时间:2018-12-31 作者:英语课 分类:职场社交


英语课


SCENE
A  吉娜与戴夫在他们的办公室隔间说话 


【我在考虑跳槽】


 


Zina:  Dave, there's something I want to talk to you about.


吉娜:         戴夫,我要跟你谈一件事。


 


Dave:  Zina, why are you 1) whispering?


戴夫:         吉娜,你干嘛那么小声?


 


Zina:  I've been talking to WebTracker. I'm thinking of jumping ship.


吉娜:         我一直跟"网路搜寻家"有联络。我在考虑跳槽。


 


Dave:  What? Are you serious? You'd 2) defect to our 3) archrival!?


戴夫:         什么?你是认真的吗?你要向敌人投诚!?


 


Zina:  Keep your voice down. We'll talk more later. Right now I need to see Vince.


吉娜:         小声点。我们晚点再详谈。我现在得要去找文斯。


 


Dave:  We definitely have to talk, Zina. And watch your back. Elvin is still mad about his nose.


戴夫:         我们一定得聊聊,吉娜。多留点神。艾文还在气他鼻子的那档事。


 


Zina:          OK, but don't tell anyone what I said.


吉娜:  好,不过别把我说的话告诉别人。


 


 


 


语言详解


 


A: (Loudly) Why are you whispering?


  (大喊)你干嘛那么小声啊?


 


B: We're in a library, you dork.


   我们在图书馆里,蠢蛋。


 


Are you serious? 你是认真的吗?】


 


serious有两个主要意义,其一是严肃的、认真的,另一是严重的、重大的。与连用时通常是第一种解释,与疾病、局势、问题连用则属第二种解释,例如:


 


We have to be serious about our future.


我们要认真的面对未来。


The situation is really serious.


局势真的很严重。


 


A: I heard John was hospitalized.


     我听说约翰住进医院。


B: Are you serious?


     你是说真的吗?


A: Yes. He suffered a serious injury in an accident.


     真的。他在意外事件中受到严重伤害。


 


1) whisper  (v.) 低语,呢喃


2) defect  (v.) 背弃(同盟,祖国)to的后面接名词,指所投向的新对象


3) archrival (n.) 死敌,最大的敌人 arch 这个字首 (prefix) 是指首要的,主要的 



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