时间:2019-02-15 作者:英语课 分类:英语笑话(MP3+文本)


英语课

【生词预览】



hire雇用, personnel主管人事的,discover发现,imagination想象力



笑话原文】



Somebody with Imagination



Several weeks after a young man had been hired, he was called into the personnel director's office.



“What is the meaning of this? “ the director asked, “When you applied 1 for the job, you told us you had five years' experience. Now we discover this is the first job you ever held.”



“Well,” the young man said, “in your advertisement you said you wanted somebody with imagination.”



中文译文】



有想象力的人



一个年轻人被雇佣几周后,被人事部经理叫到办公室。



“你到底什么意思?”经理问,“你申请这份工作的时候,你告诉我们你有五年的工作经验。现在我们发现这是你的第一份工作。”



“噢,”年轻人说,“当时你们的招聘启事上说想要招一个有想象力的人啊。”



词汇讲解】



1.hire雇用。文中hire是及物动词的用法。如果是不及物动词,就是“接受雇用“的意思,常与介词 “out/on”连用:He hired out as a farmhand.他当了农场雇工。



2.personnel主管人事的:sb.’s personnel file某人的人事档案; a personnel man人事部职员



3.director经理,主管。在不同的语境下有不同的职位的意思,如“局长”、“处长”、“校长”、“导演”、“指挥”、“神父”等。



4.apply for a job申请就业。Apply是个很实用的词,作及物动词时,apply?to 是致力于? 的意思:He applied himself to learning French.他致力于学习法语。作不及物动词时,apply to有“适用”的意思:This rule applies to freshmen 2 only.此项规定仅适用于大一新生。



5.discover发现,及物或不及物皆可,作及物动词时:She discovered she had lost her purse. 她发现自己丢了钱包。作不及物动词时:The rumour 3 is false, as far as I can discover.就我所知,传闻不确。



6.imagination想象力,创造力,空想。a writer of rich imagination富有想象力的作家



adj.应用的;v.应用,适用
  • She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
  • This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。
n.(中学或大学的)一年级学生( freshman的名词复数 )
  • We are freshmen and they are sophomores. 我们是一年级学生,他们是二年级学生。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • University freshmen get lots of razzing, but they like the initiation. 大一新生受各种嘲弄,但是他们对这种入门经验甘之如饴。 来自辞典例句
n.谣言,谣传,传闻
  • I should like to know who put that rumour about.我想知道是谁散布了那谣言。
  • There has been a rumour mill on him for years.几年来,一直有谣言产生,对他进行中伤。
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