时间:2018-12-31 作者:英语课 分类:职场社交


英语课


SCENE
B  会议结束后 


【她还真像个女超人】


 


Dave:  Either we'll be millionaires, or we won't...  won't have a dime 1.


戴夫:         当不成百万富翁,就当……身无分文。


 


Elvin:  And it's all coming down to the next three weeks.


艾文:         接下来的三个星期就会见真相。


 


Dave:  The only person who seems confident the software will be done on time is Zina.


戴夫:         只有吉娜有信心,软件会准时完成。


 


Elvin:  Yeah, she is some kind of Superwoman, isn't she?


艾文:         对啊,她还真像个女超人,你说是不是?


 


Dave:          1) Failure just isn't an 2) option for her. I'm glad she's on our team.


戴夫:         失败这两个字不在她的字典里。我很高兴她跟我们是同一伙的。


 


语言详解


 


A: Do I have any other options?


    我有其他选择吗?


 


B: You have to pick them up at six A.M.


    你得在早上六点的时候来拿。


 


It's all coming down to...成败攸关于……】


 


come down to是指情况到了最后成败的关头,短期内就要见真相:


 


A: It's all coming down to these last two days.


    成败就看这最后两天了。


B: We can do it!


    我们做得到的!


 


也可以指彼此的关系每况愈下,到达谷底:


 


A: I need more money. Give me some.


     我还要钱。给我一点。


B: Has our relationship just come down to this-money?


     我们的关系已走到了这样,钱钱钱?


 


你也可以说It came down to the point where...以表示情势的发展已至最后的临界点:


 


A: It came down to the point where I had to make a decision.


    事已至此,我得做出决定。


B: So you decided 2 to quit your job and come here?


    所以你决定辞职到这里来?


 


1) failure  (n.) 失败


2) option (n.) 选择



n.(指美国、加拿大的钱币)一角
  • A dime is a tenth of a dollar.一角银币是十分之一美元。
  • The liberty torch is on the back of the dime.自由火炬在一角硬币的反面。
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
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