職場社交英語 Lesson 69:靈驗了嗎?

SCENE ③ C 電話響起

【靈驗了嗎？】

Zina: Hi, Dave. This is Zina.

吉娜： 嗨，戴夫。我是吉娜。

Dave: Zina? Zina the Snake?

戴夫： 吉娜？詐包吉娜？

Zina: I got your e-mail a couple of months back.

吉娜： 幾個月前我收到了你寄來的電子郵件。

Dave: Yeah? Which one was that?

戴夫： 是嗎？是哪一封？

Zina: The one that said, ＂You're a 1) creep. / From me you won't hear another 2) peep. / I hope you 3) wreck your jeep.＂

吉娜： 上面寫著：“你這討厭鬼。/休想我會再理你。/望你吉普車會撞毀。”

Dave: Right. That one. 4) Did it work?

戴夫： 那一封啊。靈驗了嗎？

語言詳解:

A: I told dad you wrecked the car!

我跟老爸說你撞壞車子了！

B: You're not going to get away with this. It was your fault, not mine.

你脫不了關系。都是你的錯，不是我。

【Did it work? 靈驗了嗎？】

要注意work 并不專指“工作”，有時指“靈光、有效”。

A: My brain doesn't seem to work well today.

我腦袋今天好像不靈光。

B: You're better take a walk outside. But be back soon. We have a lot of work to do this afternoon.

你最好到外面走一走。但是要快快回來，我們下午有一大堆事要做。

A: I understand you had a bad cold yesterday.

我聽說你昨天患了重感冒。

B: It's gone. My grandma's prescription really works.

已經痊愈了。我祖母的處方真的有效。

1) creep (n.) 令人討厭的人

2) peep (n.) 小的聲音。這里是指“消息”。

3) wreck (v.) 撞毀

4) Did it work? 有用嗎？有效嗎？