Up in the Air-20-蒲公英云

Up in the Air-20

Words from the fired.

How did you know it’s me?
This is your dedicated line（专线）. We reserve them for our most loyal and appreciated（尊敬的） flyers.
I’d like to transfer some of my miles. Can I open up an account（开户） to Jim and Julie Miller?
Certainly. How many miles would you like to transfer?
How many miles does it take to circle the globe?
We have our round-the-world tickets（环球票）. They’re 500,000 miles each.
Got a second（有空吗）?
I’ll call you back.（给你回话）
What the hell happened to you yesterday? I was trying to get hold of you all day.
I was… some personal stuff（私事）. What’s going on?
Do you remember Karen Barnes, part of a 30-person reduction a few weeks back in Wichita? Natalie fired her.
I fire dozens of people a day.
She killed herself, jumped off a bridge.
You don’t remember any woman that gave you any signals? Anything at all, Ryan?
No, nothing stands out.（没什么特别）
I need to know if you remember any woman that gave you any signals, depression（抑郁）
Natalie quit.
Text message. Yeah, fucking nice, right? No one’s got any manners anymore.（真没礼貌）
She said where she was going?
I should give her a call.
I need you back in the air.
Hey, did you hear what I said? I thought you’d be thrilled（兴奋） about that.
It was fine. What about the video conferencing?（视频会议）
How long are you sending me out?（派遣）
We’re gonna let you sail and sail（乘飞机航行）. You send us a postcard if you ever get there.
How exactly do you mean?
You graduated top of your class. You seemed to have your pick of employment（随意选择工作）, including right here. Instead you went to Omaha to fire people for a living?
It’s challenging work.
I’ll say. I can’t imagine doing that day in, day out. Not in this climate.（在这种情况下）
I followed a boy.
To whom it may concern, I can’t even count the number of people I’ve fired in my lifetime. So many that I’ve actually forgotten what it’s like to hire somebody. We’ve never met, but I know you’d be lucky to have Natalie Keener.
My advice? Take her and don’t look back（犹豫）. She’ll be the best decision you’ve made in a long time.
Well, I don’t have a lot of hope, and I really don’t know when it’s gonna get better. There’s a lot of people unemployed, and I really don’t know when there’s gonna be light at the end of the tunnel.
I can’t find much to talk about（不知道该说什么）. Talk about being proud. I’m proud of my kids.
Let me get up. Let me get out. Let me find something. So, my kids are my purpose, my family.
Tonight most people will be welcomed home by jumping dogs and squealing（叽叽喳喳） kids. Their spouses will ask about their day, and tonight they’ll sleep.
The stars will wheel forth（出现） from their daytime hiding places. And one of those lights, slightly brighter than the rest, will be my wingtip passing over.（路过）