【职场学英语】—女强人来了
第六期 —— 女强人来了……
- What do you know about Darcy McGuire ?
- Oh, hey, l heard on the whisper 1 she just left B.B.D. & O. I never met the woman, but I hear she's a real man-eater. She won that Cleo last year we should have won for the ad about--
- Oh, yeah, right. That was her ? I forgot about that.
- Yeah, I wish I had. Oh, boy, I hear she is a bitch on wheels.
- That's very funny.
- Yeah, why ?
- 'Cause I just hired her.
- To do what ?
- You know I love you, Nick, but it's a woman's world out there. Getting into a women's psyche 2 is not exactly your strong suit. You can get into their pants better than anybody on Earth, but their psyche is a whole other ball game.
- You made her creative director 3, didn't you ?
- Sorry. This isn't easy, but I got the board breathing down my neck. She's coming in this afternoon. You'll meet her. Come on. Roll with this. Work with her because she's got what I need to keep this place afloat.
重点句型和词组：
1. l heard on the whisper... 听传闻说……
2. 在这段对话中，使用了两个不同的恶评来形容女强人，分别是：
①man-eater
②a bitch on wheels
3. (Oh)boy
感叹词，用于表示惊奇、颂扬或厌恶。
4. That's very funny.
那就好玩了。非常有趣。
5. one's strong suit 特长, 优点
6. You can ....... better than anybody on Earth, but ........ is a whole other ball game.
你比谁都擅长……，但……是另一回事。
7. breathe down (someone's) neck
监视别人工作；紧逼，盯人
8. Roll with this.
委屈点。
- Their voices fell to a whisper.他们的话音低到成了耳语。
- I've heard a whisper that he's going to resign.我听到了一个传闻说他准备辞职。
- His exploration of the myth brings insight into the American psyche.他对这个神话的探讨揭示了美国人的心理。
- She spent her life plumbing the mysteries of the human psyche.她毕生探索人类心灵的奥秘。