職場(chǎng)社交英語(yǔ) Lesson 18:我們得要搶先完成

SCENE② C 艾文與瑪莉在意式濃縮咖啡前出現(xiàn)

【我們得要搶先完成】

Mary: Is it true that one of our 1) competitors is planning to 2) launch their 3) tracking service next month?

瑪莉： 聽說(shuō)我們有個(gè)競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手打算下個(gè)月推出監(jiān)測(cè)流量的服務(wù)，這是真的還是假的？

Elvin: That would be "WebTracker". We're heard they're almost ready. That's why we have to finish first.

艾文： 你說(shuō)的是“網(wǎng)路搜尋家”。聽說(shuō)他們幾乎準(zhǔn)備好了。所以我們得要搶先完成。

Mary: Or they'll take over the market before we even get started.

瑪莉： 否則在我們還沒來(lái)得及開始之前，他們就會(huì)占去整個(gè)市場(chǎng)。

Elvin: Right. And that would be a total 4) giga-bummer.

艾文： 沒錯(cuò)。到時(shí)就一敗涂地了。

Mary: I guess we'd better get back to work.

瑪莉： 我猜我們最好趕快回去工作吧

語(yǔ)言詳解

A: You have such a strange accent. Where are you from?

你的口音奇怪。你是哪里人？

B: Take a guess.

猜猜看。

【take over 接掌、占據(jù)】

take over 表達(dá)商務(wù)上或軍事上的“接掌、占據(jù)”。

A: Once again, the military has taken over the African country.

又一次軍方接管了那個(gè)非洲國(guó)家。

B: Do you think that'll interrupt your plan of taking over the market there?

你想這會(huì)干擾到你要掌控該地市場(chǎng)的計(jì)劃嗎？

A: Maybe and maybe not. I just have to wait and see.

或許會(huì)，或許不會(huì)。我只有等著瞧了。

1) competitor (n.) 競(jìng)爭(zhēng)者

2) launch (v.) 事業(yè)登場(chǎng)，投入市場(chǎng)

3) tracking service 監(jiān)控服務(wù)，此指“監(jiān)控網(wǎng)站流量的服務(wù)”。

4) giga-bummer bummer是指“倒霉、不幸的遭遇”， giga這個(gè)“字首” 是指“十億”，意即“非常巨大，非常多”。