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PETS-2语法讲解(315)

作者:   发布时间:2008-10-08 10:18:39  来源:育路外语考试频道
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I've been laid off.
  在失业率高的时候,打工一族最害怕说这句话:I've been laid off. (我被解雇) , 被炒的其它说法还有:I've been fired./I've been sacked. (我被解雇)/I got a pink slip. (我得到解雇通知书) 。
  对 话
  Wife: Hi, sweetheart, how was your day?
  Husband: Terrible. I've been laid off. They're blaming the economy but I don't believe them. I think it's personal.
  Wife: But you are the boss aren't you?
  Husband: I know, but the workers said that because I'm so inept they had to get rid of me to keep their jobs. It was a mutiny.
  Wife: Never trust a bunch of pirates, honey.
  妻子:嗨,甜心,你近日好吗?
  丈夫:糟透。我被解雇了,他们以经济为理由。我不相信他们,我认为是针对我。
  妻子:但你不是老板吗?
  丈夫:我知,只是工人说因为我太无能,所以他们要革除我以保饭碗,这是叛变。
  妻子:永远不要信任海盗呀,蜜糖儿。
  做老板的被伙计革职,悻悻然说:They're blaming the economy but I think it's personal. They said I'm inept(他们说是经济原因,但我认为是针对我。他们说我颟顸无能)。
  ‘革职’的英文说法,从前谈过了,现在不妨谈谈blame字。Blame除了解作‘责备’,还有 ‘归咎于’的意思;作名词,则是指‘过失、事故等的责任’。以下三句意思相同:They blamed me for their failure、They blamed their failure on me、They put/laid the blame for their failure on me(他们失败了,就把责任归咎于我)。留意第一、二句的blame是动词,用‘blame somebody for something’或‘blame something on somebody’句式;第三句的blame是名词,用‘put/lay the blame for something on somebody’句式。
  Personal是‘个人的’,但也有‘针对个人’、‘人身攻击’的意思,例如:(1) When I said you made a mistake, it was not intended to be personal(我说你犯了错,可不是有意针对你)。(2) His remarks on my proposal are getting increasingly personal.(他对我那个建议的评论,越来越带人身攻击意味)。争论时,叫人Don’t be personal,就是 ‘不要人身攻击’的意思。
  Inept是‘无能的’,例如an inept secretary是‘无能的秘书’。请不要以为inept是‘ept加上in’而成的字。事实上,ept(能干的)是二十世纪中叶由 ‘inept减去in’而成。从前,说she is an ept secretary之类,会被视为错误。就是今天,多数字典还是只有inept,没有ept。
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