对话：

Jason: Hey Coco, did you hear the rumors?

Jason: Coco 你听说传言了吗?

Coco: No, Jason. What rumors?

Coco: 没有啊，什么传言？

JASON: The company is laying people off.

Jason: 公司正在裁员.

Coco: When?

Coco: 什么时候？

JASON: I'm not sure. I heard this from Susan in Accounting.

Jason: 我不确定，我从会计苏珊那里听说的。

Coco: Why are they laying people off?

Coco: 为什么他们在裁员？

JASON: The company is not making a profit.

Jason: 公司没有盈利。

Coco: Are you worried?

Coco:你担心吗？

JASON: Yeah. I'm very worried. I just bought a house.

Jason: 是的，我很担心，我刚买的房子。

Coco: I'm really worried too. I haven't been at this company for very long. I would be the first one to get laid off.

Coco:我也很担心，我刚来公司不久，我可能是第一个被裁的。

JASON: This is terrible. What should we do?

Jason:这太差劲了，我们应该做什么？

Coco: Maybe we should just start looking for other jobs.

Coco:也许我们应该开始找别的工作了。

JASON: But what if it's all a rumor and not true.

Jason:但是万一这是个谣言而且不真实呢

Coco: Well, if you heard it from Susan, it must be true.

Coco: 如果你是从苏珊那里听说的，那可能是真的。

JASON: Why?

Jason: 为什么？

Coco: Her mom is our boss.

Coco: 她妈妈是我们的老板。

重点：

1.Laid-off 被解雇的

adj. having lost your job

例：Last week, we conducted research into how laid-off workers get their new jobs.

上周，我们调查了下岗工人是如何获得新工作的。

2. rumor 谣言

n.gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth

例：You should deny the scurrile rumor.

你应该否认诽谤的谣言。

3. make profit 盈利

例：This business cannot make profit now at current market.

这个生意无法在目前的市场上盈利。

4.Be worried 担心

例：I was worried you wouldn't come.

我还担心你不来呢。