職場(chǎng)社交英語 Lesson 32:我太緊張了
職場(chǎng)社交英語 Lesson 32:我太緊張了
SCENE② B 艾文與瑪莉在意式濃縮咖啡機(jī)前碰面
【我太緊張了】
Elvin: Wow. She can be really 1) nasty, can't she?
艾文: 哇。她討厭起來還真要命,不是嗎?
Mary: No. She was right. I was too nervous. I kept thinking, "What if we 2) blow it"?
瑪莉: 不。她說得對(duì)。我太緊張了。我滿腦子都在想“萬一我們搞砸了怎么辦?”
Elvin: Well, I guess Zina figured you couldn't blow it if you were in the hotel room.
艾文: 呃,我猜吉娜料想,若你待在旅館房間就不會(huì)壞事了。
Mary: She even stayed at a different hotel. She said I might be 3) contagious.
瑪莉: 她甚至還住在另一間旅館。她說我這壞心態(tài)或許會(huì)傳染。
Elvin: Well, at least we have Stars.com. That'll be great 4) publicity.
艾文: 呃,起碼我們有了Stars.com。那會(huì)是很好的宣傳。
語言詳解
A: You can be really nasty to your friends.
你有時(shí)候?qū)ε笥堰真惡劣。
B: They deserve it.
他們活該。
【W(wǎng)hat if 萬一……怎么辦】
what if = what will we/you do if,是省略掉“你(或我)要怎么辦”字眼,達(dá)到簡(jiǎn)潔的目的。
A: I agree with you. But what if Cindy comes in five minutes?
我同意你的想法。但是萬一辛蒂五分鐘后來了怎么辦?
B: Well, we have waited for her at least 45 minutes.
我們至少己經(jīng)等她四十五分鐘啦。
A: Let's stay another ten minutes.
讓我們多停留十分鐘吧。
1) nasty (a.) 惹人厭的`,低劣的
2) blow (v.) 搞砸,失敗
3) contagious (a.) 具傳染性的
4) publicity (n.) 宣傳,知名度