职场社交英语口语对话 Lesson 23:你才不要分心
职场社交英语口语对话 Lesson 23:你才不要分心SCENE④ B 吉娜和戴夫在隔间里【我才不要分心】Dave: Do you think maybe it would be better to just talk to Vince?
Explain the situation?
戴夫： 你觉得去跟文斯说会不会好一点？
解释这整个情况？
Zina: No way.
I want the satisfaction of 1) squishing this bug myself.
Plus, what if it's Vince?
吉娜： 门都没有。
我要自己享受压扁这只虫子的满足感。
而且若文斯就是那小子怎么办？
Dave: I don't think so.
Your admirer seems kind of sweet.
Aren't you even a little 2) curious about him?
戴夫： 不会吧。
你那仰慕者似乎还蛮贴心的。
难道你对他一点都不好奇？
Zina: He's just a 3) distraction, like a mosquito buzzing in my ear.
I want no distractions.
吉娜： 他只会让人分心，就像耳边蚊子嗡嗡叫。
我才不要分心。
Dave: A little distraction might 4) do you some good, Zina.
戴夫： 稍微分点心或许对你有好处，吉娜。

语言详解A: Our two-year-old baby is always getting into trouble.
我们家那个两岁的小鬼老是出状况。
B: Two is the age when they start to get curious.
孩子就是从两岁会开始好奇。
【a little curious 一点儿好奇】a little 意思是“不多，但仍有一点”，如果是little，意思是“很少”，隐含否定之意。
A: There's still a little time.
We can have another drink.
还有一点时间，我们可以再来一杯。
B: But there is little money with us.
但是我们没有什么遥了。
A: I think they would accept my credit card.
我想他们会接受我的信用卡。
1）quish (v.
) 挤扁，压扁2) curious (a.
) 感到好奇的3) distraction (n.
) 分心4) do someone good 对某人有好处