我不敢居功
SCENE② A 艾文与玛莉在意式浓缩咖啡前出现
【我不敢居功】
Mary: Are you Elvin?
玛莉： 你是艾文吗？
Elvin: Elvin Dixon. Who are you?
艾文： 艾文迪克森。你是谁？
Mary: I'm Mary. I want to say I really 1) admire the software you're designed.
玛莉： 我是玛莉。我真的很欣赏你设计的软件。
Elvin: Easy stuff. But thanks. And the 1)admiration 1 is 2) mutual 2.
艾文： 简单的玩意。不过还是谢了。这份欣赏是彼此彼此。
Mary: It is?
玛莉： 真的？
Elvin: You're selling InfoKing 3) subscriptions 3 like nobody's business. And we don't even have a working 4) demo yet.
艾文： 你把“资讯王”的订阅卖得如入无人之境。 而我们甚至连能用的样品都还没着落呢。
Mary: I can't take the credit for that. I'm just Zina's assistant. She's the 5) pro 4.
玛莉： 我不敢居功。我只是吉娜的助手。她才是高手。
语言详解
A: Here's a demo of our product.
这是我们产品的样品。
B: Thank you. I'll take a look at it and get back in touch with you.
谢谢。我看过之后再联络你。
【like nobody's business 如入无人之境】
like nobody's business可以用来表达“无人能出其右”，形容此人相当有一手：
A: They play the blues 5 like nobody's business.
他们演奏蓝调的技巧无人能敌。
B: I have to go and see them.
我一定要去看看他们。
【take the credit居功】
credit是“功劳，赞扬”的意思，take the credit就是指“因为功劳而接受赞扬”，可以用在正面的“居功”。
A: Josh, you are amazing!
乔许，你真是令人不可思议！
B: I can't take the credit for this job. We all worked hard on it.
这工作我不能居功。大家都很努力。
1) admire (v.) 仰慕，钦羡；名词是admiration
2) mutual (a.) 互相的
3) subscription (n.) 订阅
4) demo (n.) （商品的）样品，demonstration的略缩。
5) pro (n.) 专家，系professional 的略缩
- He was lost in admiration of the beauty of the scene.他对风景之美赞不绝口。
- We have a great admiration for the gold medalists.我们对金牌获得者极为敬佩。
- We must pull together for mutual interest.我们必须为相互的利益而通力合作。
- Mutual interests tied us together.相互的利害关系把我们联系在一起。
- Subscriptions to these magazines can be paid in at the post office. 这些杂志的订阅费可以在邮局缴纳。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Payment of subscriptions should be made to the club secretary. 会费应交给俱乐部秘书。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The two debating teams argued the question pro and con.辩论的两组从赞成与反对两方面辩这一问题。
- Are you pro or con nuclear disarmament?你是赞成还是反对核裁军？