And then his workmates usually changed the subject.

然后大家通常就会换个话题。

Moreover, working from home will not be so isolating if home is next door to where potential workmates live.

此外，如果隔壁住着的就是潜在的同事，那么在家工作就是那么与世隔绝了。

Take a bag of chocolates to work and give them to your workmates; a bar of chocolate for your boss.

上班带袋巧克力，将巧克力分给同事；分给老板享用。

His workmates demanded that he never compromise with the bosses.

【compromise】他的同事们要求他决要对老板让步。

They also want to see that you maintain good relationships, so this is definitely not an opportunity to talk badly about your previous workmates and bosses.

他们还想要看到你能够维持良的关系，所以这绝对是说你之前同事和上司们坏话的机会。

" When people don't talk so much they don't dish out the crap either, " one of his older workmates said to him one afternoon down on the track.

“话，祸从口出嘛。”某个午后，个老同事在铁道边对他说。

Anyone who has been close to a workmate will then know they have to take action if that person is found to have coronavirus later down the line – in the future.

任何与某同事近距离接触的人都会知道，如果那个同事以后被发现感染了冠状病毒，他们就必须采取行动。

Children will play with dolls equipped with personality chips, computers with in-built personalities will be regarded as workmates rather than tools, relaxation will be in front of smell-television, and digital age will have arrived.

儿童将与装有个性芯片的玩具娃娃玩耍，具有个性内置的计算机将被视为工作伙伴而是工具，人们将在气味电视机前休闲，届时数字化时代就来到了。

" Four children and a sick wife, " was all he used to say to his workmates, looking each of them in the eye. " Better men than Tom could have ended up worse for it."

“四个孩子加个胖老婆，”父亲曾经看着每个同事的眼睛说，“比汤姆的人也会变成他这样。”

And after this lesson you're going to be ready with some really common phrases and expressions that you can use in conversations all the time with your workmates, with your classmates or any other English-speaking mate of yours.

在本节课程之后，你们将会了解些非常常见的短语和表达，可以用在和同事啊、同啊，或者是其他任何说英语的朋友的交流当中。