时间:2018-12-12 作者:英语课 分类:美国俚语


英语课

   我们学习过许多英语的习惯用法。有些听众可能发现,越是生活中经常发生的事情,表达或者反映这些事情的习惯用法就越多。“失业”在现代社会里可以说是司空见惯,所以英语里表达失业的用法也有很多。


  今天我们就给大家介绍四个。今天我们要学习的习惯用语是pink slip 1。pink是“粉红色的”。slip的意思是小纸条。“粉红的小纸条”跟失业有什么关系呢?
  将近一百年前,美国不知道从哪一位老板开始用粉红纸条写的解雇通知夹在雇员的工资袋里,告诉他们不用再去上班了。反正从1910年就有了pink slip的说法,一直沿用下来。美国公司老板如果要解聘员工,就在员工的工资袋里加一张“粉红纸条,”说明雇员被解雇的原因。
  当然了,现在的解雇通知不一定是粉红色,也有别的颜色。但是,pink slip已经约定成俗,成为解雇通知书的同义词了。好,现在,我们就来听一个例句。
  例句:Honey, I have bad news. I got a pink slip in my pay envelope today. The boss says I'm a good worker, but our business is way down and he just can't afford to keep us all working.
  这段话的意思是:亲爱的,我带来了消息。今天,我的工资袋里加了一张解雇通知书。老板说,我工作表现不错,不过,公司生意大幅度下跌,他雇不起这么多人了。

1 slip
n.滑倒,事故,片,纸片;vi.滑动,滑倒,失足;减退;vt.使滑动,滑过,摆脱,闪开,塞入;adj.滑动的,活络的,有活结的
  • One slip and you could fall off the building.脚下一滑就可能从建筑物上跌下去。
  • I hope you will pardon me for that slip.我希望您原谅我那次失误。
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