Unit 12 Payroll¹ Pete 第12 单元 发薪名单里的彼特

Two men sit down for lunch in the office cafeteria. 有两个人坐在办公大楼的自助餐厅里吃中餐。

"Hey, whatever happened to Pete in payroll?" one asked. “喂，发薪名单里怎么没有彼特，他到底是怎么了？”其中一人问道。

"He got this harebrained notion² he was going to build a new kind of car" his coworker replied. “他想要打造一种新的车款，不过想法太轻率了。”他的同事回答。

"How was he going to to it?" “他干了什么事？”

"He took an engine from a Pontiac, tires from a Chevy, seats from a Lincoln, hubcaps from a Caddy and, well, you get the idea." “他把庞蒂克的引擎、雪佛兰的轮胎、林肯的座椅、开迪的轮轴盖拼凑在一起，知道了吧？”

"So what did he end up with?" “那结果怎样?”

"Ten years in prison." “要吃十年牢饭。”