Welcome back（在后） to English at Work. At the offices of Tip（小费 v.给....小费） Top（ 顶部） Trading, things are a bit（一点） tricky（ 狡猾的）. Denise has been reinstated at the company, but now wants to do more than just ordering pens. Tom has other ideas, and Anna's just caught（捉住） in the middle（中部）. Who can she turn to? Paul, maybe, or maybe not.

  So, Denise, let's get this straight（ 直的）. You don't want to order the pens anymore（再也不）, right? Well, I did say if I came back, I wanted to have a go（去） at doing sales（ 卖）. Er, yes, you did, that's right. Yeah, but we got Denise back because we didn't have anyone to order our pens and stuff（材料）. That's her main job.

  Er, yes, absolutely（完全地）. I see your point. Excuse（原谅） me, Paul. Could I suggest（建议） we all take it in turns to order things like pens and paper. Share the responsibility（ 责任）? That's a good idea, Anna.

  Yeah, but... No buts, Tom. That's a good solution（解决方案）. Well done, Anna. Could you draw up a rotor so we know who's going to be ordering the pens, when, and don't forget to order biscuits（(英)饼干） too. Phew, I'm glad（高兴的） I got that sorted（整理） out.

  Right, back to work, everyone. I can't believe I've got to order pens. It's Denise's responsibility. Are you OK, Anna? No, I'm not. I can't throw（(threw) 扔） up a rotor.

  Not now. I've got too much to do. All right, don't panic（使恐慌）, Anna. Just do what I do. What's that? Nothing.

  Just do what you can do and then pretend（假装） you've forgotten about the other stuff（材料）. Easy. Oh dear. Tom's not that professional（职业的）, is he? Not like you, Anna. You just need to get organised and prioritise.

  I need to prioritise?