欢迎关注微信公众号：英语主播Emily

参与每周定期英语直播听力陪练

A: Hi John, sorry for calling so late. I hope I didn't wake you up.你好，约翰。这么晚打给你真不好意思，我希望没吵醒你。
B: Actually, I was just finishing some work. I haven't gone to bed yet.实际上，我刚做完一些工作，我还没睡呢。
A: Did you hear Bill got fired yesterday? 昨天比尔被炒鱿鱼了，你听说了吗？
B: No, I didn't hear that. Are you sure?没有，我没听说，你确定吗？
A: Yes, Sarah told me this afternoon. She was pretty upset about it.是的，今天下午莎莎告诉我的。她很担心。
B: That's too bad. Bill's a nice guy. 那真糟糕，比尔是个不错的人。
A: Yeah, I know. 是的，我知道。
B: Why did they fire him? 他们为什么要炒他鱿鱼？
A: She didn't say. 她没说。
B: I see. Well, if you talk to Sarah again, tell her there's a job opening at my company. Bill can have an interview this week if he wants. 我明白了，你再看到莎莎时告诉她，我们公司这周有招聘会。如果比尔愿意的话，他可以去参加面试。
A: Oh, thank you so much. I'll call her and tell her.哦，我非常感谢你，我会打电话给莎莎告诉她的。

wake sb up
叫醒某人

Please wake me up at 6 tomorrow morning.
请明天早上六点叫醒我。

Don't wake him up, he's been working very hard lately.
别叫醒他，他最近工作很辛苦。

I don't want to wake you up, but it's time for school.
我不想叫你，但是该上学了。

I haven't gone to bed yet.
我还没睡。

I haven't gone to bed yet, I'm still cleaning the house.
我还没睡觉。我还在打扫房间。

I haven't gone to bed yet, I've been watching this interesting movie.
我还没睡。我一直在看这部有趣的电影。

get fired
被炒鱿鱼

He got fired because of his poor performance.
他因为表现不佳被解雇了。

He got fired for not following the company's policies.

他因为不遵守公司政策被解雇了。

He got fired for arriving late to work repeatedly.
他因为多次迟到而被解雇。

be upset about

对...感到难过；不高兴；失望；沮丧

He was upset about the loss of his favorite baseball team.

他对自己最喜欢的棒球队输掉比赛而感到失望。

I was upset about the misunderstanding with my friend.

我对与朋友之间的误会而感到烦恼。

There were upset about the noise from the construction site.

他们对建筑工地里的噪音感到烦恼。

fire sb
解雇某人

The boss decided to fire him for his bad attitude.
老板决定因为他的不良态度解雇他。

I heard they fired him for stealing from the office.
我听说他们因为办公室盗窃而解雇了他。

We have to fire her because she's not meeting the company's expectations.
我们不得不解雇她，因为她未能达到公司的期望。

job opening
职位空缺

The company announced a job opening for a software engineer.
公司宣布了一个软件工程师的职位空缺。

There's a job opening for a part-time assistant at the local library.
当地图书馆有一个兼职助理的职位空缺。

have an interview
参加面试

I have an interview for a new job tomorrow.

我明天有一个新工作的面试。

I have an interview for a summer internship at a law firm.

我有一个在律师事务所暑期实习的面试。