时间:2018-12-31 作者:英语课 分类:职场社交


英语课


SCENE
B 艾文与玛莉在意式浓缩咖啡前出现  


【她整个人热力四射】


 


Elvin:  She is, like, 1) mega-intense, isn't she?


艾文:  她整个人热力四射,对吧?


 


Mary:  Ha, she is unstoppable. I'm learning so much from her.


玛莉:  没有事情能挡得住她。我跟她学了好多。


 


Elvin:  What's it like to work with her?


艾文:           跟她共事是啥感觉?


 


Mary:  She's 2) demanding. But I like that. I mean, I know our timeline is tight.


玛莉:  她的要求很高。但我喜欢那样。我是说,我知道我们的时间很紧。


 


Elvin:  Tell me about it.


艾文:  这还用说。


 


Mary:   You guys are working around the clock, I know. That guy Dave next to Zina never leaves.


玛莉:  我知道你们都在二十四小时赶工。那个坐在吉娜隔壁叫戴夫的人从没离开过。


 


Elvin:   Vince wants us to have everything 3) debugged and ready to go by the end of the month.


艾文:  文斯要我们把程序错误全部修正,准备在月底前上线。


 


 


语言详解


 


A: Your mother is so demanding!


    你妈妈的要求真高!


 


B: That's what my dad always says.


    我爸爸也总是这么说。


 


around the clock 日以继夜】


 


clock 组成的成语除了around the clock 之外,另有一个against the clock赶时间


 


A: Frank, why does your factory have to work around the clock this month?


     佛兰克,为什么你们工厂这个月要日以继夜地赶货?


B: Well, we have got quite a lot of orders for shipment this quarter.


     我们最近收到相当多订单,都要这一季出货。


 


A: In other words, you are all working against the clock now.


     换句话说,你们现在全都在赶时间。


B: You're right.


    你说对了。


 


1) mega-intense  intense是指紧张的、一触即发的,字首(prefix) mega非常,相当多的意思,亦指 百万的,如  megabyte百万位元组


2) demanding (a.) 要求很高的


3) debug (v.) (电脑)除虫,指修正电脑程序中的错误。



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