口語對話：如果失業(yè)了怎么辦？

A：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.

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

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

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

A: That's true, but my supervisor is very dishonest. There's no reason that he will tell my boss 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.

B: Let's think realistically about what might happen. How much maney do you have in your savings?

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

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

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

B: 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.

A: That's very generous of you. I guess that would work.

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

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

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A: 我真不知道該怎么辦!我要是丟了工作，一定會入不敷出的。

B：別擔心，我覺得你不會因為只犯一次錯誤就丟掉工作的。

A：可真的是一個大失誤，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。

B：不過，這事又不是歸你一個人負責，對吧?你只是做了你上司吩咐你做的事而已。

A：這倒是事實，可是我的上司可不是一個誠實的人。他不可能跟我們老板說實話。我敢肯定他會跟我們老板說都是我的錯。就算我跟老板說實話，他也不會相信的。

B：那咱們想象一下接下來會發(fā)生什么。你有多少存款?

A：大概足夠支持我生活3個月的?？墒俏艺娌幌氚汛婵疃蓟ㄔ谌粘Ｉ钌?。我想做點投資。

B：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?

A： ：下個月。所有，我要么搬出去，要么在續(xù)簽一年的合同。

B：哦，那好辦了。如果你被炒了，你就搬過來跟我一起住，直到你找到新工作。這樣可以幫你省一筆錢。

A：你真是太好了。我覺得這樣行得通。

B：如果你真失業(yè)了，你恐怕要有幾個月不能再買你平常愛買的那些雜七雜八的東西了。如果你過得節(jié)儉一點，也能省下不少錢。

A：我也覺得上班掙這么多錢使我變得有些貪心了。也許失業(yè)反倒是件好事!