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新英語900句視頻版 第9課:我需要一份工作 文本如下：
FRIEND: Don't cry, Laura. You don't have to work there.
勞拉你不要哭, 你不一定要在那里工作.
LAURA: But I need the money!
可是我不能喝西北風(fēng)! (可是我需要錢呀!)
FRIEND: Why don't you look for a new job?
你為什么不找一份新的工作?
LAURA: Where? How? I don't know my way around New York. I feel lost.
到哪里找? 怎么找? 我對紐約不熟, 我感到茫然.
FRIEND: What's wrong with the job, Laura? What don't you like about it?
勞拉, 那份工作哪里不好? 你是哪一點(diǎn)不喜歡呢?
LAURA: My boss. I don't understand him.
我的老板, 我不了解他.
FRIEND: What don't you understand?
你哪一點(diǎn)不了解?
LAURA: I don't think he's human.
我覺得他不是人.
FRIEND: What do you mean?
我不懂?
LAURA: For him, business is everything. Business is his life.
對他來說, 生意就是一切, 生意就是他的生命.
FRIEND: Oh, Laura. He can't be so bad.
噢, 勞拉, 他不可能那么差勁.
LAURA: Oh, yes he is. He's a machine.
他的確那么差勁. 他像機(jī)器一樣.
LAURA: No friendly words, no smiles, no little compliments. Nothing. Just business.
從來不說一聲友善的話, 從來不微笑, 從來不稱贊人家一下. 什么都沒有, 就只有生意.
LAURA: He isn't human.
他沒有人性.
FRIEND: What about your work? You like it, don't you?
你的工作怎么樣? 你喜歡, 對不對?
LAURA: Yes, I do. And I know I'm a good secretary, but...
是的, 我喜歡. 而且我知道我是個(gè)好秘書, 可是...
FRIEND: But what?
可是怎么樣?
LAURA: To him, I am nothing. A machine. A late machine. I am not a machine.
我在他的眼里一文不值, 是部機(jī)器. 一部過時(shí)的機(jī)器, 但我不是機(jī)器!
FRIEND: Why don't you talk to him?
你為什么不和他說呢?
LAURA: Because he's impossible. Leopards don't change their spots. I have to look for a new job.
因?yàn)樗豢衫碛? 本性難移. 我必須找份新工作.
PAUL：What are you doing?
你在做什么?
JOANA: I'm writing a note to the Crawfords. I want to thank them for dinner.
我在寫一封信給郭佛家人, 以感謝他們的晚餐招待.
PAUL：Why don't you call them? Here people always use the phone.
為什么不打電話? 這里的人都是用電話的.
JOANA: Well, okay.
好吧.
PAUL：Why don't we invite them to dinner?
我們?yōu)槭裁床徽埶麄儊沓酝聿?
JOANA: That's a good idea. I want Mama to meet Mrs. Crawford.
這個(gè)主意很好, 我希望媽媽能認(rèn)識郭佛太太.
PAUL：What about Mr. Crawford? Don't you like him?
郭佛先生呢? 你不喜歡他嗎?
JOANA: He's impossible.
他不可理喻.
PAUL：Be nice to him.
你要對他好一點(diǎn).
JOANA: You can be nice to him. I don't like him.
你可以對他好, 我可不喜歡他.
PAUL：Are you inviting Michael, too?
你也要請邁克爾嗎?
JOANA: Of course.
當(dāng)然.
PAUL：He was very happy last night.
他昨天晚上很開心.
JOANA: I was, too.
我也很開心.
PAUL：But Michael is always so quiet. And last night, he was talking and laughing.
可是邁克爾總是那么沉默. 而昨天晚上他卻有說有笑.
JOANA: What do you think about Michael?
你對邁克爾印象怎么樣?
PAUL：I think he's a great guy, but he isn't very ambitious.
我認(rèn)為他人非常好, 可是不太上進(jìn).
