Hello again and welcome back（在后） to the final English at Work. Mr Socrates has sacked（解雇） Paul from his position（位置） as Manager（经理） of Tip Top Trading and he's offered Anna a promotion to be the new boss. But will she accept（接受）? What's wrong Anna? I feel bad about replacing（取代） Paul. He's been good to me.

  It's business Anna. He's just not up to the job, but you are. Thanks, but why me? Can I do the job? I'm not as experienced（老练的） as Tom. I think we've seen over the last year that you definitely（一定地） have more experience（经验） than Tom.

  Go on Anna, you can do it. So Anna, what do you say? Will you replace Paul as the new boss（老板） of Tip（小费 v.给....小费） Top（ 顶部） Trading? Come on Anna, this promotion（提升） recognises（认出） your achievements（完成） as a company. It's an opportunity（机会） of a lifetime（一生）. I know.

  You'll be my right hand man. I think he means right hand woman. It means you'd be his most trusted and invaluable（无价的） assistant（助手）. I see. Anna, if you need time to think you could say 'thank you for your kind（ 善良的） words' and could I have time to consider（认为） your offer（提供）? Hmm, Mr Socrates, this news has come as a bit（一点） of a shock（ 震动）.

  Thank you for your kind words, but please could I have some time to consider your offer? Oh, okay（好） Anna, but please don't leave it too long. I have a habit（习惯） of changing my mind（头脑）. Okay, Mrs Socrates. I mean, Brad, I'll call you back soon. Bye.

  Oh, has Mr S offered you Paul's job by any chance（机会）? Yes. And you said you'd think about it. Yes, I'm not sure if I can take on that much responsibility（ 责任）. Oh, it's easy peasy. I could do it standing on my head.

  But he's not offering you the job, Tom.