I've been laid off.
在失業(yè)率高的時候，打工一族最害怕說這句話：I've been laid off. (我被解雇) ， 被炒的其它說法還有：I've been fired./I've been sacked. (我被解雇)/I got a pink slip. (我得到解雇通知書) 。
對 話
Wife: Hi, sweetheart, how was your day?
Husband: Terrible. I've been laid off. They're blaming the economy but I don't believe them. I think it's personal.
Wife: But you are the boss aren't you?
Husband: I know, but the workers said that because I'm so inept they had to get rid of me to keep their jobs. It was a mutiny.
Wife: Never trust a bunch of pirates, honey.
妻子：嗨，甜心，你近日好嗎？
丈夫：糟透。我被解雇了，他們以經濟為理由。我不相信他們，我認為是針對我。
妻子：但你不是老板嗎？
丈夫：我知，只是工人說因為我太無能，所以他們要革除我以保飯碗，這是叛變。
妻子：永遠不要信任海盜呀，蜜糖兒。
做老板的被伙計革職，悻悻然說：They're blaming the economy but I think it's personal. They said I'm inept（他們說是經濟原因，但我認為是針對我。他們說我顢頇無能）。
‘革職’的英文說法，從前談過了，現(xiàn)在不妨談談blame字。Blame除了解作‘責備’，還有 ‘歸咎于’的意思；作名詞，則是指‘過失、事故等的責任’。以下三句意思相同：They blamed me for their failure、They blamed their failure on me、They put/laid the blame for their failure on me（他們失敗了，就把責任歸咎于我）。留意第一、二句的blame是動詞，用‘blame somebody for something’或‘blame something on somebody’句式；第三句的blame是名詞，用‘put/lay the blame for something on somebody’句式。
Personal是‘個人的’，但也有‘針對個人’、‘人身攻擊’的意思，例如：(1) When I said you made a mistake, it was not intended to be personal（我說你犯了錯，可不是有意針對你）。(2) His remarks on my proposal are getting increasingly personal.（他對我那個建議的評論，越來越帶人身攻擊意味）。爭論時，叫人Don’t be personal，就是 ‘不要人身攻擊’的意思。
Inept是‘無能的’，例如an inept secretary是‘無能的秘書’。請不要以為inept是‘ept加上in’而成的字。事實上，ept（能干的）是二十世紀中葉由 ‘inept減去in’而成。從前，說she is an ept secretary之類，會被視為錯誤。就是今天，多數字典還是只有inept，沒有ept。
在失業(yè)率高的時候，打工一族最害怕說這句話：I've been laid off. (我被解雇) ， 被炒的其它說法還有：I've been fired./I've been sacked. (我被解雇)/I got a pink slip. (我得到解雇通知書) 。
對 話
Wife: Hi, sweetheart, how was your day?
Husband: Terrible. I've been laid off. They're blaming the economy but I don't believe them. I think it's personal.
Wife: But you are the boss aren't you?
Husband: I know, but the workers said that because I'm so inept they had to get rid of me to keep their jobs. It was a mutiny.
Wife: Never trust a bunch of pirates, honey.
妻子：嗨，甜心，你近日好嗎？
丈夫：糟透。我被解雇了，他們以經濟為理由。我不相信他們，我認為是針對我。
妻子：但你不是老板嗎？
丈夫：我知，只是工人說因為我太無能，所以他們要革除我以保飯碗，這是叛變。
妻子：永遠不要信任海盜呀，蜜糖兒。
做老板的被伙計革職，悻悻然說：They're blaming the economy but I think it's personal. They said I'm inept（他們說是經濟原因，但我認為是針對我。他們說我顢頇無能）。
‘革職’的英文說法，從前談過了，現(xiàn)在不妨談談blame字。Blame除了解作‘責備’，還有 ‘歸咎于’的意思；作名詞，則是指‘過失、事故等的責任’。以下三句意思相同：They blamed me for their failure、They blamed their failure on me、They put/laid the blame for their failure on me（他們失敗了，就把責任歸咎于我）。留意第一、二句的blame是動詞，用‘blame somebody for something’或‘blame something on somebody’句式；第三句的blame是名詞，用‘put/lay the blame for something on somebody’句式。
Personal是‘個人的’，但也有‘針對個人’、‘人身攻擊’的意思，例如：(1) When I said you made a mistake, it was not intended to be personal（我說你犯了錯，可不是有意針對你）。(2) His remarks on my proposal are getting increasingly personal.（他對我那個建議的評論，越來越帶人身攻擊意味）。爭論時，叫人Don’t be personal，就是 ‘不要人身攻擊’的意思。
Inept是‘無能的’，例如an inept secretary是‘無能的秘書’。請不要以為inept是‘ept加上in’而成的字。事實上，ept（能干的）是二十世紀中葉由 ‘inept減去in’而成。從前，說she is an ept secretary之類，會被視為錯誤。就是今天，多數字典還是只有inept，沒有ept。