TE选文：裁员和记者的天职

The world this week Business

裁员

1 辞退，开除 sack sb, let sb go, give sb a pink slip, fire sb, can sb, lay sb off

例句 We're going to have to let you go.

例句 You've been let go.

2 与……有一腿 have a romance with sb, have an affair with sb

办公室恋情 have a workplace romance with sb，office romance

3 compensation package 薪酬包

servance package 遣散费，离职补偿

例句 We'll be giving you a generous severance package.

compensation package： Sum of direct benefits (such as salary, allowances, bonus, commission) and indirect benefits (such as insurance, pension plans, vacations) that an employee eceives from an employer.

4 the extent of Mr Easterbrook's inappropriate behaviour 意为  how inappropriate Mr Easterbrook's behaviour is 他的做法有多过分

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记者的天职

自 Letters 版块

选读信件1

1 moral maze 道德迷宫

2 abandon A in favor of B, eschew A in favor of B 放弃A选择B

3 beefburger = hamburger

bite into the beefburger 咬一口汉堡  take a bite into the burger

4 Some + 一类人 do X while others do Y  同一个人群中对立的两种观点

造句 Some students celebrate morning reading while others view it as overwhelming. 有人欢喜有人愁  

5 be shorthand for sth: to be another way of saying that something has a particular quality 代言

A is shorthand for B

例句 The company's name has become shorthand for corporate villainy.

6 no basis for , no reason, groundless

例句 There's no basis for such a claim.

信件2

1 himself 强调的时候，同位语使用自反代词，与法语的重读人称代词lui相像（Mon père, lui, il est journaliste toute sa vie.）

2 a lifetime journalist 终生从事某个职业，一辈子

3 enter the trade 入行

4 The role of the +职业 is to do X and Y . 某种职业的天职是什么

造句：The role of the teacher is to show students the ropes.

信件3

1 thoughtful 形容文章的思想有深度

a thoughful poem/article

2 我想到一句名言 A quote came to mind (没有my)

物做主语 An idea struck me.