To be canned 被解雇

今天Michael和李華下了班以后就去逛街。他們邊走邊聊。

M: Man, it was crazy at work today!

L: 真的?你們辦公室今天發(fā)生什么事啦?

M: My friend George was late again, so the boss canned him!

L: 你的朋友George今天上班遲到，你們老板對他怎么了?對他大喊大叫嗎?

M: No, it's much worse than that. The boss canned him. In other words, the boss fired him!

L: 什么?你是說George被解雇了。所以To be canned就是被解雇的意思啊?

M: Yeah, here, "canned" is the past form of "to can," which means "to put something in a can," or slang for "to throw something in the trash can".

L: 噢，這里canned就是把什么東西扔到垃圾桶?？蛇@跟解雇人有什么關(guān)系呢?

M: Hehheh, when your boss "cans" you, he's getting rid of you. It is like he is throwing you in the trash can.

L: 原來這是一種比喻啊。不過這種說法聽起來挺嚇人的。Michael, 你覺得George應(yīng)該被解雇 嗎?

M: To tell the truth, George was not a very good employee. If I were the boss, I would have canned him too.更多信息請?jiān)L問：https://www.24en.com/

L： 哎呀，Michael，你這么說你的朋友未免太過份了吧!George又沒做壞事，為什么要解雇他 啊?

M: Well, George was often very late to work. This month, he came in late a least four times. The boss warned George many times before he finally canned him.

L: 看來你一點(diǎn)也不同情George。要是我的朋友碰上這種倒霉事，我至少也會替他難過啊。

M: Hmph. When George was late, it caused me and the other employees a lot of trouble. No one is really sad that he was canned.

L: 也許你說得沒錯。如果每個人都象George這樣老遲到，那會給其他人造成多大的麻煩啊。

M: Well, you are right and wrong. Because George was canned, we all have a lot more work to do right now.

L: 對，希望你們公司會趕快雇一個人來接替George的工作。

M: I'm sure they will.