看笑話學英語:Letter of recommendation 推薦信

Letter of recommendation 推薦信

英語笑話

When Peters learned that he was being fired, he went to see the head of human resources . "Since I've been with the firm for so long," he said, "I think I deserve at least a letter of recommendation. "

The human resources director agreed and said he'd have the letter the next day. The following morning, Peters found a letter on his desk. It read, "Jonathan Peters worked for our company for 11 years. When he left us, we were very satisfied."

中文翻譯

彼得斯聽說自己被解雇了，便去見人力資源部的主管?！凹热晃以诠靖闪诉@么久，”他說，“我想至少該給我一封推薦信?！?/p>

人力資源部主任同意了，并說他第二天就可拿到該信。第二天早

上，彼得斯在他的桌子上看到一封信，上面寫道：“喬納森·彼得斯在我們公司干了11年。當他離去的時候，我們很滿意?！?/p>

詞匯點睛

human resources 人力資源

deserve [d??z??v] v. 應受，應得

recommendation [?rek?men?de???n] n. 推薦（信）

口語實踐

A　I really want to quit my job.

B　How has this idea occurred to you out of the blue?

A　我真的想辭掉工作。

B　你怎么突然有了這個念頭？

★occur [??k??(r)] v. 發(fā)生，出現(xiàn)

★out of the blue 突然，出乎意料

A　Could you tell me why you want to quit?

B　I'm trying to change.

A　你能告訴我為什么要辭職嗎？

B　我想改變一下。

A　Your job's too stressful. Let it go.

B　You know I can't, Jeff.

A　你這份工作壓力太大了，辭職吧。

B　杰夫，你知道我不能這么做。

★stressful [?stresf?l] adj. 有壓力的

A　Have you considered quitting?

B　No, not necessarily. I'm afraid I won't be able to find a new job.

A　那你考慮辭職了嗎？

B　沒有，沒必要。我怕找不到新的工作。

★necessarily [?nes??ser?l?] adv. 必要地，必需地

笑話文化解讀

盡管辭職的時候有個正常的理由能體面離開，但總是有些人會拿出奇怪的理由辭職。最近，人事機構辦公室團隊在1300多位雇傭者中間做了一項調(diào)查，這些雇傭者透露了部分千奇百怪的離職理由。下面就為你列舉幾條奇葩理由：

A guy said he was making too much money and didn't feel he was worth it.

某個家伙說，工資太高，他受之有愧。

He quit because he didn't like the way the office smelled.

他辭職的理由是，他不喜歡辦公室的味道。

One person quit to watch a soccer tournament.

有個人辭職是為了看足球聯(lián)賽。

We had someone leave because he had to stay home to feed his dog.

有個人辭職是為了在家喂狗。

An employee left because he wanted to watch a movie with his girlfriend during work hours.

有個雇員辭職的理由是他要在工作時間陪女友看電影。

A person quit because he hated the carpet.

有個人討厭這里的地毯所以就走了。

One worker left to become an apple farmer.

有個雇員走是為了做個種蘋果的農(nóng)民。

A staff member quit to climb Mount Everest.

有個人辭職是為了爬珠穆朗瑪峰。

Someone left because her boss lost the dog she had given him.

有個人辭職是因為她上司把她送的狗弄丟了。

One person left because she lost her cell phone too many times at work.

有個人因為工作時丟了很多次手機，于是就走了。

盡管你可能因為自己的選擇（尤其是當你懷有負面情緒時）很想辭職，但最好再三審視一下辭職的理由?！稗o職的理由就跟你從事過的工作一樣重要，”辦公室團隊的執(zhí)行董事羅伯特·霍斯金這樣說道。“不說辭職原因，就說做好善終工作體面離職和跟同事道謝，這兩件事都能體現(xiàn)出你的職業(yè)精神，并能幫你鋪平職業(yè)道路?！?/p>