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Hey, Pat, what's going on?
嘿,Pat,怎么样了?
I'm not sure.
我不确定
Ed keeps calling people into his office. I think people are getting fired.
Ed不停叫人去他的办公室,我想大家都要被炒了
Lynette. Lynette...
勒奈特...
Nina's out. You're in.
Nina出局了,你赢了
You are our new V.P. Of accounts.
你是我们的新财务副总经理
I... am?
我?
I just gave her the ax, along with a bunch of other people.
我刚把她炒鱿鱼了，连着一大堆人
Why? What happened?
为什么? 发生了什么?
Our old pal Stu just filed a sexual harassment suit against the company.
我们的老朋友Stu刚刚以性骚扰起诉了公司
He did what?
他做了什么?
He fired a fancy lawyer who threatened to go to the press.
他聘请了一位律师，威胁要见报
I had no choice but to pay him off.
我除了付钱没别的选择
He had a video of him and Nina together.
他有一卷他和Nina在一起的录象带
Okay. I... get Nina, but why are you firing everybody else?
好的，我明白Nina的事了，但是... 为何你人人都炒?
Stu's taking us to the cleaners.
Stu把我们逼成了洗衣店【洗衣店是专门把衣服弄干的，现在Ed的公司也被Stu榨干了】
If I don't cut back on staff,the next round of paychecks are gonna bounce.
如果我不裁员，下一次付给你们的支票就要被银行跳票了。
Oh, god, Ed. I am so sorry.
哦,天啊,Ed.我真抱歉
Well, it's not your fault. We'll get through this.
不是你的错.我们会渡过这风波
You and me together.
你和我一起
Oh, can you run down to the art department? Someone's gotta can Jeff and Elizabeth.
噢,你能去一下艺术部吗? 要炒Jeff和Elizabeth的鱿鱼
Yeah. Sure. I'm gonna go and take care of that.
好，当然我会处理好的。

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go to the press：召开新闻发布会
I was a wealthy man by then, and I didn't trust him not to try to blackmail me or go to the press about it.
我当时已经是一个富有的人，我不信任他，怕他可能会勒索我或向媒体曝光。
He fired a fancy lawyer who threatened to go to the press.
他聘请了一位律师，威胁要见报

cut back on: 减少
Cut back on your spending in any way you can, at least for now as you try to get out of debt.
尽量用任何方式减少你的开销，至少现在就开始尝试摆脱债务。
We have got to cut back on our expenses.
我们不得不销减我们的花销了。

run down to: 延伸至，伸展到
The children were seen to run down the street.
有人看到孩子们沿着街跑了
At this time, I felt very sorry and tears began to run down my cheeks.
便在此时，我觉得非常抱歉，眼泪沿着我两颊流了下来。