職場社交英語 Lesson 41:你不打算想想辦法嗎?

SCENE① B 艾文跌跌撞撞進了文斯的隔間

【你不打算想想辦法嗎？】

Elvin: Aren't you going to do anything? You've got to 1) get rid of her!

艾文： 你不打算想想辦法嗎？你得把她給除掉！

Vince: I'm afraid that isn't possible.

文斯： 這恐怕不可能。

Elvin: What are you talking about? Fire her! Tell her to hit the road!

艾文： 你在說什么？開除她！叫她走路！

Vince: I can't do that. Zina has 2) convinced our 3) investors that she knows what's best for InfoKing.

文斯： 我辦不到。吉娜已經說服了我們的投資人說，她知道什么對“資訊王”最好。

Elvin: What? You mean to tell me that wacko is 4) in charge now? How?

艾文： 什么？你要告訴我現在是那個怪胎管事？怎么會？

語言詳解:

A: Judd doesn't want to go swimming with us.

賈德不想跟我們去游泳。

B: I'll try to convince him.

我來試著說服他。

【hit the road 上路】

hit the road聽起來簡潔有力，意思就是“上路”，不論是離開一地，去下一個地方，或是出門旅行，你都可以用上hit the road這個表達法。

A: It's getting late; we need to get home and check on the children.

天色晚了；我們得要回家去看看孩子。

B: OK, let's hit the road.

好，我們上路吧。

A: Johnny just likes to drive his mom's car and hit the road around seven a.m.

強尼就是喜歡開著他母親的車，在上午七點鐘左右出門。

B: What's the big deal?

那有什么大不了？

A: Johnny is only six years old.

強尼只有六歲。

1) get rid of... 擺脫……

2) convince (v.) 說服，使相信

3) investor (n.) 投資者

4) be in charge 管事，作主