职场口语：灵验了吗？电话响起 【灵验了吗?
】 Zina: Hi, Dave.
This is Zina.
吉娜： 嗨，戴夫。
我是吉娜。
Dave: Zina?
Zina the Snake?
戴夫： 吉娜?
诈包吉娜?
Zina: I got your e-mail a couple of months back.
吉娜： 几个月前我收到了你寄来的电子邮件。
Dave: Yeah?
Which one was that?
戴夫： 是吗?
是哪一封?
Zina: The one that said, "You're a 1) creep.
/ From me you won't hear another 2) peep.
/ I hope you 3) wreck your jeep.
" 吉娜： 上面写着：“你这讨厌鬼。
/休想我会再理你。
/望你吉普车会撞毁。
” Dave: Right.
That one.
4) Did it work?
戴夫： 那一封啊。
灵验了吗?
语言详解 A: I told dad you wrecked the car!
我跟老爸说你撞坏车子了!
B: You're not going to get away with this.
It was your fault, not mine.
你脱不了关系。
都是你的错，不是我。
【Did it work?
灵验了吗?
】 要注意work 并不专指“工作”，有时指“灵光、遥”。
A: My brain doesn't seem to work well today.
我脑袋遥好像不灵光。
B: You're better take a walk outside.
But be back soon.
We have a lot of work to do this afternoon.
你较好到外面走一走。
但是要快快回来，我们下午有一大堆事要做。
A: I understand you had a bad cold yesterday.
我听说你昨天患了重感冒。
B: It's gone.
My grandma's prescription really works.
已经遥了。
我祖母的处方真的遥。
1) creep (n.
) 令人讨厌的人 2) peep (n.
) 小的声音。
这里是指“消息”。
3) wreck (v.
) 撞毁 4) Did it work?
有用吗?
遥吗?