A rant against consumerism

"The situation is really not that complicated, Mike. The company simply has a compendium of charges that have been compiled against you and they just don' t want you to work here any more! There's nothing I can do to help you!"

"Aw c'mon, Mr. Moan. We're old compatriots in this company. We've always shared compartments and I thought we had such compatible characteristics! I'm as competent as you are with often more compelling excuses for our bosses as to why we missed the completion of project deadlines! You need me!"

"Actually not, Mike. Ever since they promoted me, they have been compelling me to get rid of you. And please don' t make any comparison to your lying ways and my honest mistakes."

"Okay okay. You are an honest man. But hey, who will get you complementary tickets to see the Bulls if I'm gone?"

"Mike. For now let' s compartmentalize our friendship from work, okay? They have great compensation for you! And if you are in compliance with leaving, they will write a glowing recommendation for you about your competence, so that you can go and get a job with the competition! They've taken all of the complexity out of it for you!"

"Really? So how will they compensate me? Hey, you're right, that's not a complex deal at all. I can take a long vacation! Okay. I'll take it. But no more free tickets for you buddy. You're the competition now! Some kind of friend you turned out to be!"

再见,麦克

"情况真的没有那么复杂，麦克。公司只不过有一份编你故事的清单，他们就是不想让你在这儿再干下去了，我确实是爱莫能助。"

"不会吧，摩恩先生。我们在这家公司共事多年，我们一直在同一分隔间工作，而且我觉得咱俩有那么多共同特点!我和你一样有能力，我还经常有更多非常有说明力的理由向老板交待，告诉他为什么我们没能按时完成计划!你需要我!"

"实际上我不需要你，麦克。 自从他们提升我之后，就一直逼我请你走人。请不要拿你的满嘴谎言和我犯的老实人的错误进行比较。"

"好，好，你是个老实人。可是如果我走了，谁会替你搞看公牛队比赛的赠票呢?"

"麦克，现在让我们把咱俩的交情和工作分开好吗?他们会给你丰厚的补偿!如果你同意离开，他们会对你的能力写一份大加赞扬的推荐信，这样的话尽管有竞争，你还是．可以再找份工作!他们已经替你把所有的复杂事情都处理好了。"

"真的吗?那他们会怎样补偿我呢?你是对的，这根本不是一件复杂的事情。我可以休个长假了。好，我接受。可是再没有赠票给你了，伙计!你现在成了我的竞争对手，你可真是够朋友啊!

单词详解:

comparison n.对比,对照;相似,类似;比拟,比喻

compartment n.分隔间,客车车厢内设有面对面座位的隔间

compartmentalize v.分隔,划分

compatible a.1.合得来的,协调的,一致的2.兼容制的

compatriot n.1.同国人,同胞2.伙伴,同事

compel v.强迫,使不得不2强求,强使发生

compelling a.强制性的,激发兴趣的,有强烈吸引力的

compendium n.1.手册2.概要,概略,纲要,简编3.清单;目录

compensate v.补偿,赔偿

compensation n.1.补偿,赔款,报酬2.补偿物;赔偿金

competence n.能力;胜任,职称

competent a.有能力的,能胜任的;称职的;合格的

competition n.1.竞争2.比赛,竞赛

complementary a.补足的,补充的,互补的

completion n.完成,结束;圆满,实现

complex a.复杂的,难懂的n.复合体

complexity n.复杂性;错综复杂的事物

compliance n.遵从,依从;顺从,屈从

complicated a.复杂的,难懂的,难解的
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