英语小笑话带翻译（英语小笑话(很短的)）

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2021-08-30 08:19·老师吧

Several weeks after a young woman had been hired, she was called into the manager's office. "Miss Wang," the manager said with a long face, "when you applied for the job, you told us you had five years' experience. But now we know this is the first job you have ever had!"

"Well," the young woman said, "that's not my fault. Your advertisement said you were looking for an imaginative worker!"

Language Points知识点:

1.hire 这个故事中的hire意为：to give sb. a job 聘用;录用;雇用，多用于美国英语。如：

He was hired three years ago.

他是三年前录用的。

She does the hiring and firing in our company.

她在我们公司负责员工的聘用和辞退。

在英国英语中，hire意为：to pay money to borrow sth. for a short time；rent租用；借用。如：

Who do you hire / rent the room from?

2.manage v.管理，manager n.经理，management n.管理。

3.apply (to sb./sth.)for sth.（通常以书面形式）(向…)申请;请求(…)。如：

He applied to the company for the job

他向那个公司申请了这个工作。

You can apply for a student loan.

你可以申请助学贷款。

4.fault n.责任；过错；过失。如：

It was his fault that we were late.

我们迟到责任在他。

Why should I say sorry when it's not my fault?

不是我的错为什么要我道歉？

It's nobody's fault.

谁都没有错。

It's your own fault for being careless.

你粗心大意是你自己的过错。

5.advertise v.做广告， advertisement n.广告。

6.imagine v.想像；设想，imaginative adj.富有想像力的；创新的，imagination n.想像力；想像。