Hello again and welcome back（在后） to English at Work. Last time we heard the team from Tip Top Trading having a smashing（粉碎） time at the launch（发射） of its plastic aubergine. Tom threw one at Dave from the IT department, but it missed him and went through a window. It's time for Paul to hand（传递） out some harsh（严厉的） words. That behaviour just isn't on! Sorry, Paul, but it was quite funny, wasn't it?

  No, it wasn't. Sorry, Paul. Tom was just angry with Dave. I thought he liked me, but we saw him with Julie from accounts（记述）. Really? He seemed such a decent（正派的） chap（<俗>伙伴）.

  Anyway, don't do it again, OK? In the meantime（其时）, you're going to have to pay for that broken window. Now, excuse（原谅） me, I need to take this. Hello, Paul Smith speaking. Ah, Mr Socrates! Yes.

  Ah, you've heard. Crikey, come on, we'd better go. That was a good shot（发射）, Tom. Looks like it's made（使） an impact（影响） on Dave. Look, he sent Anna some flowers. Oh, there's a note on it.

  It says you can count on me, but no name. That is a strange thing for him to write. Hmm. It is, and it's not his handwriting. Well, maybe a secret admirer, eh? I wonder（想知道） who it could be.

  Are you OK, Paul? You look as white as a sheet. I'm not, actually. Mr Socrates says he's having a 'strategic（战略上的） review'.