职场社交英语 Lesson 32:我太紧张了

SCENE② B 艾文与玛莉在意式浓缩咖啡机前碰面

【我太紧张了】

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

艾文： 哇。她讨厌起来还真要命，不是吗?

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

玛莉： 不。她说得对。我太紧张了。我满脑子都在想“万一我们搞砸了怎么办?”

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，若你待在旅馆房间就不会坏事了。

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

玛莉： 她甚至还住在另一间旅馆。她说我这坏心态或许会传染。

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

艾文： 呃，起码我们有了Stars.com。那会是很好的宣传。

语言详解

A: You can be really nasty to your friends.

你有时候对朋友还真恶劣。

B: They deserve it.

他们活该。

【What if 万一……怎么办】

what if = what will we/you do if，是省略掉“你(或我)要怎么办”字眼，达到简洁的目的。

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

我同意你的想法。但是万一辛蒂五分钟后来了怎么办?

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

我们至少己经等她四十五分钟啦。

A: Let’s stay another ten minutes.

让我们多停留十分钟吧。

1) nasty (a.) 惹人厌的，低劣的

2) blow (v.) 搞砸，失败

3) contagious (a.) 具传染性的

4) publicity (n.) 宣传，知名度