看笑话学英语:Letter of recommendation 推荐信

Letter of recommendation 推荐信

英语笑话

When Peters learned that he was being fired, he went to see the head of human resources . "Since I've been with the firm for so long," he said, "I think I deserve at least a letter of recommendation. "

The human resources director agreed and said he'd have the letter the next day. The following morning, Peters found a letter on his desk. It read, "Jonathan Peters worked for our company for 11 years. When he left us, we were very satisfied."

中文翻译

彼得斯听说自己被解雇了，便去见人力资源部的主管。“既然我在公司干了这么久，”他说，“我想至少该给我一封推荐信。”

人力资源部主任同意了，并说他第二天就可拿到该信。第二天早

上，彼得斯在他的桌子上看到一封信，上面写道：“乔纳森·彼得斯在我们公司干了11年。当他离去的时候，我们很满意。”

词汇点睛

human resources 人力资源

deserve [dɪˈzɜːv] v. 应受，应得

recommendation [ˌrekəmenˈdeɪʃən] n. 推荐（信）

口语实践

A　I really want to quit my job.

B　How has this idea occurred to you out of the blue?

A　我真的想辞掉工作。

B　你怎么突然有了这个念头？

★occur [əˈkɜː(r)] v. 发生，出现

★out of the blue 突然，出乎意料

A　Could you tell me why you want to quit?

B　I'm trying to change.

A　你能告诉我为什么要辞职吗？

B　我想改变一下。

A　Your job's too stressful. Let it go.

B　You know I can't, Jeff.

A　你这份工作压力太大了，辞职吧。

B　杰夫，你知道我不能这么做。

★stressful [ˈstresfəl] adj. 有压力的

A　Have you considered quitting?

B　No, not necessarily. I'm afraid I won't be able to find a new job.

A　那你考虑辞职了吗？

B　没有，没必要。我怕找不到新的工作。

★necessarily [ˌnesəˈserəlɪ] adv. 必要地，必需地

笑话文化解读

尽管辞职的时候有个正常的理由能体面离开，但总是有些人会拿出奇怪的理由辞职。最近，人事机构办公室团队在1300多位雇佣者中间做了一项调查，这些雇佣者透露了部分千奇百怪的离职理由。下面就为你列举几条奇葩理由：

A guy said he was making too much money and didn't feel he was worth it.

某个家伙说，工资太高，他受之有愧。

He quit because he didn't like the way the office smelled.

他辞职的理由是，他不喜欢办公室的味道。

One person quit to watch a soccer tournament.

有个人辞职是为了看足球联赛。

We had someone leave because he had to stay home to feed his dog.

有个人辞职是为了在家喂狗。

An employee left because he wanted to watch a movie with his girlfriend during work hours.

有个雇员辞职的理由是他要在工作时间陪女友看电影。

A person quit because he hated the carpet.

有个人讨厌这里的地毯所以就走了。

One worker left to become an apple farmer.

有个雇员走是为了做个种苹果的农民。

A staff member quit to climb Mount Everest.

有个人辞职是为了爬珠穆朗玛峰。

Someone left because her boss lost the dog she had given him.

有个人辞职是因为她上司把她送的狗弄丢了。

One person left because she lost her cell phone too many times at work.

有个人因为工作时丢了很多次手机，于是就走了。

尽管你可能因为自己的选择（尤其是当你怀有负面情绪时）很想辞职，但最好再三审视一下辞职的理由。“辞职的理由就跟你从事过的工作一样重要，”办公室团队的执行董事罗伯特·霍斯金这样说道。“不说辞职原因，就说做好善终工作体面离职和跟同事道谢，这两件事都能体现出你的职业精神，并能帮你铺平职业道路。”