My good friend is more aggressive at work than she realizes. After she had her annual performance review, I asked, “How did it go?” “They had written that I was overbearing,” she replied with a shrug. “I made them take it off.” 我的好朋友并没有意识到她在工作上是如何的咄咄...
我在一所大学图书馆上班时,学生会找各种借口去逃避交纳过期不还书籍的罚金。 这些借口经常能让我觉得不可思议。一天傍晚,一个年纪较大的学生来还2本过了归还期很久的书。我让她交纳2美元罚金,她却大发雷霆,说罚2美元太过分。我给她解释,过期一天得罚多少,但她就是坚持说她可以免交这些罚款。 “...
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你睡过头事情就开始糟糕了 The day began when my daughter overslept, then realized she forgot to do her homework. As I drove her to school, I snapped, "I don't want to hear a peep out of you. "When we arrived, she asked, "Can I talk now?" "Okay," I grumbled. "I forgot ...
很明显,我是太爱在别人面前吹嘘我的家乡俄亥俄州了。一天,我又跟一位深受此折磨的朋友吹上了,“你知道吗, 第一位进行动力飞行的人来自俄亥俄州。 第一位绕地球飞行的人也是来自俄亥俄州。第一位绕月球飞行的人还是来自俄亥俄州”。 “听起来,好象很多人在俄亥俄州呆不下去了,”我的朋友说。...
这是你被称为指挥的原因 I was percussion major when I was in college, and during a rehearsal of the student orchestra, my section kept making mistakes. "When you're too dumb to play anything," the professor conducting us sneered, "they give you a couple of sticks, pu...
As a commercial diver in the offshore oil fields of the Gulf of Mexico, I was assigned to a job on board a derrick barge. After my dive I spent the required time in the decompression chamber, and went to bed. Later I walked into the TV room, where I was s...
I was in the band at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota. Our group was required to play for all generals who arrived on base. So one morning, when our commanding officer heard on the radio that a General Frost was expected just after noon, he sent us ...
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