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133 Gossip 八啥卦 小心自己挂
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134 Sleeping on the Job 上班睡觉 小心工作不保
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People who gossip are in the habit of spreading personal information or rumors about others. It may seem fun to spread gossip, but it is not a good habit to get into. Gossip is typically some sort of shocking news about someone. This shocking news is often hurtful. Whether at school, in the workplace, or in society, all gossip is basically the same. Someone tells one friend what he overheard about someone else. Then that person spreads what he heard to the next person, and so on. The original story usually changes many times before it finally makes its way back to the subject of the gossip.
When you are the subject of gossip, the best way to deal with it is not to get upset. If you act upset, everyone will believe that the rumor is true. Even if the rumor is true, your personal life is not anyone else’s business. Stay calm and maybe even laugh at what is being said about you. It may not be easy, but sometimes ignoring gossip is the best way to end it. Once everyone realizes that the gossips are not to be trusted, their lives will become as miserable as the lives of the people they gossiped about.
喜欢八卦闲扯的人都有散布别人私事或谣言的习惯。散布八卦消息看起来好像很好玩，但其实这是一种很不好的习惯。典型的八卦都是关于某人某种令人震惊的消息。而这样令人震惊的消息通常都很伤人。不论是在校园里、工作场合或社会上，几乎所有的八卦基本上都是相同的。某个人告诉某个朋友他听到关于某人的什么什么，那个人再把听来的告诉另一个人，然后就这样以此类推一个接一个传下去。最初的八卦内容通常会在传话中改了又改，等传回话题主角耳中时早已相差十万八千里了。
倘若你沦为八卦话题的主角，那么最好的应对方法就是不要因此而难过生气。如果你表现得很生气，大家就会认为谣言是真的。纵然谣言属实，那也是你的私生活，用不着别人管。所以要保持冷静，甚至对别人怎么说你一笑置之就算了。要做到这样也许不容易，但有时对八卦置之不理就是终结它的最好办法。一旦大家明白这些传八卦的人根本就不可信，到时候，他们的日子也不会比八卦主角好到哪里去。
For many people, it is not easy to get enough sleep at night. Their lives are hectic, filled with many things that must be done before they can fall asleep. As a result, they may fall asleep on the bus or the train the next day. This is perfectly natural. But falling asleep the next day at school or on the job is not acceptable. For thousands of people around the world who don’t get enough sleep each night, falling asleep on the job is a big worry.
For pilots, taxi drivers, or train engineers, it would be more than a little embarrassing to fall asleep on the job. It would be a matter of life and death for them and their passengers. Therefore, there are laws about how much they can work at one time. Pilots, drivers, and engineers have to be able to get enough rest between shifts. Because of these laws, many people have gotten fired for falling asleep at work. Some of them have fought to get their jobs back. They say it cannot be proven that they were actually asleep. Maybe they were just resting their eyes. However, in the case of bus drivers and other transportation personnel, their jobs are gone for good. After all, sleep is something that should be done at home─not when you are piloting a jet above the Pacific Ocean.
对许多人来说，他们晚上通常都睡不饱。他们的生活忙碌，有许多事情必须在睡觉前做完。结果，隔天他们在公交车上或火车上睡着就变成很自然的事。但隔天在课堂上或上班时是不准睡觉的。对世上许许多多晚上睡眠不足的人来说，上班时睡着是很令人苦恼的一件事。
对机长、出租车司机或火车机师而言，上班打瞌睡不只是件尴尬的小事，而是攸关自己与乘客生死的大事。所以，法律明文规定他们每次值勤的时数。每个飞行员、司机和火车机师在每次轮班前都要获得充分的休息。因为有这样的法律规定，所以有许多人因为在上班时睡觉而被解雇。但有些人力争想恢复他们的工作权，因为他们说并没有证据能证明他们确实是睡着了，他们可能只是让眼睛休息一下罢了。然而，对公交车司机或其他交通工具的驾驶而言，他们丢了工作后就永远不能复职。毕竟，你应该在家里睡觉，而不是在驾驶喷射客机飞越太平洋时呼呼大睡。