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(duì)他怎么了?對(duì)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(shuō)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(lái)這是一種比喻啊。不過(guò)這種說(shuō)法聽起來(lái)挺嚇人的。Michael, 你覺(jué)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(qǐng)?jiān)L問(wèn)：https://www.24en.com/

L： 哎呀，Michael，你這么說(shuō)你的朋友未免太過(guò)份了吧!George又沒(méi)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(lái)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(huì)替他難過(guò)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(shuō)得沒(méi)錯(cuò)。如果每個(gè)人都象George這樣老遲到，那會(huì)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(duì)，希望你們公司會(huì)趕快雇一個(gè)人來(lái)接替George的工作。

M: I'm sure they will.