福克斯新闻 德州牛排馆总裁放弃自己薪酬为一线员工发薪(1)

So, in the midst of all this uncertainty¹ surrounding health and economic security, America is coming together through incredible acts of compassion². Several executives from corporations such as General Electric, Disney, Marriott have all opted³ to forgo⁴ their own paychecks in order to help their workforce⁵. My next guest is among those who is trying to help workers in need. Kent Taylor is the founder⁶ and CEO of Texas Roadhouse. He gave up his salary and his bonus for the year to help pay for the frontline employees during the COVID-19 crisis. Kent, good to see you. I see you that you well -- you watched the White House -- Good to see you. -- briefing tonight and you got your -- We've been doing this -- you got your gloves and you've got your bandana. Yeah, we've been doing this for over a week, so they just caught up to it, I guess.

如今，健康和经济安全方面都具有很大的不确定性，在美国举办了许多关爱行动。通用电气、迪士尼、万豪酒店等公司的总裁都放弃了自己的薪水来帮助他们的员工。我的下一位嘉宾也是一位努力帮助员工的老板。肯特·泰勒是德州牛排馆的创始人兼总裁。他放弃了自己的薪水和今年的奖金，用来给在新冠肺炎疫情期间工作的一线员工发薪水。肯特，很高兴见到你。我知道你今晚看了的白宫记者会。很高兴见到你。你戴上了手套和头巾。我们已经做了……嗯，我们已经这样做了一个多星期，我猜他们是在效仿。

So, what does it say on your shirt there? Right here, it's, wash your hands, put your gloves on, put your eyewear on, and wear a mask or a bandana. So, there you go. And at the bottom, it says service with heart, six feet apart. Service with heart six feet apart. Yes, I missed that part. So, tell me a little bit about why you decided⁷ to give up your salary for this year and who -- how is it directly helping⁸ your employees? Basically, we're a company, a people company that serves steaks, and so that was an easy choice for me on the salary part to help our people. And within a few days those checks started rolling to those people, our own stimulus⁹ plan, as it were.

你的T恤上写的什么？这里是，洗手、戴手套、戴护目镜、戴口罩或头巾。好了。底下写着相距6英尺的用心服务。相距6英尺的用心服务。是的，我忘说这部分了。跟我透露一下，你为什么决定放弃今年的薪水，这如何能直接帮助到你的员工？我们是个公司，一个为顾客提供牛排的公司，所以对于我来说，放弃我的薪水来帮助我们的员工是个容易的选择。几天之内，薪水就给到了这些员工，这是我们的刺激计划。

1 uncertainty   

n.易变，靠不住，不确知，不确定的事物

参考例句：

• Her comments will add to the uncertainty of the situation.她的批评将会使局势更加不稳定。
• After six weeks of uncertainty,the strain was beginning to take its toll.6个星期的忐忑不安后，压力开始产生影响了。

2 compassion   

n.同情，怜悯

参考例句：

• He could not help having compassion for the poor creature.他情不自禁地怜悯起那个可怜的人来。
• Her heart was filled with compassion for the motherless children.她对于没有母亲的孩子们充满了怜悯心。

3 opted   

v.选择，挑选( opt的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She was co-opted onto the board. 她获增选为董事会成员。
• After graduating she opted for a career in music. 毕业后她选择了从事音乐工作。

4 forgo   

v.放弃，抛弃

参考例句：

• Time to prepare was a luxuary he would have to forgo.因为时间不够，他不得不放弃做准备工作。
• She would willingly forgo a birthday treat if only her warring parents would declare a truce.只要她的父母停止争吵，她愿意放弃生日宴请。

5 workforce   

n.劳动大军，劳动力

参考例句：

• A large part of the workforce is employed in agriculture.劳动人口中一大部分受雇于农业。
• A quarter of the local workforce is unemployed.本地劳动力中有四分之一失业。

6 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。

7 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

8 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

9 stimulus   

n.刺激，刺激物，促进因素，引起兴奋的事物

参考例句：

• Regard each failure as a stimulus to further efforts.把每次失利看成对进一步努力的激励。
• Light is a stimulus to growth in plants.光是促进植物生长的一个因素。