2008年是重要的一年:我们经历了最富争辩的总统大选;费城队夺得世界职业棒球大赛;麦当娜和盖伊·里奇分手了;经济不景气;一个理发师因为剪了个糟糕的发型而被刺伤。
Wait a second -- you didn't hear about that last one? Let me fill you in: A San Diego man allegedly stabbed a barber who gave him an unacceptable haircut. The man attacked the shop owner as he was closing down and slashed him twice in the face. The motive was that the man was unhappy with a previous haircut, according to authorities.
稍等片刻---你没有听说过最后那件事么?那让我来告诉你:一个圣地亚哥男人,按照他自己的说法因为理发师给他剪了个难以接受的发型而刺伤了理发师。这名男子在店主准备关门的时候,在他脸上砍了两刀。按照权威人士透露这件事的起因是对所理发型的不满。
In midst of all the daily chaos that goes on in the world, a different type of pandemonium takes place every day in the workplace. Sometimes you hear about it and sometimes you don't -- on the off chance that you haven't, we've done that part for you.
我们的世界每天都发生着各种各样的事情,我们的工作场所也发生了非同寻常的趣事。有些你听过,有些你闻所未闻---你根本就没有这样的机会,我们却为您搜集了。
Here are some of the stranger things that happened in the workplace (and out) during 2008:
这些是2008年在工作场所发生的的荒诞离奇的故事。