191.Making a Statement

　　191.發(fā)表聲明

　　"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.

　　“她最好很快到這里�！苯�(jīng)理邊說邊從嘴里拿出了一個安全別針別在掛于貨架上的一個標(biāo)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."

　　“我確信她會馬上過來，”泰里說�！八�可能……”“別說啦，”經(jīng)理打斷他的話。“她來啦。”

　　"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，”凱利說。她的衣服濕透了�！氨�歉，遲到了。外面在下雨，還趕上了一場可怕的交通事故，還……”

　　"Save your explanation，" the manager said. She liked to interrupt. "Your friend here has been trying to put in a good word for you，

　　“別費(fèi)勁解釋了，”經(jīng)理說。她喜歡打斷別人的話�！澳愕呐笥言谶@里一直在想辦法替你說好話，

　　but I've had enough. You're fired." "What?" Kelly said. "You can't do that!"

　　可是我已經(jīng)受夠了。你被炒魷魚啦�！薄笆裁�?”凱利說�！澳悴荒苣菢�!”

　　"Oh, yes, I can，”the manager replied. "Now save some face and don't make a scene. Just leave quietly."

　　“我當(dāng)然可以那樣，”經(jīng)理回答道�！艾F(xiàn)在你要顧全一點(diǎn)面子，別在這里大吵大鬧。安安靜靜地走吧�！�

　　"What," Kelly said angrily, "are you afraid that I will scare off some new potential employee? No way.

　　“什么，”凱利生氣地說，“你是怕我會把可能來的新員工嚇跑吧?別做夢了。

　　I only said yes to working here so that I could save on the clothes I can buy on employee discount.

　　我同意來這里工作為的是節(jié)省一點(diǎn)買衣服的錢，因?yàn)槲铱梢韵硎軉T工折扣。

　　But you've been rude from day one and I'm just glad to leave! "Now hold on,” the manager said.

　　可是從第一天起你就一直蠻橫無禮，離開這里我髙興還來不及哩!”“住嘴�！苯�(jīng)理說。

　　"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，住嘴的應(yīng)該是你�！眲P利繼續(xù)說道�！澳悴荒艹次业聂滛~。我是來炒你的魷魚的!”經(jīng)理大吃一驚。

　　"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，哪怕是在麥當(dāng)勞干，也比在你這兒工作強(qiáng)!”

　　Then Kelly turned and began walking away. "Wait up," Terri said after her. "Save a seat in your car. I'm quitting too!"

　　說完凱利轉(zhuǎn)身準(zhǔn)備離開。“等等，”泰里接著說�！敖o我在你的車?yán)锉Ａ粢粋�座位，我也不干了!”

　　"Me too," another employee said. "And me," a third said.

　　“我也不干了�！庇忠幻麊T工說道�！斑�有我�！钡谌齻�人說。

　　Altogether seven employees quit that day. Only one person was fired-the manager!

　　那天總共走了七名員工。只有一個人被辭掉了——就是那位經(jīng)理!