W: Hi, Dan. What's new?

M: Where have you been? I've been trying to get in touch with you for two days.

W: I went to Salt Lake City on business. What's up?

M: I got fired.

W: How come? Last time I saw you. You told me it was a good job, and you'd like to take it as a career. That was only one month ago. Why this sudden change?

M: It's a long story. In a word, I didn't do a good job of it. I messed up a business deal, a deal that would have made ten million dollars and I messed it up.

W: What are you going to do now?

M: I am trying to find a job asap. Lily doesn't know yet. I didn't tell her. I spent the past three days at the coffee shop next to your office, and she thought I went to work as usual.

W: That's not the way to solve the problem. Did you look in the classified advertisements column?

M: Yes, I did. But I wasn't qualified for most of the jobs that I was interested in.

W: Listen. I will see what I can do, ok? You go home and tell Lily about this problem you have now. She is your wife and I am sure she will understand.

M: I just don't know how to bring it up. Well, all right. She has the right to know anyways.

W：嗨，Dan，有什么新鲜事吗？

M：你去哪儿了？我都找你两天了。

W：我去盐城湖出差了，怎么了？

M：我被开除了。

W：怎么会？上次见着你的时候，你告诉我工作很不错，你会把它当作事业来做，那只是一个月前的事情。怎么突然就起了变化？

M：说来话长，总之，我没有把工作做好。我搞砸了一桩买卖，一桩可以挣一千万美元的买卖，我还把它给搞砸了。

M：那你现在做什么呢？

W：我想忙找份工作，Lily还不知道，我没告诉她。过去的三天我都在你办公室旁边的咖啡厅里呆着，她认为我还和往常一样去工作了。

M：这也不是解决问题的办法，你看了分类广告了吗？

W：看了，但是大多数我喜欢的工作我都不够格。

M：听着，我看看我能做什么，好吧？你回家告诉Lily关于你现在所面对的这个问题，她是你的妻子，她会理解的。

W：我只是不知道该怎么和她说…好吧，不管怎么说她有知道的权利。