时间:2018-12-31 作者:英语课 分类:职场社交


英语课


SCENE① B  ?吉娜与玛莉同坐在飞往洛城的班机上


【我猜我只是有点紧张】


 


Mary:          I guess I'm just a little nervous. I'm giving everything I have to InfoKing, and...


玛莉:         我猜我只是有点紧张。 我把所有都给了“资讯王”,而且......


 


Zina:  ...and what if it doesn't 1) work out, right?


吉娜:        ......而且要是行不通怎么办,对不对?


 


Mary:          2) Exactly.


玛莉:         完全正确。


 


Zina:  You need to 3) quit thinking like a loser. InfoKing is going to 4) kick butt 1. You know how I know?


吉娜:         你别那么没志气了。“资讯王”会所向披靡的。你知道我怎么知道吗?


 


Mary:  How?


玛莉:         怎么知道?


 


Zina:  Because I won't let it fail.


吉娜:         因为我不会让它失败。


 


Mary:  But what about tomorrow? What if Stars.com decides to go with WebTracker, and not us?


玛莉:         可是明天呢?要是Stars.com决定跟“网路搜寻家”走,而非我们?


 


 


语言详解


 


A: You're saying that you didn't steal the loaf of bread?


   你是说那条面包不是你偷的?


 


B: That's exactly right. I'm an honest man.


   完全正确。我是个诚实的人。


 


【quit thinking 停止……想法】


 


quit跟stop一样,后面跟着-ing 表示 “停止某种动作”,后面跟着不定词时意思是 “停下来做某项动作”,例如:quit smoking 2“戒烟”,stop to smoke“停下来抽烟”。


 


A:  We have been running for an hour. Let's stop to take a rest.


     我们已经跑了一个钟头了。让我们停下来休息。


B:  But be sure you don't smoke.


     但是你可不能抽烟。


A:  I promised you to quit smoking, I honor 3 my word.


     我答应过你要戒烟。我遵守诺言。


 


1) work out  行得通


2) exactly (adv.) 的确,正是


3) quit  (v.) 停止


4) kick butt (俚) 踢屁股,意即“大胜,击溃”



n.笑柄;烟蒂;枪托;臀部;v.用头撞或顶
  • The water butt catches the overflow from this pipe.大水桶盛接管子里流出的东西。
  • He was the butt of their jokes.他是他们的笑柄。
n.吸烟,抽烟;冒烟
  • He was wise to give up smoking.他戒烟是明智的。
  • He has decided to cut out smoking and drinking.他已决心戒烟、戒酒。
n.光荣;敬意;荣幸;vt.给…以荣誉;尊敬
  • I take your visit as a great honor.您的来访是我莫大的光荣。
  • It is a great honor to receive that prize.能拿到那个奖是无上的光荣。
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