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斷送職業(yè)生涯的小事
How Much Money They Make
談論自己的薪水
Your parents may love to hear all about how much you're pulling in each month, but in the workplace, this only breeds negativity.
或許你的父母樂意聽你談論月薪,但是在職場,談論薪水只會引起周圍人的負面情緒。
It's impossible to allocate salaries with perfect fairness, and revealing yours gives your coworkers a direct measure of comparison.
完全公平的分配薪資是絕對不可能的,但自曝薪水會讓你同事拿你的薪水和自己的做比較。
As soon as everyone knows how much you make, everything you do at work is considered against your income.
一旦別人知道你的薪酬,那么他們就會覺得你不配拿那么多薪水。
It's tempting to swap salary figures with a buddy out of curiosity, but the moment you do, you'll never see each other the same way again.
同事之間出于好奇而相互探問薪水,但獲知彼此底細后,你們之間的關系就再也回不到從前了。
【知識點講解】
As soon as 一…就…; 一經;
例句:
As soon as he got inside, the dog shook himself.
他一進來,狗就開始搖頭擺尾。
They stopped you as soon as you deviated from the script.
一旦你偏離了劇本的內容,他們就會喊停。
As soon as the two chicks hatch, they leave the nest burrow.
兩只小鳥一出殼就離開了巢穴。
out of curiosity 出于好奇心;
例句:
Ryle accepted more out of curiosity than anything else.
賴爾更多的是出于好奇才同意的。
Out of curiosity, he pulled down the handle of the fire alarm.
出于好奇, 他把火警器的手把拉了下來.
He asked out of curiosity.
他因好奇而發(fā)問.
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