ESL Podcast 460 – Working in a Bad Economy
时间：2019-02-03 作者：英语课 分类：地道美语播客
Shivon: This bad economy is really taking its toll 1.
Lex: Tell me about it! My company has already laid off 20% of its workforce 2, and now the management is talking about cutting salaries. It goes without saying that there won’t be any bonuses this year.
Shivon: What are you complaining about? At least you still have a job. Try working as a freelancer 3. I’ve had to cut my hourly rate to compete with all of the people flooding the job market.
Lex: At least you’re still able to pick and choose your clients. I have to do what my bosses tell me, no matter what. If they say I have to work overtime 4, that’s what I have to do. I don’t even get compensated 5 for it! You can bill by the hour.
Shivon: What’s the good of billing by the hour if I don’t have any clients? You don’t know how good you have it. I don’t want to hear another word until you walk a mile in my shoes!
Lex: Ditto!
Script by Dr. Lucy Tse
- The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
- The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
- 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。
- He has great interest in working as a freelancer.他对做个自由职业人很感兴趣。
- It's not always easy to make it as a freelancer.做个自由职业人，要能时常感觉满足，可不容易。
- They are working overtime to finish the work.为了完成任务他们正在加班加点地工作。
- He was paid for the overtime he worked.他领到了加班费。
- The marvelous acting compensated for the play's weak script. 本剧的精彩表演弥补了剧本的不足。
- I compensated his loss with money. 我赔偿他经济损失。