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A: 朱麗葉，好啊，你敢炒我釱魚！
Zhu¯ l`ıye`, haˇoa¯ , nˇı gaˇn chaˇo woˇ yo´uyu´!
OK, Zhu Liye. You dare to fire ME!
B: 老王， 你別激動。不是我要炒你， 是公司的決
定。我也沒辦法。
Laˇo Wa´ng, nˇı bie´
j¯ıdo`ng. bu`
sh`ı woˇ
ya`o chaˇo nˇı, sh`ı go¯ ngs¯ı
de jue´d`ıng. woˇ
yeˇ
me´i ba`nfaˇ.
Don’t get excited, Lao Wang. It’s not me that’s firing you. It’s the company’s decision. There’s nothing I can do, either.
A: 我知道，肯定是那個周俊！我找他去。
woˇ
zh¯ıda`o, keˇnd`ıng sh`ı na`ge Zho¯ u Ju`n! woˇ
zhaˇo ta¯
qu`.
I know. It’s got to be that Zhou Jun! I’ll go find him...
A: 周俊，你一直看我不順眼，現在終於把我炒了！
Zho¯ u Ju`n, nˇı y¯ızh´ı ka`n woˇ
bu`
shu`nyaˇn, xia`nza`i zho¯ ngyu´
baˇ
woˇ chaˇo le!
Zhou Jun, you’ve always had something against me. Now you’ve finally fired me!
C: 老王，在公司不要這樣，有話好好說。
Laˇo Wa´ng, za`i go¯ ngs¯ı bu` shuo¯ .
ya`o zhe`ya`ng, yoˇu hua`
haˇoha¯ o
Lao Wang, you shouldn’t be this way in the office. If you have something to say, say it.
A: 我怎麼了？你憑什麼炒我？
woˇ zeˇnmele? nˇı p´ıng she´nme chaˇo woˇ?
What’s wrong with me? Where do you get off firing me?
C: 是，你是老員工，但是今年你的績效評估很差。sh`ı, nˇı sh`ı laˇo yua´ngo¯ ng, da`nsh`ı j¯ınnia´n nˇı de j`ıxia`o p´ınggu¯ heˇn cha`.
It’s true, you’re an old employee. But this year, your perfor- mance evaluation was really lousy.
A: 好，那我也告訴你，想炒我，沒那麼容易！現在
有勞動法，我要去告你們！
haˇo, na`
woˇ
yeˇ
ga`osu nˇı, xiaˇng chaˇo woˇ, me´i na`me ro´ngy`ı!
xia`nza`i yoˇu la´odo`ngfaˇ, woˇ
ya`o qu`
ga`o nˇımen!
OK, then I’ll tell you right now: If you want to fire me, it won’t be so easy! Now there’s a Labor Law. I’m gonna sue you guys!
---Key Vocabulary---
敢 gaˇn to dare
炒釱魚 chaˇoyo´uyu´
to fry squid (to fire someone)
激動 j¯ıdo`ng to get excited
決定 jue´d`ıng resolution
順眼 shu`nyaˇn pleasing to the eye
憑 p´ıng on the basis of
績效 j`ıxia`o performance
評估 p´ınggu¯ evaluation
勞動法 la´odo`ngfaˇ labor law
告 ga`o to sue
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
釱魚 yo´uyu´ squid
裁員 ca´iyua´n to lay off employees
業績 ye`j`ı performance at work
表現 biaˇoxia`n performance
合同 he´tong contract
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