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和老板相关的词汇(有声) 在假日里，还要工作滴人，伤不起啊！尤其是还碰上一个“勤奋努力”的老板，那日子是更不好过啊！今天，就和小编一起来学学表达老板的词汇吧，你的抱怨或许将不再那么无聊捏！加油吧，努力工作的人们！ Im Susan Clark with the Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. The Italians have an old saying, Il dolce far niente. The words mean it is sweet, or enjoyable, to do nothing. On weekends and during holidays, many of us enjoy doing nothing. But most of the time we have to work. And, to keep our jobs, we must work hard. Our employer will not like it if we do nothing. American workers often call their employers bosses. The word boss comes from the Dutch word, baas, meaning master. Sometimes company bosses are called the brass. They also are sometimes called top brass, or brass hats. Experts disagree about how these strange expressions started. But, they may have come from Britain. Leaders of the nineteenth century British army wore pieces of metal called oak leaves on their hats. The metal, brass, has a color similar to that of gold. So a leader or commander came to be called a member of the brass. Or he might have been called a brass hat. Or, even the top brass. By the nineteen forties, the expression had spread beyond military leaders. It also included civilian officials. A newspaper in the American city of Philadelphia used the term in nineteen forty-nine. It called the most important police officials, top brass. Other expressions that mean boss or employer have nothing to do with brass or hats. One of these is big cheese. A cheese is a solid food made from milk. The expression probably started in America in the late nineteenth century. Some experts believe it comes from a word in the Uersian or urdu languages -- chiz. The meaning is a thing. So the meaning of big cheese may be a big thing. Other experts say the word cheese in this expression was really an incorrect way of saying chief. The word chief means leader. So the expression may mean big leader. An employer usually does not object to being called boss. But most workers would not call their empl