意冒險的金額。

What Michael simply means by this is, I understand your argument, but I have an even stronger one.

麥可這樣說，其實是想表達「我懂你的意思，但我有一個更強的論點」。

And so he goes on to turn the negotiation around by saying, david's company is actually in a worse position than his.

所以他接著把談判的風向轉過來，說：David 的公司其實比他的處境更糟。

Your company is losing clients left and right.

You have a stockholder meeting coming up, and

you are going to have to explain to them why your most profitable branch is bleeding.

而且你們必須向他們解釋，為什麼你們最賺錢的分公司會賠錢。

Native speakers use the expression left and right to mean that something is happening everywhere, all the time, usually without control of the situation.

母語人士使用「left and right」這個表達方式，意思是某件事到處都在發生，而且一直發生，通常是無法控制情況的。

So Michael is arguing that Dunder Mifflin is in trouble because you're constantly losing clients, and

所以麥可的意思是，Dunder Mifflin 陷入困境，因為你們不斷失去客戶，

then that David is in trouble because of this.

然後 David 也因為這樣陷入困境。

A stockholder is someone who invests in a company by owning shares or stocks.

股東是指透過擁有股份或股票來投資公司的人。

They have a small part of the company and can make money if the company does well.

他們擁有公司的一小部分，如果公司經營得好，他們就能賺錢。

This also means they can influence some of the company's decisions, like voting on important issues during meetings.

這也意味著他們可以影響公司的一些決策，例如在會議中對重要議題進行投票。

So when Michael says, your most profitable branch, he's pointing out that the next time David meets with his stockholders, he'll be under pressure to explain why this Scranton office has been making so little money, less and less money over time.

所以當麥可說「你們最賺錢的分公司」時，他是在指出，下次大衛與股東會面時，他將面臨壓力，必須解釋為什麼這個 Scranton 的 Office 一直賺這麼少錢，而且錢越來越少。

The word profitable refers to something that makes a lot of money.

profitable 這個詞指的是能賺很多錢的東西。

This Scranton branch is the one that profits the most, that makes most money in the entire company.

這個 Scranton 分公司是整個公司裡最賺錢、賺最多錢的分公司。

And right now, as Michael Says they are bleeding.

而現在，正如麥可所說，他們正在「出血」。

That is, they're losing money and customers quickly, so they may be looking for a little change in the cfo.

也就是說，他們正在快速流失金錢和客戶，所以他們可能會尋找一位新的財務長。

So I don't think I need to wait out Dunder Mifflin.

所以我覺得我不用等 Dunder Mifflin。

The cfo, chief financial officer is the person responsible for managing a company's money.

財務長 (cfo) 是負責管理公司財務的人。

Because of the whole problem with the Scranton branch, Michael means his stockholders might be thinking about changing the person who is the cfo.

因為 Scranton 分公司出了問題，麥可的意思是股東們可能會考慮換掉現任的財務長。

The phrasal verb to wait out refers to staying in a situation until something happens or ends.

片語動詞 "wait out" 指的是待在某個情況裡，直到某件事發生或結束。

It's like saying, I'll just wait until the problem is over.

這就像在說，我只要等到問題結束就好。

For example, the rain was so heavy, we had to wait out the storm in the office.

例如，雨下得很大，我們只好在 Office 等到風雨過境。

So Michael is saying he doesn't have to threaten to beat Dunder Mifflin.

所以麥可的意思是，他不用威脅要打敗 Dunder Mifflin。

He just needs to threaten to beat David to have him be replaced.

他只需要威脅要打敗 David，就能讓他被替換掉。

And by the way, remember that you can practice all this vocabulary that you're learning today on our own app.

對了，別忘了你今天學到的所有單字，都可以在我們的應用程式上練習。

It's the best way for you to make sure that you never forget these words and expressions that you see in these lessons.

這是確保你永遠不會忘記這些課程中看到的單字和表達方式的最佳方法。

In fact, I find it even better to watch it from there because you get a way more powerful experience.

事實上，我發現從那裡觀看還更棒，因為你能獲得更強大的體驗。

Now, you'll be taken directly to this lesson over there.

現在，你將直接被帶到那裡的課程。

Or you can Simply search for RealLife English on Google Play or the App Store, and

或者你也可以直接在 Google Play 或 App Store 搜尋 RealLife English，然後