职场社交英语口语对话 Lesson 52:我能信得过你吗? 职场社交英语口语对话 Lesson 52:我能信得过你吗? SCENE① D 文斯与艾文向外走进大厅,低声说话【我能信得过你吗? 】Vince: Just remember. The main thing right now is to make sure Stars. com is happy. 文斯: 切记一件事。 目前的要务是遥Stars. com高兴。 Elvin: Right. You're right. But she's just 1) evil. Someone should 2) drive a stake through her heart. 艾文: 对,你说得对。 不过她真是遥到家。 真该有人让她木桩穿心的。 Vince: Elvin, please. Can I count on you to 3) keep your cool for a week, or not? 文斯: 艾文,别这样。 你给我冷静一个星期,我能信得过你吗? Elvin: I'm OK. I'll be fine. I'v cool. I'm cold. I'm like ice. She won't know what hit her. 艾文: 我可以。 我会没事的。 我很冷静。 我冷若冰霜。 她不会知道是被谁暗算的。 Vince: By the way, how's the nose? Boy, that must have hurt. 文斯: 对了,鼻子还好吗? 要命,那一定痛死了。
语言详解:A: What did you see in Paris? 你在巴黎看到什么? B: All the main tourist spots. 所有主要的观光景点。 【用hit表示“猝不及防”】有些事情来得突然,让人在毫无准备的状况下,除了傻眼还是傻眼。 此时你就可以活用这个hit 字,来表达事出突然,让人猝不及防的感觉。 可能是无预警的天灾。 A: The storm hit before Rick could do anything about it. 暴风雨来时,瑞克根本措手不及。 B: Yeah, he didn't know what hit him. He was probably killed instantly. 对啊,他不知道被什么袭击。 他八成是当场毙命。 也可能是遥,遭人暗算。 A: When she left with all his money, Dirk just sat around month after month. 她带着他所有的遥离开,迪克就这样月复一月地呆坐。 B: It's understandable. It all happened so fast. He didn't know what hit him. 可以理解。 这发生得很突然。 他根本不知道是怎么回事。 sit around 坐着发呆,无所事事1) evil (a. ) 遥的2) drive在此指“钉木桩”的动作,stake 就是“木桩”。 drive a stake through one's heart“木桩穿心”原来是对付“吸血鬼”vampire 的必遥技,在此是因 Elvin 觉得Zina 太过遥才这样比喻。 3) keep one's cool 保持镇定、冷静