Unit 10

UNIT 10 WORD LIST administrator An administrator is a person who controls a business, company, or organization. Everyone in the store did whatever the administrator asked them to do. affluent If someone is affluent, they are wealthy. People in the city are usually more affluent than people in the country. audit To audit means to inspect financial records from a person or business. The government usually audits companies that report lower than usual incomes. automate To automate something means to have machines or computers do the work. When the bank automated, it started installing ATM machines. bribe To bribe someone means to illegally persuade them for a favor with money. The judge was bribed so that she would set the suspect free. corrupt If someone is corrupt, they break the law for money or fame. The corrupt policemen didn't arrest the man because he gave them money. dispose To dispose of something means to get rid of it. He disposed of the can by throwing it into the recycle bin. headquarters A headquarters is a building where the bosses of a company work. He took the long route to the headquarters because it was a nice day. incentive An incentive is what makes a person want to do something. The chance of winning a prize was an incentive to get people to play the game. infrastructure An infrastructure is a collection of services needed to run a society or business. Power lines are important parts of a city's infrastructure.

管理员是控制企业、公司或组织的人。 商店里的每个人都按照管理员的要求去做。 如果某人很富裕，那他就是富有的。 城里人通常比乡下人富裕。 审计是指检查个人或企业的财务记录。 政府通常会对报告收入低于正常水平的公司进行审计。 自动化某事的意思是让机器或计算机来做这项工作。 当银行实现自动化时，它开始安装自动取款机。 贿赂某人是指用金钱非法地说服他们帮忙。 法官受到贿赂，才释放了嫌疑犯。 如果某人是腐败的，他们为了金钱或名誉而违法。 腐败的警察没有逮捕那个人，因为他给了他们钱。 处置某事意味着摆脱它。 他把罐头扔进了回收站，把它处理掉了。 总部是公司老板工作的大楼。 他走了很长的路去总部，因为那天天气很好。 动机是使一个人想要做某事的东西。 赢得奖品的机会是吸引人们玩游戏的动机。 基础设施基础设施是运行一个社会或企业所需的服务的集合。 输电线是城市基础设施的重要组成部分。

legislate To legislate means to make laws. Senators have to legislate fairly so most people will enjoy the benefits. legitimate If something is legitimate, then it is acceptable according to the law. She found a legitimate plan to raise extra funds for her vacation. manipulate To manipulate something means to skillfully or unfairly control or affect it. The doctor manipulated the data to make it look like the cure was working. merchandise Merchandise is goods ready to be purchased or sold. The store added more merchandise because there were more shoppers. retail Retail is the activity of selling goods to the public, often for personal use. Although cheap to make, once a T-shirt reaches retail, it costs ten times as much. revenue Revenue is the income made by a company. The new products really increased the business's monthly revenue. rubbish Rubbish is trash or waste. The floor around the garbage can was covered with all kinds of rubbish. subsidy A subsidy is money given by the government to companies to assist them. The official gave the company a subsidy so it could open two new factories. transaction A transaction is an act of buying or selling something. Because the clerk was new at the job, the simple transaction took a long time. violate To violate a law, rule or agreement means to break it. I was given a ticket because the policeman said I violated a traffic law.

立法意味着制定法律。 参议员必须公平立法，这样大多数人才能享受到福利。 如果某事是合法的，那么根据法律它是可以接受的。 她找到了一个合理的计划来为她的假期筹集额外的资金。 操纵某事意味着巧妙地或不公平地控制或影响它。 医生篡改了数据，使治疗看起来有效。 商品是准备购买或出售的货物。 这家商店增加了更多的商品，因为顾客多了。 零售是向公众出售商品的活动，通常是供个人使用的。 虽然制作成本很低，但一件t恤一旦进入零售市场，成本就会翻十倍。 收入是公司的收入。 新产品确实增加了公司的月收入。 垃圾就是垃圾或废物。 垃圾桶周围的地板上堆满了各种垃圾。 补贴是政府为帮助公司而给予的钱。 这位官员给了这家公司一笔补贴，以便它能开两家新工厂。 交易是买卖某物的行为。 由于这名职员是新手，这笔简单的交易花了很长时间。 违反法律、规则或协议意味着破坏它。 警察说我违反了交通法规，给了我一张罚单。

The Corrupt Administrator Mr. Watson is an administrator at a big factory that made different kinds of merchandise. During a meeting at the company's headquarters, his bosses said they wanted the factory to make more money. "If the factory makes more money, then you will too, his boss. Mr. Johnson, told him. It was a great incentive. Mr. Watson had always wanted to be as affluent as his bosses. Mr. Watson returned to the factory and started making changes. However, most of his changes were not very nice, and some were not legitimate. First, he fired all his employees. Then, he automated the entire factory. Machines now made everything, and his employees had no jobs. Next, he bribed some corrupt senators into legislating special subsidies for the factory. Finally, instead of paying a company to dispose of the factory's rubbish properly, he violated the law by throwing it into the river to save money. At first, all the changes to the factory's infrastructure created more revenue. But soon many stores could no longer sell the factory's goods at retail. It seemed that the machines couldn't make products as well as the workers. The customers were disappointed with the factory's merchandise. There were other problems, too. The workers had told their friends and family to stop buying the factory's goods. Officials discovered the factory's rubbish in the river, and when they audited the company, they discovered that Mr. Watson had manipulated the law in order to get more money. All transactions with Mr. Watson's factory stopped. The factory lost money, and Mr. Watson lost his job. He realized his mistakes too late. He had tried to become rich by saving money any way possible, but the cheapest way is not always the best.

沃森先生是一家生产各种商品的大工厂的管理人员。 在公司总部的一次会议上，他的老板们说他们希望工厂能赚更多的钱。 “如果工厂赚更多的钱，那么你也会，他的老板。 约翰逊先生告诉他。这是一个很大的激励。 沃森先生一直想和他的老板们一样富有。 沃森回到工厂，开始做出改变。 然而，他的大部分改变都不是很好，有些是不合法的。 首先，他解雇了所有的员工。 然后，他实现了整个工厂的自动化。 现在一切都由机器制造，他的员工没有工作。 接下来，他贿赂了一些腐败的参议员，让他们立法为这家工厂提供特别补贴。 最后，他没有付钱给一家公司来妥善处理工厂的垃圾，而是为了省钱而违反了法律，把垃圾扔进河里。 起初，工厂基础设施的所有变化创造了更多的收入。 但很快，许多商店就不能再零售这家工厂的产品了。 似乎机器不能像工人那样生产产品。 顾客对工厂的商品很失望。 还有其他问题。 工人们告诉他们的朋友和家人停止购买工厂的产品。 官员们在河里发现了工厂的垃圾，当他们对公司进行审计时，他们发现沃森先生为了得到更多的钱而操纵了法律。 所有与沃森先生工厂的交易都停止了。 工厂赔钱了，沃森先生也丢了工作。 他认识到自己的错误太晚了。 他试图通过各种可能的方式省钱致富，但最便宜的方式并不总是最好的。