A rant against consumerism

"The situation is really not thatcomplicated, Mike. The company simply has acompendiumof charges that have beencompiledagainst 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 oldcompatriotsin this company. We’ve always sharedcompartmentsand I thought we had suchcompatiblecharacteristics! I'm ascompetentas you are with often morecompellingexcuses for our bosses as to why we missed thecompletionof project deadlines! You need me!"
"Actually not, Mike. Ever since they promoted me, they have beencompellingme to get rid of you. And please don' t make anycomparisonto your lying ways and my honest mistakes."
"Okay okay. You are an honest man. But hey, who will get youcomplementarytickets to see the Bulls if I'm gone?"
"Mike. For now let' scompartmentalizeour friendship from work, okay? They have greatcompensationfor you! And if you are incompliancewith leaving, they will write a glowing recommendation for you about yourcompetence, so that you can go and get a job with thecompetition! They've taken all of thecomplexityout of it for you!"
"Really? So how will theycompensateme? Hey, you're right, that's not acomplexdeal 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!"

再見(jiàn),麥克
“情況真的沒(méi)有那么復(fù)雜，麥克。公司只不過(guò)有一份編你故事的清單，他們就是不想讓你在這兒再干下去了，我確實(shí)是愛(ài)莫能助?！?/span>
“不會(huì)吧，摩恩先生。我們?cè)谶@家公司共事多年，我們一直在同一分隔間工作，而且我覺(jué)得咱倆有那么多共同特點(diǎn)!我和你一樣有能力，我還經(jīng)常有更多非常有說(shuō)明力的理由向老板交待，告訴他為什么我們沒(méi)能按時(shí)完成計(jì)劃!你需要我!”
“實(shí)際上我不需要你，麥克。 自從他們提升我之后，就一直逼我請(qǐng)你走人。請(qǐng)不要拿你的滿嘴謊言和我犯的老實(shí)人的錯(cuò)誤進(jìn)行比較。”
“好，好，你是個(gè)老實(shí)人?？墒侨绻易吡?，誰(shuí)會(huì)替你搞看公牛隊(duì)比賽的贈(zèng)票呢?”
“麥克，現(xiàn)在讓我們把咱倆的交情和工作分開(kāi)好嗎?他們會(huì)給你豐厚的補(bǔ)償!如果你同意離開(kāi)，他們會(huì)對(duì)你的能力寫(xiě)一份大加贊揚(yáng)的推薦信，這樣的話盡管有競(jìng)爭(zhēng)，你還是．可以再找份工作!他們已經(jīng)替你把所有的復(fù)雜事情都處理好了?！?/span>
“真的嗎?那他們會(huì)怎樣補(bǔ)償我呢?你是對(duì)的，這根本不是一件復(fù)雜的事情。我可以休個(gè)長(zhǎng)假了。好，我接受?？墒窃?zèng)]有贈(zèng)票給你了，伙計(jì)!你現(xiàn)在成了我的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手，你可真是夠朋友啊!

單詞詳解:

comparison n.對(duì)比,對(duì)照;相似,類(lèi)似;比擬,比喻
compartment n.分隔間,客車(chē)車(chē)廂內(nèi)設(shè)有面對(duì)面座位的隔間
compartmentalize v.分隔,劃分
compatible a.1.合得來(lái)的,協(xié)調(diào)的,一致的2.兼容制的
compatriot n.1.同國(guó)人,同胞2.伙伴,同事
compel v.強(qiáng)迫,使不得不2強(qiáng)求,強(qiáng)使發(fā)生
compelling a.強(qiáng)制性的,激發(fā)興趣的,有強(qiáng)烈吸引力的
compendium n.1.手冊(cè)2.概要,概略,綱要,簡(jiǎn)編3.清單;目錄
compensate v.補(bǔ)償,賠償
compensation n.1.補(bǔ)償,賠款,報(bào)酬2.補(bǔ)償物;賠償金
competence n.能力;勝任,職稱(chēng)
competent a.有能力的,能勝任的;稱(chēng)職的;合格的
competition n.1.競(jìng)爭(zhēng)2.比賽,競(jìng)賽
complementary a.補(bǔ)足的,補(bǔ)充的,互補(bǔ)的
completion n.完成,結(jié)束;圓滿,實(shí)現(xiàn)
complex a.復(fù)雜的,難懂的n.復(fù)合體
complexity n.復(fù)雜性;錯(cuò)綜復(fù)雜的事物
compliance n.遵從,依從;順從,屈從
complicated a.復(fù)雜的,難懂的,難解的