【英语时差8,16】裁员（上）

Redundancy 裁员 Finn: Hi there. Today we are talking about what happens when you're made redundant¹. Yang Li: To be 'made redundant' means to lose your job because the company is cutting staff or no work is available. Finn: Usually it is not a very happy experience to go through. But, as we're going to find out, sometimes it can be a blessing² in disguise. And in today's programme, we’ll hear from an expert and two people who have turned redundancy into a good thing. My advice would be to see it as an opportunity to reinvent your life. And if you reinvent your life, remember that you've got to re-educate yourself and that means investing in yourself. One of the best ways of re-educating or reinventing yourself is to do a lowly paid or unpaid³ internship⁴ or apprenticeship⁵. In other words, attach yourself in some way to people in another kind of trade or occupation or profession and learn their business. I think that we're gong to have to do that much more often in our lives. Lucky you, you are being made redundant, you will get a lump sum of some sort – that's your investment in yourself. Now don't go and blow it on a cruise or a holiday, put it into something – and I'm not saying necessarily a course – but some experience that will help you into a next kind of life. Yang Li: Some people have made very good use of the lump some to get them started in their new life and career. Listen to Yvonne.

1 redundant   

adj.多余的，过剩的；(食物)丰富的；被解雇的

参考例句：

• There are too many redundant words in this book.这本书里多余的词太多。
• Nearly all the redundant worker have been absorbed into other departments.几乎所有冗员，都已调往其他部门任职。

2 blessing   

n.祈神赐福；祷告；祝福，祝愿

参考例句：

• The blessing was said in Hebrew.祷告用了希伯来语。
• A double blessing has descended upon the house.双喜临门。

3 unpaid   

adj.未付款的，无报酬的

参考例句：

• Doctors work excessive unpaid overtime.医生过度加班却无报酬。
• He's doing a month's unpaid work experience with an engineering firm.他正在一家工程公司无偿工作一个月以获得工作经验。

4 internship   

n.实习医师，实习医师期

参考例句：

• an internship at a television station 在电视台的实习期
• a summer internship with a small stipend 薪水微薄的暑期实习

5 apprenticeship   

n.学徒身份；学徒期

参考例句：

• She was in the second year of her apprenticeship as a carpenter. 她当木工学徒已是第二年了。
• He served his apprenticeship with Bob. 他跟鲍勃当学徒。