我发财了
SCENE② A 四个半月后 玛莉巧遇戴夫
【我发财了】
Mary: Is that you, Dave? Oh, my gosh! The 1) backstabber who left us to work for the evil WebTracker!
玛莉： 是你吗，戴夫？天啊！背弃我们去帮万恶的“网路搜寻家”做事的阴险小人！
Dave: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Hi, Mary. How are you?
戴夫： 对……嗨，玛莉。你好吗？
Mary: I'm 2) filthy 1 rich! Haven't you heard about the MicroPower 3) deal?
玛莉： 我发财了！你没听说过“微力”的案子吗？
Dave: Yeah, I guess I did. They're going to buy InfoKing?
戴夫： 有，有听过吧。他们打算买下“资讯王”？
Mary: That's right. For seventy-five million. So how are you?
玛莉： 没错。七千五百万的高。那你好吗？
Dave: I'm getting by OK. I heard MicroPower was going to make Zina 4) president of their new InfoKing Internet 5) division.
戴夫： 还过得去。我听说“微力”将要让吉娜担任他们“资讯王”新网路分公司的总裁。
语言详解
A: He's good at negotiating business deals.
他很擅于协商生意条件。
B: Then talk him into working for us..
那就说服他来帮我们做事。
【I'm getting by OK.我还过得去。】
get by 就是指“状况还过得去”，而在使用上，主要的状况有两种，一是指经济状况，get by用来表示钱虽然赚得不多，但是也够支付日常生活的开销了。
A: Are you able to get by on the salary you make?
你赚的薪水够你开销吗？
B: I'm able to get by, but it could be better.
我的生活还过得去，不过还可以更好。
get by也可以用来表示心理状态，形容心情持平，不能说心情不好，但也不是那种兴高采烈的情绪。
A: How are you doing?
你还好吗？
B: I'm getting by OK. You know, things just keep getting better and better.
还过得去。算是渐入佳境啦。
1) backstabber (n.) 暗箭伤人的人
2) filthy (adv.) 非常，相当
3) deal (n.) 交易；make a deal with... 是“与...交易”。
4) president (n.) 总裁，总统
5) division (n.) 分部