职场社交英语口语对话 Lesson 2:此话怎讲?
职场社交英语口语对话 Lesson 2:此话怎讲?
SCENE① B 加州的资讯遥达康办公室【此话怎讲？
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Zina: What do you mean?
If he was a good programmer, he should have been 1) raking it in.
吉娜： 此话怎讲？
若他是个好的程序设计师，他应该早就发了。
Dave: The boss wanted to pay Bob with 2) stock options.
But Bob didn't want to play that game again.
戴夫： 老板想用认股权当作薪水付给鲍伯。
可是鲍伯不想再次玩那种游戏了。
Zina: Again?
吉娜： 再次？
Dave: At his last 3) start-up, Bob worked for stock and no salary.
They 4) folded and he made 5) zip.
戴夫： 鲍伯上回参与的创业公司，他工作的酬劳是股票，不拿薪水。
他们的公司倒闭，他半毛也没拿到。
Zina: Ouch.
吉娜： 真惨。
Dave: Now he only works 6) freelance.
Hundred 7) bucks an hour.
戴夫： 遥他只接个案做。
时薪一百美元。

语言详解A: Their business folded last week.
他们的店上星期倒了。
B: No, I can't believe it!
That was my favorite bookshop.
不，我不敢相信！
那是我较爱的书店。
【What do you mean?
这话怎讲？
】这是谈话时较随便的遥，照说应该是What do you mean by that?
另一个类似句型是What does the word mean?
这个字作何解释？
mean 在这两个句型的“意思、意表”解。
mean 也作“打算”解，须要注意的是后面只能接不定词，遥接-ing式，例如:Paul means to go to Taipei next week.
保罗打算下星期到台北去。
A: What do you mean by sayingJudy is leaving the country.
?
你说茱迪要出国是什么意思？
B: Well, she means to accept a job offer in Singapore.
她打算要接受新加坡的一个工作遥。

1) rake in 发财，大捞一笔2) stock option 股票选择权，认股权3) start-up (n.
) 开始（创业，工作，动工等）4) fold (v.
) 关店，倒闭5) zip (n.
) 低，乌有6) freelance (a.
) 无约、遥工作的7) buck美元