第13课 不重要的 - 3
<p>第13课：不重要的 - 3</p><p>【迷你小对话】</p><p><span word="A">A</span>: <span word="Our">Our</span> <span word="decrease">decrease</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="spending">spending</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="negligible">negligible</span>. <span word="It">It</span>&<span word="rsquo">rsquo</span>;<span word="s">s</span> <span word="almost">almost</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="same">same</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="year">year</span>!</p><p><span word="B">B</span>: <span word="Well">Well</span> <span word="boss">boss</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="give">give</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="any">any</span> <span word="flimsy">flimsy</span> <span word="excuses">excuses</span>. <span word="We">We</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="slight">slight</span> <span word="improvement">improvement</span>.</p><p><span word="A">A</span>: <span word="At">At</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="beginning">beginning</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="year">year</span>, <span word="fire">fire</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="non">non</span>-<span word="essential">essential</span> <span word="staff">staff</span>. <span word="I">I</span> <span word="want">want</span> <span word="any">any</span> <span word="idle">idle</span> <span word="staff">staff</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="here">here</span>.</p><p><span word="B">B</span>: <span word="Fine">Fine</span>, <span word="Needless">Needless</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="say">say</span> <span word="though">though</span>, <span word="if">if</span> <span word="orders">orders</span> <span word="go">go</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="staff">staff</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="laid">laid</span> <span word="off">off</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="paltry">paltry</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="left">left</span> <span word="won">won</span>&<span word="rsquo">rsquo</span>;<span word="t">t</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="able">able</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="work">work</span>.</p><p><span word="A">A</span>: 我们今年的开销还是没怎么减少，几乎跟去年一样！</p><p><span word="B">B</span>: 老板，我不想用一些站不住的脚的理由搪塞你。我们的确只进步了那么一点点。</p><p><span word="A">A</span>: 年初的时候，裁掉所有非骨干员工，我要让所有的闲散人员离开。</p><p><span word="B">B</span>: 那好吧。但是毫无疑问，裁员后要是订单数量增加了，剩下的那么可怜巴巴的人手是做不了所有那些活的。</p><p>【语言点精讲】</p><p><span word="negligible">negligible</span>: 可以忽略不计的；无关紧要的；少得可怜的。</p><p><span word="flimsy">flimsy</span>: 没有价值的；微不足道的；肤浅的；站不住脚的。</p><p><span word="slight">slight</span>: 少量的；既不重要的；不足道的。</p><p><span word="non">non</span>-<span word="essential">essential</span>: 非本质的；非必要的；不重要的。</p><p><span word="idle">idle</span>: 无意义的；无聊的；无用的。</p><p><span word="paltry">paltry</span>: 无价值的；微不足道的；菲薄的。</p>
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