第9课 幽默的 - 11第9课：幽默的 - 11【迷你小对话】A: Did you know that Steve got fired?

B: No, but I expected it.
He was always making wisecracks about how others worked.
It was bound to irritate the wrong person eventually.

A: Gosh, I thought he was kind of funny.

B: That’s because you never heard him talk about you.
A: 你知道吗？
Steve被解雇了。

B: 不知道，不过我早料到了。
他总是说俏皮话取笑别人的工作，早晚会得罪人的。

A: 天啊，我还觉得他挺幽默的呢！

B: 那是因为你从来没听到他议论你。
【语言点精讲】get fired: 被解雇的。

wisecrack: 俏皮话，妙语。

be bound to: 注定了的。

irritate: 激怒。