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191.Making a Statement
191.发表声明
"She better get here soon," the manager said as she took a safety pin out of her mouth and attached it to the sign she was hanging on a sales rack.
“她最好很快到这里。”经理边说边从嘴里拿出了一个安全别针别在挂于货架上的一个标牌上。
"I'm sure she'll be here any minute," Terri said." She's probably…" "Save your breath," the manager interrupted. "Here she comes."
“我确信她会马上过来，”泰里说。“她可能……”“別说啦，”经理打断他的话。“她来啦。”
"Hi, boss," Kelly said. Her clothes were saturated with water. "Sorry, I'm late. It's raining outside and there was this terrible traffic accident and... "
“嗨，老板，”凯利说。她的衣服湿透了。“抱歉，迟到了。外面在下雨，还赶上了一场可怕的交通事故，还……”
"Save your explanation，" the manager said. She liked to interrupt. "Your friend here has been trying to put in a good word for you，
“别费劲解释了，”经理说。她喜欢打断别人的话。“你的朋友在这里一直在想办法替你说好话，
but I've had enough. You're fired." "What?" Kelly said. "You can't do that!"
可是我已经受够了。你被炒鱿鱼啦。”“什么？”凯利说。“你不能那样！”
"Oh, yes, I can，”the manager replied. "Now save some face and don't make a scene. Just leave quietly."
“我当然可以那样，”经理回答道。“现在你要顾全一点面子，别在这里大吵大闹。安安静静地走吧。”
"What," Kelly said angrily, "are you afraid that I will scare off some new potential employee? No way.
“什么，”凯利生气地说，“你是怕我会把可能来的新员工吓跑吧？别做梦了。
I only said yes to working here so that I could save on the clothes I can buy on employee discount.
我同意来这里工作为的是节省一点买衣服的钱，因为我可以享受员工折扣。
But you've been rude from day one and I'm just glad to leave! "Now hold on,” the manager said.
可是从第一天起你就一直蛮横无礼，离开这里我髙兴还来不及哩！”“住嘴。”经理说。
"No, you hold on," Kelly continued. "You can't fire me. I just came in to say that I quit!" The manager was stunned.
“不，住嘴的应该是你。”凯利继续说道。“你不能炒我的鱿鱼。我是来炒你的鱿鱼的！”经理大吃一惊。
"And any job that I find after this, even if it's working at McDonalds, will be a scale up from working with you!"
“我以后找到任何工作，哪怕是在麦当劳干，也比在你这儿工作强！”
Then Kelly turned and began walking away. "Wait up," Terri said after her. "Save a seat in your car. I'm quitting too!"
说完凯利转身准备离开。“等等，”泰里接着说。“给我在你的车里保留一个座位，我也不干了！”
"Me too," another employee said. "And me," a third said.
“我也不干了。”又一名员工说道。“还有我。”第三个人说。
Altogether seven employees quit that day. Only one person was fired-the manager!
那天总共走了七名员工。只有一个人被辞掉了——就是那位经理！
