慢速英语短文听力 不是经济的错

It Isn't the Economy¹

不是经济的错

Carl worked for a company for one year. Then they laid him off. "We have to lay you off," said his boss. "It's not you. It's the economy. We'll hire you back when the economy gets better." Carl was angry. It wasn't the economy. It's discrimination², he thought. They didn't lay off anyone else. They laid off only him. He looked for another job. He couldn't find another job. A year later, he still had no job. It isn't my fault, he thought. It was the company's fault. They discriminated³ against him. He bought a gun. He went back to his company. He shot⁴ his boss dead. The police arrested him. The murder was on the TV news. The TV reporter talked about Carl. She felt so sorry for him. She talked about how much he had suffered. She didn't say anything about his dead boss.

卡尔在一家公司工作有一年的时间了。他们解聘了他。他的上司说：“我们不得不解聘你。这不是你的错，是经济的错。”经济效益好些后我们会再聘用你的。”卡尔非常生气。他认为这不是经济的问题，这是歧视。他们没有解聘其他人。他们只解聘了他。他正在找另一份工作。他没有找到另一份工作。一年之后，他还没有工作。他想这不是他的错。这是公司的错。他们歧视他。他买了枪。他又回到了那家公司。他开枪把上司打死了。警方逮捕了他。杀人犯上了电视新闻。新闻记者谈论了卡尔。她对他表示遗憾。她谈论了卡尔所遭受的痛苦。她并没有提及死去的上司。

1 economy   

n.经济；节俭；秩序；机体

参考例句：

• We must do our best to develop the national economy.我们必须努力发展国民经济。
• The country's economy is not very healthy.国家的经济不很景气。

2 discrimination   

n.差别，岐视，辨别力

参考例句：

• He spoke out against racial discrimination.他声言反对种族歧视。
• These robots are capable of shape discrimination.这些机器人能辨别形状。

3 discriminated   

分别，辨别，区分( discriminate的过去式和过去分词 )； 歧视，有差别地对待

参考例句：

• His great size discriminated him from his followers. 他的宽广身材使他不同于他的部下。
• Should be a person that has second liver virus discriminated against? 一个患有乙肝病毒的人是不是就应该被人歧视？

4 shot   

n.炮弹，射击，射手；v.射击，发出，发芽；vbl.射击，发出，发芽

参考例句：

• He shot a wild duck.他射中一只野鸭。
• All the children shot out their hands for the money.所有的孩子突然伸出手来要钱。