人人说英语高级08

　　  Unit 8 Jobs and Occupations

         You're Fired(E)

         As a woman comes into the store,Jim turns to the other salesman and says,"I waited on the last fat ugly old lady.This one's your turn."His boss is standing¹ behind him,very angry.
Jim is shocked to find that the fat lady is the manager's wifeand he's kissing her hello right nowwhile his boss is at lunchJim sneaks² into his office and looks at some information on the boss's computerHe spills coffee on the keyboard.It shorts outHe returns from a week's vacationto find that he had scheduled this week as vacation,not last week. And that's why Jim gets fired.
All Right,Get In(M)A strong young man at the construction site was braggingthat he could do better than anyone in a feat³ of strengthHe made fun of one of the older workmenAfter several minutes,the older worker had had enough"Why don't you put your money where your mouth is,"he said.
"I will bet a week's wages that I can haul⁴ something in a cartover to that building that you won't be able to wheel back.""You're on,old man,"the young man replied."Let's see what you've got."The old man reached out and grabbed⁵ the cart by the handlesThen,nodding to the young man,he said,"All right,get in."A Bab Day(M)Henry worked in a small shop on the other side of townThis morning he got up lateHe went without breakfast and hurried out to the carbut he locked the door with both the houseand car keys inside the house and car keys inside the bouse.
He had to break a window to get into the house for his keysWhen Henry finally got to the store,there were a lot of people waiting for him to open upHe opened the store and started waiting on these peopleThen Henry had to bread a rollof quarters against the cash register drawer to make changeand they spilled all over the floorHe got down on his hands and knees to pick up the coinsWhen he came up,he bumped⁶ his head on the open cash drawerIt made him stagger⁷ back against a showcasewith a bunch of perfume bottles in itand half of them hit the floor and brokeE-mail(M)Ben goes to apply for a job as a floor cleaner with a computer companyThe manager says,"You will be employed at $5 an hourLet me have your e-mail addressso I can send you a form to completeand tell you where to report for work on your first day."Taken aback,Ben says he doesn't have an e-mail addressTo this,the manager replies,"Well,then,that means you can hardly expect to be employedBen leaves.Not knowing where to turn and having only $10 in his wallethe decides to buy a 25-pound box of potatoes in a supermarketGetting up early every day and going to bed late,he makes profits quicklyJust in a few year,he is the owner of a fleet of pick-up trucksand manages a staff of a hundred formerly⁸ unemployed⁹ people,all selling potatoesBen is doing business with a woman,and the woman asks him for his e-mail addressin order to send some papers electronicallyWhen Ben says he has no e-mail,the woman asks,"What,you don't have e-mail,?
How on earth have you managed to do business without e-mail?"Just imagine where you wold be now,if you had been connected to the Internet from the very start!"After a moment of thought,Ben replies,"Why,of course!I would be a floor cleaner at a computer company!"

1 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

2 sneaks   

abbr.sneakers (tennis shoes) 胶底运动鞋（网球鞋）v.潜行( sneak的第三人称单数 )；偷偷溜走；（儿童向成人）打小报告；告状

参考例句：

• Typhoid fever sneaks in when sanitation fails. 环境卫生搞不好，伤寒就会乘虚而入。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Honest boys scorn sneaks and liars. 诚实的人看不起狡诈和撒谎的人。 来自辞典例句

3 feat   

n.功绩；武艺，技艺；adj.灵巧的，漂亮的，合适的

参考例句：

• Man's first landing on the moon was a feat of great daring.人类首次登月是一个勇敢的壮举。
• He received a medal for his heroic feat.他因其英雄业绩而获得一枚勋章。

4 haul   

vt./n.（用力）拖，拉，（用车等）拖运，运送

参考例句：

• It was a long haul home and we arrived exhausted.搬运回家的这段路程特别长,到家时我们已筋疲力尽。
• The rope stood up under the strain of the haul.这绳子经受不住紧拉。

5 grabbed   

v.抢先，抢占( grab的过去式和过去分词 )；（尤指匆忙地）取；攫取；（尤指自私、贪婪地）捞取

参考例句：

• He was grabbed by two men and frogmarched out of the hall. 他被两个男人紧抓双臂押出大厅。
• She grabbed the child's hand and ran. 她抓住孩子的手就跑。

6 bumped   

凸起的，凸状的

参考例句：

• In the dark I bumped into a chair. 我在黑暗中撞上了一把椅子。
• I bumped against an old friend in town today. 我今天在城里偶然碰见了一个老朋友。

7 stagger   

vi.摇晃着移动，蹒跚；n.摇晃不稳的动作，蹒跚

参考例句：

• The unexpected blow did not stagger his resolution.这个意外打击并没有动摇他的决心。
• We can't hold the two meetings at the same time,we must stagger them.这两个会不能同时开得错一下。

8 formerly   

adv.从前，以前

参考例句：

• We now enjoy these comforts of which formerly we had only heard.我们现在享受到了过去只是听说过的那些舒适条件。
• This boat was formerly used on the rivers of China.这船从前航行在中国内河里。

9 unemployed   

adj.失业的，没有工作的；未动用的，闲置的

参考例句：

• There are now over four million unemployed workers in this country.这个国家现有四百万失业人员。
• The unemployed hunger for jobs.失业者渴望得到工作。