職場社交英語(4)
職場社交英語
17、她整個人熱力四射
Elvin: She is, like, 1) mega-intense, isn't she?
艾文： 她整個人熱力四射，對吧?
Mary: Ha, she is unstoppable. I'm learning so much from her.
瑪莉： 沒有事情能擋得住她。我跟她學了好多。
Elvin: What's it like to work with her?
艾文： 跟她共事是啥感覺?
Mary: She's 2) demanding. But I like that. I mean, I know our timeline is tight.
瑪莉： 她的要求很高。但我喜歡那樣。我是說，我知道我們的時間很緊。
Elvin: Tell me about it.
艾文： 這還用說。
Mary: You guys are working around the clock, I know. That guy Dave next to Zina never leaves.
瑪莉： 我知道你們都在二十四小時趕工。那個坐在吉娜隔壁叫戴夫的人從沒離開過。
Elvin: Vince wants us to have everything 3) debugged and ready to go by the end of the month.
艾文： 文斯要我們把程序錯誤全部修正，準備在月底前上線。
語言詳解
A: Your mother is so demanding!
你媽媽的要求真高!
B: That's what my dad always says.
我爸爸也總是這么說。
【around the clock 日以繼夜】
由clock 組成的成語除了around the clock 之外，另有一個against the clock“趕時間”。
A: Frank, why does your factory have to work around the clock this month?
佛蘭克，為什么你們工廠這個月要日以繼夜地趕貨?
B: Well, we have got quite a lot of orders for shipment this quarter.
我們最近收到相當多訂單，都要這一季出貨。
A: In other words, you are all working against the clock now.
換句話說，你們現(xiàn)在全都在趕時間。
B: You're right.
你說對了。
1) mega-intense intense是指“緊張的、一觸即發(fā)的”，字首(prefix) mega是“非常，相當多”的意思，亦指 “百萬的”，如 megabyte“百萬位元組”。
2) demanding (a.) 要求很高的
3) debug (v.) (電腦)除蟲，指修正電腦程序中的錯誤。
18、我們得要搶先完成
Mary: Is it true that one of our 1) competitors is planning to 2) launch their 3) tracking service next month?
瑪莉： 聽說我們有個競爭對手打算下個月推出監(jiān)測流量的服務，這是真的還是假的?
Elvin: That would be WebTracker. We're heard they're almost ready. That's why we have to finish first.
艾文： 你說的是“網(wǎng)路搜尋家”。聽說他們幾乎準備好了。所以我們得要搶先完成。
Mary: Or they'll take over the market before we even get started.
瑪莉： 否則在我們還沒來得及開始之前，他們就會占去整個市場。
Elvin: Right. And that would be a total 4) giga-bummer.
艾文： 沒錯。到時就一敗涂地了。
Mary: I guess we'd better get back to work.
瑪莉： 我猜我們最好趕快回去工作吧
語言詳解
A: You have such a strange accent. Where are you from?
你的口音奇怪。你是哪里人?
B: Take a guess.
猜猜看。
【take over 接掌、占據(jù)】
take over 表達商務上或軍事上的“接掌、占據(jù)”。
A: Once again, the military has taken over the African country.
又一次軍方接管了那個非洲國家。
B: Do you think that'll interrupt your plan of taking over the market there?
你想這會干擾到你要掌控該地市場的計劃嗎?
A: Maybe and maybe not. I just have to wait and see.
或許會，或許不會。我只有等著瞧了。
1) competitor (n.) 競爭者
2) launch (v.) 事業(yè)登場，投入市場
3) tracking service 監(jiān)控服務，此指“監(jiān)控網(wǎng)站流量的服務”。
4) giga-bummer bummer是指“倒霉、不幸的遭遇”， giga這個“字首” 是指“十億”，意即“非常巨大，非常多”。
SCENE③ A 吉娜去她老板的隔間看他
19、我就不拐彎抹角了
Zina: Vince. We're both busy, so I'm not going to beat around the bush. I need a 1) raise.
