英文短篇故事（纽约）398 Orange Rectangle Is Bad News
时间：2019-02-15 作者：英语课 分类：英文短篇故事（纽约）
Boris called his cable company. He said, "Last night I went to sleep with my TV on. This morning the TV was still on, but the screen was black. There was a big, orange rectangle on the screen. It said, 'Weekly Required Test.' The clock on the cable box said 4:30, but it was actually 7:15. I tried to turn off the TV with the remote. Nothing happened. I tried to turn off the cable box with the remote. Nothing happened. I unplugged the cable box. Then I plugged it back in. But the correct time didn't appear on the cable box. Instead, numbers appeared. Number one, number two, number three. When the count-up got to 100, it started all over again. It's still doing it. What's going on?” The representative didn't know. She talked to her supervisor 1. She told Boris, "My supervisor says your cable box flunked 2 the test."
- Between you and me I think that new supervisor is a twit.我们私下说，我认为新来的主管人是一个傻瓜。
- He said I was too flighty to be a good supervisor.他说我太轻浮不能成为一名好的管理员。