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第36章 I Don’t Need to Steal Any More

The owner of a large department store went over his books and discovered that his most trusted employee had stolen over a million dollars from the firm。“I want no scandal,”said the owner。“I will just fire you。”

The employee replied,“True,I robbed your firm of quite a tidy sum。I now have yachts,a country mansion,jewelry,and every luxury you can think of。I don’t need a thing,so why hire somebody else and have him start from scratch?”

我不需要再偷了

一家大百货店的老板在查账中发现,他最信任的雇员从公司偷走了一百多万美元。“我不要丑闻,”老板说。“我只要开除你。”

那个雇员回答说:“不错,我是偷了你公司相当一大笔钱。现在我有游艇、一座乡村别墅、珠宝,以及你能想到的一切奢侈品。我什么都不需要了,你为什么要再雇个人来,让他从头做起呢?”

scandal[skndl]n。丑事,丑闻;流言蜚语;闲话;诽谤;公愤;反感

例:I heard a bit of scandal about your friend。我听到一点儿关于你朋友的流言。

yacht[jt]n。快艇,帆船,游艇

例:The Queen’s yacht was escorted by destroyers。女王的游艇由驱逐舰护航。

mansion[mnn]n。宅第,公馆;大厦

例:The old mansion was built in1850.这座古宅建于1850年。

scratch[skrt]vt。&vi。抓,搔;勾掉,删掉n。抓;搔痒;抓痕,抓伤

例:I hope you are not going to scratch me from the match。我希望你不会把我的名字从比赛中划去。tidy的用法

tidy作形容词时有三个意思。第一个意思是“整齐的,整洁的,井然有序的,井井有条的(arranged neatly and with everything in order)”。另一个意思是“爱整洁的,爱整齐的(keeping things neat and in order)”。第三个意思是“高额的,可观的(a tidy amount of money is fairly large)”。

tidy up意为“收拾好,整理好”,如:

I tidy up the report before handing it in。我把报告整理好再呈交。

tidy sth。away意为“收拾好,拾掇起”,如:

Can you tidy away your clothes,please?请你把衣服收拾起来行吗?

Department Store百货商店

百货商店比起超级市场更有气派,里面的商品价格也随之抬高。这里有宽大的店堂和彬彬有礼的售货员,有些百货商店在自动电梯旁专设一位店员,笑容可掬地迎接每一位顾客。百货商店出售的商品可多达16万种。一般分为130~160个部门,上至家用电器、家具,下至唱片、书籍、钉子一应俱全。许多百货公司还设有“廉价商店”或“廉价地下商场”,出售价格较低的商品。有些百货公司为方便顾客,还设有包装和邮寄服务,并可设面包点心店和餐馆。多数百货公司楼下入口处附近设有问讯处。电梯附近有介绍每层楼商品的说明。