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@ 31077 A Firing Afoot
(C1077)
A: 朱麗葉，等會兒到我辦公室來一下。
Zhu¯
L`ıye`, deˇng huˇır da`o woˇ
ba`ngo¯ ngsh`ı la´i y¯ıxia`.
Zhu Li Ye, come into my office in a bit.
B: 子勺，Bill。
haˇo de, Bill.
Sure, Bill.
A: 坐。最近經濟越來越差，比我們想象勺還差。
zuo`. zu`ıj`ın j¯ıngj`ı yue`la´iyue` cha`.
cha`, bˇı woˇmen xiaˇngxia`ng de ha´i
Sit down. The economy has been getting worse and worse lately. It’s much worse than we thought.
B: 是啊，公司少了子多客戶。
sh`ı a, go¯ ngs¯ı shaˇo le haˇo duo¯ ke`hu`.
Yes, the company has lost a lot of clients.
A: 嗯。所以公司需要做一些決定。
ng. suoˇyˇı go¯ ngs¯ı xu¯ ya`o zuo`
y¯ıxie¯
jue´d`ıng.
Hmm...So the company has to make some decisions.
B: 你是說解僱員工嗎？
nˇı sh`ı shuo¯
jieˇgu`
yua´ngo¯ ng ma?
Are you saying we need to lay off some employees?
A: 對。這也沒辦法。
du`ı. zhe`
yeˇ
me´i ba`nfaˇ.
Yes. We have no choice.
B: 你已經決定解僱誰了嗎？
nˇı yˇıj¯ıng jue´d`ıng jieˇgu` she´i le ma?
Have you already decided who to let go?
A: 還沒有。我想了解一下這幾個人勺表現，你寫份
報告給我。
ha´i me´iyoˇu. woˇ
xiaˇng liaˇojieˇ
y¯ıxia`
zhe`
jˇı ge re´n de biaˇoxia`n,
nˇı xieˇ fe`n ba`oga`o geˇi woˇ.
Not yet. I’d like to get an understanding of a few people’s performance. Write a report for me.
B: 子。
haˇo.
OK.
A: 主要說說他們今年勺業績和收入。
zhuˇya`o shuo¯
shuo ta¯ men j¯ınnia´n de ye`j`ı he´
sho¯ uru`.
Mostly, tell me about their performance and salary for this year.
B: 嗯。
ng.
Hmm.
A: 我希望你不要跟同事說。
woˇ x¯ıwa`ng nˇı bu`ya`o ge¯ n to´ngsh`ı shuo¯ .
I would appreciate it if you didn’t talk about this with your colleagues.
B: 我明白。
woˇ m´ıngbai.
I understand.
---Key Vocabulary---
經濟 j¯ıngj`ı economy
越來越 yue`la´iyue` more and more
想象 xiaˇngxia`ng to imagine
少 shaˇo less
客戶 ke`hu` client
決定 jue´d`ıng resolution
解僱 jieˇgu` to lay off
員工 yua´ngo¯ ng employee
瞭解 liaˇojieˇ to understand
表現 biaˇoxia`n expression
報告 ba`oga`o report
主要 zhuˇya`o primarily
業績 ye`j`ı outstanding ment achieve-
收入 sho¯ uru` income
同事 to´ngsh`ı colleague
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
貞 chaˇo to fry
貞就魚 chaˇoyo´uyu´
to fire someone (to fry squid)
裁員 ca´iyua´n to reduce staff
薪水 x¯ınshuˇı income
加薪 jia¯ x¯ın to increase wages
減薪 jiaˇnx¯ın to cut wages
經濟危機 j¯ıngj`ıwe¯ ij¯ı economic crisis
次貸危機 c`ıda`iwe¯ ij¯ı subprime crisis
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