吉娜： 文斯。大家都很忙，我就不拐彎抹角了。我要加薪。
Vince: I can't do that, Zina. You know I can't.
文斯： 辦不到，吉娜。你知道我無能為力的。
Zina: 2) Bull. I're done my 3) research. I know you still 4) control more than 65 percent of InfoKing 5) options.
吉娜： 胡扯。我做了研究。我知道你仍掌握了“資訊王”百分之六十五以上的股權。
Vince: Who told you that?
文斯： 誰跟你說的?
Zina: That doesn't matter. I want 6) at least 4 percent.
吉娜： 那不重要。我少說要百分之四。
語言詳解
A: I have done extensive research on the French Revolution.
我對法國大革命做過廣泛的研究。
B: Then you must have been to Paris.
那你一定去過巴黎。
【beat around the bush拐彎抹角】
beat around the bush原意是指獵人在打獵時，先在草叢附近拍打，以讓鳥類獵物受驚而現(xiàn)出蹤跡，引申出藉由迂回的方式，不針對問題回答，猶如中文里的“拐彎抹角”：
A: Stop beating around the bush, and tell me what you want.
別拐彎抹角，告訴我你要什么。
B: I want a divorce.
我要離婚。
A: What did Tom want to tell you?
湯姆那時想要跟你說什么?
B: I'm not sure. He kept beating around the bush.
我不確定。他一直在拐彎抹角。
1)raise (n.) 加薪
2) bull 原意是“公牛”，這里是用作 bullshit 委婉說法。
3) research (n.) 研究
4) control (v.) 控制
5) option (n.) 選擇，此指“股票選擇權”
6) at least 至少，起碼
20、我得要有動力
Vince: Your 3.5 percent 1) share is going to be worth at least a million.
文斯： 你那百分之三·五的股權，將會值個百萬以上。
Zina: I need to be 2) motivated, Vince. 3) Multi-motivated. As in multi-million.
吉娜： 我得要有動力，文斯。多重動力，多重百萬的多重。
Vince: What if I said no?
文斯： 要是我說不呢?
Zina: Ever hear of WebTracker?
吉娜： 有聽過“網(wǎng)路搜尋家”嗎?
Vince: You wouldn't! If you leave, you'll make nothing.
文斯： 你不會那樣吧!你若是離開，連半毛都賺不到。
Zina: I might make nothing even if I stay. For that kind of risk, I want to get rich.
吉娜： 我留下搞不好也賺不到半毛。 基于這種風險，我要發(fā)財。
Vince: OK. If you sign the Stars.com 4) account before WebTracker does, we'll talk next week.
文斯： 好吧。若是你早“網(wǎng)路搜尋家”一步簽下Stars.com這個客戶，我們就等下星期再談。
語言詳解
A: Don't you want to go and exercise?
你不想在運動嗎?
B: Yes, but I can't seem to get motivated.
想，可是我沒有動力。
【用 as in... 做補述】
as in這個短語是用來補述，好讓意思能讓人更明白，常用在解釋拼字的時候：
A: My name is Meg.
我叫做梅格。
B: Is that M as in Mary, E as in elephant, and G as in girl?
那是Mary的m、elephant的e，girl的g嗎?
as in可以用來進一步解釋情況，猶如中文里的“像……那種”：
A: I just ate a Chinese buffet for only 2.99 dollars.
我剛只花了2.99美元吃了份中式自助餐。
B: As in the all-you-can-eat kind? That's so cheap!
是吃到飽的那種嗎?還真便宜!
你也可以用as in來提問，以確定自己沒有誤會對方的意思:
A: I made a million last year.
我去年賺了一百萬。
B: Is that as in dollars?
你說的一百萬是美元嗎?
1) share (n.) 股份
2) motivate (v.) 給予……動力
3) multi “多重的”字首
4) account (n.) 客戶，尤指生意上往來的客