第15課：刻薄的 - 2

【迷你小對(duì)話】

A: Well, our company has been sold. All former employees have to clear out by Monday.
B: That is so hard-hearted! They didn’t even try to find a way to keep people on?
A: No! They were totally merciless. They just said “That’s it. Thank you. Goodbye.”
B: Well, I’m glad you are not working for such ruthless people!

A: 哦，我們公司被賣掉了。所有的員工周一之前都要離開。
B: 太無(wú)情了吧！他們甚至都沒(méi)試著想辦法把人留下嗎？
A: 沒(méi)有！他們一點(diǎn)都不仁慈。他們就說(shuō)“就這樣了，謝謝。再見?！?br> B: 好啊，我真高興你不再為這些無(wú)情無(wú)義的家伙工作了。

【語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)精講】

clear out: 立即并永久性地離開某地。
hard-hearted: 無(wú)情的，硬心腸的。
keep on: 繼續(xù)雇用某人。
merciless: 無(wú)情的；無(wú)憐憫之心的。
ruthless: 無(wú)同情心的；冷酷的；殘忍的。
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