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　　From the moment Albert went to work at the store it was a disaster.It was as if he'd been discharged from a production line that made troublemakers.He was placed in the disk department and asked to develop a display of popular music to advertise a discount of 20%.Albert decided to display his skills by building the CDs into two towers on the floor in the shape of 20.By lunchtime the floor was in complete disorder and when the manager appeared in the disguise of a customer wanting CDs for her teenage daughter, Albert told her to disappear because he was too busy.In disgust, the manager decided to discard her casual appearance and discipline Albert rather than dismiss him.She sent him to the disposal department, where he would be at the husband's disposal.Her husband worked there because he had such a bad temper and disliked people without discipline.The husband didn't disguise his dislike of this young man and gave Albert his discharge within five minutes, sending him back to the manager saying that she should immediately dispose Albert to the street where he could disgust somebody else's customers.Albert was totally discouraged by this stage, but was afraid the manager would discount his ability completely, so he told her instead that it was too much for him to work under a woman and resigned from the job.Consequently, he is always in disguise when he visits the store now.

　　记单词

　　disappear 不见，消失

　　disaster 1. 灾难，大祸; 2. complete的失败

　　disc见disk

　　discard 丢弃，抛弃

　　discharge 1. 允许…离开，释放，解雇; 2. 排出，放出，发射; 3. 卸(货)，下(客)vi 排出，流出，放电n 1. 获准离开，释放; 2. 排出，放出， 放电

　　discipline 1. 纪律; 2. 训练，训导; 3. 惩罚，处分; 4. 学科

　　vt 1. 练，训导; 2. 惩罚，处罚

　　discount (价格、债款等)折扣 1. 把…打折扣; 2. 不(全)信，漠视，低估

　　discourage 1. 使泄气，使灰心; 2. 阻止，劝阻

　　disguise 1. 假扮，化装; 2. 伪装; 3. 隐瞒，掩盖，掩饰n 1. 用来伪装的东西(或行动); 2. 伪装，掩饰

　　in disguise伪装，假扮

　　disgust 使厌恶，使反感

　　vt 厌恶，反感

　　disk 1. 圆盘; 2. 唱片，磁盘，光盘

　　dislike 不喜爱，厌恶

　　dismiss 1. 不再考虑，不接受; 2. 免…职，解雇，开除; 3. 解散，遣散; 4. 驳回，不受理

　　disorder 1. 混乱，凌乱; 2. 骚乱，动乱; 3. (身心、机能的)失调，病

　　display 1. 陈列，展览; 2. 显示，表现

　　disposal 1. 丢掉，清除; 2. 排列，布置

　　at sb's disposal任某人处理，供某人使用

　　dispose 1. 排列，布置; 2. 使倾向于，使有利于vi 1. (of)去掉，丢掉， 除掉; 2. 处理，解决

　　艾伯特来店里干活从一开始就是个灾难——他好像是从麻烦制造者生产线上放出来的。他被安排在唱片部，其任务是想办法展示流行音乐，用广告打出20%的折扣。艾伯特决定表现一下他的技术，把唱片在地上堆成形状为20的两座塔。到吃午饭的时候，地板上已经凌乱不堪，当经理化装成顾客来为她十几岁的女儿买唱片时，艾伯特叫她赶快消失，因为他太忙了。反感之余，经理决定抛开她那随随便便的样子，惩罚一下艾伯特而不是把他开除了事。她把他派到清除部，到那儿他就任她丈夫处理了。她丈夫在那儿工作是因为他脾气很坏，而且厌恶不守纪律的人。她丈夫毫不掩饰对这个年轻人的厌恶，不到五分钟他就解雇了艾伯特，把他送回经理那儿，还说她应该立刻把艾伯特处理到大街上去，让他去烦别人的顾客。这时艾伯特已经完全泄气了，但又怕经理完全低估他的能力，所以他反过来对她说，让他在女人手下干活，他可受不了，他辞职不干了。结果，他现在进这家商店时常常得把自己伪装起来。