胡敏讀故事記托福詞匯090：行政特權(quán) Executive Privilege

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2016年01月12日

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Lesson 90 Executive Privilege 行政特權(quán)

“I thought that the punishment was excessive, didn’t you?” Shirley asked. Shirley was a supervisor and she thought she was exempt from the rule against using paid time to execute personal errands.

“我認(rèn)為對(duì)我的處罰太過(guò)分了。不是嗎?”雪莉問(wèn)道。雪莉是個(gè)監(jiān)督員，她認(rèn)為自己可以免于遵守公司的規(guī)定。然而，公司認(rèn)為她沒(méi)有資格享受豁免權(quán)而不遵守公司規(guī)定。公司反對(duì)利用上班時(shí)間去做私事。

“Maybe,” replied Kitty. “However, you did take an unauthorized excursion during work time.” Kitty was a supervisor too. Unlike Shirley, she exerted her best efforts to be an exemplary employee. She did not believe that Shirley had a good excuse for violating the rules.

“也許吧，”基蒂回答，“但你的確是未經(jīng)批準(zhǔn)，在工作期間外出游覽了。”基蒂也是一名監(jiān)督員。但跟雪莉不同，基蒂盡最大努力成為一名模范的雇員。她認(rèn)為雪莉沒(méi)有正當(dāng)理由違反公司規(guī)定。

“All I did was to take a short walk to get rid of this excess fat,” Shirley exclaimed. “It seems like you can’t even exhale in this office without asking for permission.”

“我只不過(guò)是出去散會(huì)兒步，減少多余的脂肪。”雪莉大聲喊道，“好像不經(jīng)允許辦公室里連大氣都不敢出一口了。”

“I thought you went to the store to exchange a shirt,” Kitty said.

“我想你是去商店換襯衣去了。”基蒂說(shuō)。

“I did,” Shirley said. “But it’s my privilege as an executive to take short breaks for personal matters. I see the managers taking personal breaks to smoke a cigarette. Why should I be excluded from the group? I put into my job the same a mount of exertion as they do. At the end of the day, I am just as exhausted. Taking personal breaks shouldn’t be an exclusive privilege for managers.”

“是的，”雪莉說(shuō)，“作為行政人員，我有權(quán)利用短短的休息時(shí)間做點(diǎn)私事。我看見(jiàn)經(jīng)理們利用個(gè)人休息時(shí)間再抽煙。為什么我被排除再他們之外呢?對(duì)工作我慶祝了和他們一樣的努力。一天下來(lái)，我同樣也精疲力竭。利用個(gè)人休息時(shí)間不應(yīng)是經(jīng)理們獨(dú)有的特權(quán)。”

“It’s true, the managers don’t exemplify good behavior for supervisors,” Kitty said. “They’re more concerned with out execution of their orders. Frankly, I think we’ll just have to accept the fact of our exclusion from executive privilege.”

“的確，經(jīng)理們沒(méi)有以良好的行為規(guī)范為監(jiān)督人員樹(shù)立榜樣。”基蒂說(shuō)，“他們更多關(guān)心的是我們對(duì)他們的命令的執(zhí)行情況。坦率地講，我想我們不得不接受這個(gè)事實(shí)——我們被排除在行政特權(quán)之外。”

“All this talk is exhausting me,” said Shirley. “I think I need another break.”

“說(shuō)了這么多快把我累死了。”雪莉說(shuō)，“我想我又該休息一下了。”

Kitty shook her head in wonderment. “Haven’t you been listening to anything I’ve said?”

基蒂驚訝地?fù)u搖頭說(shuō)：“難道你根本沒(méi)在聽(tīng)我說(shuō)的話(huà)嗎?”

Words:

excess adj. 過(guò)度的，額外的;n. 過(guò)程，超過(guò)

excessive adj. 過(guò)度的，過(guò)分的，過(guò)多的

exchange n./vt. 兌換，交換

exclaim vt. 呼喊;驚叫

exclude vt. 把…排除在外;排斥

exclusion n. 排除，逐出

exclusive adj. 獨(dú)占的;排外的，唯一的