The Corrupt Administrator

腐败的管理员

Mr. Pig was 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.

猪先生是一家生产各种商品的大工厂的管理员。在公司总部的一次会议上，他的老板们说他们想让工厂赚更多的钱。

If the factory makes more money, then you will too, his boss, Mr. Horse, told him. It was a great incentive. Pig had always wanted to be as affluent as his bosses.

“如果工厂能盈利更多，那么你的收入也会增加，”他的老板马先生告诉他。这是一个巨大的激励。小猪一直想和他的老板一样富有。

Mr. Pig returned to the factory and started making changes. However, most were not very nice, and some were not legitimate.

猪先生回到工厂后开始作出改变。然而，这些改变大多数都不是很好，而且有些是不合法的。

First, he fired all his employees. Then he automated the entire factory. Machines now made everything, and the other animals, Mr. Rabbit, Mr. Sheep, and Mr. Dog 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.

首先，他解雇了所有员工，用自动化的机器取而代之。所有的商品现在都由机器制造，而其他动物——兔子先生，绵羊先生和狗先生因此丢了工作。其次，他贿赂一些腐败的参议员，让他们为工厂制定特别补贴的立法。最后，为了省钱，他没有请专业公司来妥善处理工厂的垃圾，而是将垃圾扔进河里，这违反了法律。

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.

首先，工厂基础设施的所有改变创造了更多的收入。但是很快许多商店就不再购买他们的商品，因为机器制造的质量赶不上人工制造。顾客对工厂的商品很失望。

There were other problems, too. The animals 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 Pig had manipulated the law in order to get more money.

还有其他问题。失业的动物们告诉他们的朋友和家人停止购买工厂的货物。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，他们发现猪为了得到更多的钱而操纵了法律。

All transactions with Pig's factory stopped. The factory lost money, and Pig 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 was not always the best.

与猪先生工厂的所有交易都停止了。工厂赔了钱，猪也丢了工作。他太晚才认识到自己的错误。他曾试图通过任何可能的方式省钱致富，但最便宜的方式并不总是最好的。

核心单词表

administrator n. 管理人

affluent adj. 富裕的

audit v. 审计

automate v. 使自动化

bribe v. 贿赂

corrupt adj. 腐败的

dispose v. 销毁

headquarters n. 总部

incentive n. 动机

infrastructure n. 基础建设

legislate v. 立法

legitimate adj. 合法的

manipulate v. 操纵

merchandise n. 商品

retail n. 零售

revenue n. 收入

rubbish n. 垃圾

subsidy n. 补贴

transaction n. 交易

violate y. 违反

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