J：I don’t know what I’m going to do! It’s going to be impossible to make ends meet if I lose my job!

我真不知道該怎么辦!我要是丟了工作，一定會入不敷出的。

C：Don’t worry. I don't think you’re going to lose your job over one mistake.

別擔(dān)心，我覺得你不會因?yàn)橹环敢淮五e就丟掉工作的。

J：It was a rather big mistake. When you work as an investment adviser, one small mistake can cost the company millions.

可真的是個大失誤，如果你是投資顧問，那么即使是一個很小的失誤也會造成公司上百萬的損失。

C：But it wasn’t just you who was involved, right? You were only doing what your supervisor told you to do.

不過，這事又不是只歸你一個人負(fù)責(zé)，對吧?你只是做了你上司吩咐你做的事而已。

J：That’s true, but my supervisor is very dishonest. There’s no reason he needs to tell our boss the truth. I’m sure he will tell our boss that it was all my fault, and there’s nothing I can do about that. My boss won’t believe me if I tell him the truth.

這倒是事實(shí)，可是我上司可不是個誠實(shí)的人。他不可能跟我們老板說實(shí)話。我敢肯定，他會跟老板說全是我的錯，而臥也根本什么都做不了。就算我跟老板說實(shí)話他也不會相信的。

C：Let’s think realistically about what might happen. How much money do you have in your savings?

那咱們模擬想象一下接下來會發(fā)生什么。你有多少存款?

J：I have enough to live off of for about 3 months. But I really don't want to spend my life savings on just living! I’d rather invest my money somehow.

大概有足夠支持我生活三個月的。可是我真不想把存款都花在日常生活上。我想做點(diǎn)投資。

C：Well, you can't have everything. Let's just figure out what you will do if you lose your job. When is your contract up on your apartment?

嗯，你不可能什么都占著。 咱們算算如果你失業(yè)了該怎么辦。你房租的合同什么時候到期?

J：Next month. So I can either move out then or renew my contract for another year.

下個月。所以，我要么搬出去，要么再續(xù)簽一年的合同。

C：Well, that’s good. If you lose your job, you can just move in with me until you find another job. That will save you plenty of money.

哦，那好辦了。如果你被炒了，你就搬過來和我一起住，知道你找到新工作。這樣可以幫你省一筆錢。

J：That’s very generous of you. I guess that would work.

你真是太慷慨了。我覺得這樣行得通。

C：If you lose your job, you just have to go for a few months without buying all the junk you usually buy. If you live frugally, you’ll save plenty of money.

如果你真的失業(yè)了，你恐怕要有幾個月不能再買你平常愛買的那些再雜七雜八的東西了。如果你過的簡樸一點(diǎn)，也能省下不少錢。

J：I guess working with so much money has made me rather greedy. Maybe losing my job would be a good thing!

我也覺得上班掙這么多錢使我變得有點(diǎn)貪心了。也許是也反倒是件好事!