職場社交英語 Lesson 26:她還真像個女超人

SCENE⑤ B 會議結束后

【她還真像個女超人】

Dave: Either we'll be millionaires, or we won't... won't have a dime.

戴夫： 當不成百萬富翁，就當……身無分文。

Elvin: And it's all coming down to the next three weeks.

艾文： 接下來的三個星期就會見真相。

Dave: The only person who seems confident the software will be done on time is Zina.

戴夫： 只有吉娜有信心，軟件會準時完成。

Elvin: Yeah, she is some kind of Superwoman, isn't she?

艾文： 對啊，她還真像個女超人，你說是不是？

Dave: 1) Failure just isn't an 2) option for her. I'm glad she's on our team.

戴夫： 失敗這兩個字不在她的字典里。我很高興她跟我們是同一伙的。

語言詳解

A: Do I have any other options?

我有其他選擇嗎？

B: You have to pick them up at six A.M.

你得在早上六點的時候來拿。

【It's all coming down to...成敗攸關于……】

come down to是指情況到了最后成敗的關頭，短期內就要見真相：

A: It's all coming down to these last two days.

成敗就看這最后兩天了。

B: We can do it!

我們做得到的！

也可以指彼此的關系每況愈下，到達谷底：

A: I need more money. Give me some.

我還要錢。給我一點。

B: Has our relationship just come down to this-money?

我們的關系已走到了這樣，錢錢錢？

你也可以說It came down to the point where...以表示情勢的發展已至最后的臨界點：

A: It came down to the point where I had to make a decision.

事已至此，我得做出決定。

B: So you decided to quit your job and come here?

所以你決定辭職到這里來？

1) failure (n.) 失敗

2) option (n.) 選擇