雇主必须确保，不会出现任何被感知的或实际发生的偏袒，”比如老板的情人能得到比其他人更好的差事。

Employers are responsible for making sure there is no perceived, or actual, favoritism" -- where, for example, the boss' sweetie gets better assignments than everybody else."

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或者，你可以试着送一些不太常见的酒，给你的老板一个惊喜，比如仙粉黛葡萄酒。

Alternatively, you may wish to try and surprise your boss with something less common, such as this Zinfandel.

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如果你能在决定绩效工资之前满足老板的需求（比如一个新客户或一份大合同），你就更有可能得到你想要的加薪。

If you can give your boss something he or she needs (a new client or a sizable contract, for example) just before merit pay decisions are being made, you are more likely to get the raise you want.

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For example,I said this meal they have, it's called "the boss's dinner." We call it the Lord's Supper.

比如，我前面说他们聚餐，叫“老板请客“，我们现在称之为圣餐。

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