職場社交英語 Lesson 32:我太緊張了

SCENE② B 艾文與瑪莉在意式濃縮咖啡機前碰面

【我太緊張了】

Elvin: Wow. She can be really 1) nasty, can’t she?

艾文： 哇。她討厭起來還真要命，不是嗎?

Mary: No. She was right. I was too nervous. I kept thinking, "What if we 2) blow it"?

瑪莉： 不。她說得對。我太緊張了。我滿腦子都在想“萬一我們搞砸了怎么辦?”

Elvin: Well, I guess Zina figured you couldn’t blow it if you were in the hotel room.

艾文： 呃，我猜吉娜料想，若你待在旅館房間就不會壞事了。

Mary: She even stayed at a different hotel. She said I might be 3) contagious.

瑪莉： 她甚至還住在另一間旅館。她說我這壞心態或許會傳染。

Elvin: Well, at least we have Stars.com. That’ll be great 4) publicity.

艾文： 呃，起碼我們有了Stars.com。那會是很好的宣傳。

語言詳解

A: You can be really nasty to your friends.

你有時候對朋友還真惡劣。

B: They deserve it.

他們活該。

【What if 萬一……怎么辦】

what if = what will we/you do if，是省略掉“你(或我)要怎么辦”字眼，達到簡潔的目的。

A: I agree with you. But what if Cindy comes in five minutes?

我同意你的想法。但是萬一辛蒂五分鐘后來了怎么辦?

B: Well, we have waited for her at least 45 minutes.

我們至少己經等她四十五分鐘啦。

A: Let’s stay another ten minutes.

讓我們多停留十分鐘吧。

1) nasty (a.) 惹人厭的，低劣的

2) blow (v.) 搞砸，失敗

3) contagious (a.) 具傳染性的

4) publicity (n.) 宣傳，知名度