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• Chinese School – 她整个人热力四射 – Business Chinese

  Date: 2010.09.04 | Category: Business Chinese, Chinese School | Response: 0

  【她整个人热力四射】

  Elvin:  She is, like, ¹⁾ mega-intense, isn’t she?

  艾文：  她整个人热力四射，对吧？

  Mary:  Ha, she is unstoppable. I’m learning so much from her.

  玛莉：  没有事情能挡得住她。我跟她学了好多。

  Elvin:  What’s it like to work with her?

  艾文：           跟她共事是啥感觉？

  Mary:  She’s ²⁾ demanding. But I like that. I mean, I know our timeline is tight.

  玛莉：  她的要求很高。但我喜欢那样。我是说，我知道我们的时间很紧。

  Elvin:  Tell me about it.

  艾文：  这还用说。

  Mary:   You guys are working around the clock, I know. That guy Dave next to Zina never leaves.

  玛莉：  我知道你们都在二十四小时赶工。那个坐在吉娜隔壁叫戴夫的人从没离开过。

  Elvin:   Vince wants us to have everything ³⁾ debugged and ready to go by the end of the month.

  艾文：  文斯要我们把程序错误全部修正，准备在月底前上线。

  语言详解

  A: Your mother is so demanding!

  你妈妈的要求真高！

  B: That’s what my dad always says.

  我爸爸也总是这么说。

  【around the clock 日以继夜】

  由clock 组成的成语除了around the clock 之外，另有一个against the clock“赶时间”。

  A: Frank, why does your factory have to work around the clock this month?

  佛兰克，为什么你们工厂这个月要日以继夜地赶货？

  B: Well, we have got quite a lot of orders for shipment this quarter.

  我们最近收到相当多订单，都要这一季出货。

  A: In other words, you are all working against the clock now.

  换句话说，你们现在全都在赶时间。

  B: You’re right.

  你说对了。

  1) mega-intense  intense是指“紧张的、一触即发的”，字首(prefix) mega是“非常，相当多”的意思，亦指 “百万的”，如  megabyte“百万位元组”。

  2) demanding (a.) 要求很高的

  3) debug (v.) （电脑）除虫，指修正电脑程序中的错误。

• Business Chinese – 万一他就是你那伦巴男孩呢？ – Chinese School

  Date: 2010.08.28 | Category: Business Chinese, Chinese School | Response: 0

  【万一他就是你那伦巴男孩呢？】

  Dave:     Hey, Zina. You shouldn’t act so tough with Vince. ¹⁾ What if he’s your rhumba boy?

  戴夫：  嘿，吉娜。你不该故意对文斯那么凶巴巴的。万一他就是你那伦巴男孩呢？

  Zina:  Please. He’s only nice to me because I’m making him a ton of money.

  吉娜：         拜托喔。他对我好只是因为我在帮他赚大钱。

  Dave:          He was definitely happy. You must be making a lot of sales.

  戴夫：         他真是高兴得很。你一定做成了很多买卖。

  Zina:           It isn’t hard. All the ²⁾ online businesses need a way to ³⁾ keep track of the ⁴⁾ traffic to their ⁵⁾ sites.

  吉娜：         这不难。所有的线上商务都需要设法掌握他们网站的流量。

  Dave:  That’s InfoKing. Tracks every visitor. Or at least it will, if we can get it to work.

  戴夫：         这就是资讯王。掌握每一位访客。或者至少以后会是这样，若我们能让做出来的东西管用。

  语言详解

  A: I can’t get online.

  我连不上线。

  B: There must be too many other people using the Internet.

  一定是有太多人上网了。

  【act tough with… 故作强硬】

  tough 这个字，指的是“强悍的”，若要说“对……很强悍、强硬”就是be tough with…，对话中用了act这个字，act tough with听来的感觉倾向于“故意装得很强硬”。

  A: I’m so angry. I could hit you in the face.

  我好生气。我真想揍你的脸。

  B: Don’t you act so tough with me. I know you couldn’t hurt a fly.

  你别跟我故作强硬。我知道你连只苍蝇都舍不得杀。

  【get it to work 让它运作】

  get…to work这个句型，若是用在事物身上，是指“让……能够运作”，可能是指草创的新东西，或是某个窒碍难行的制度，也可以单纯指东西坏了：

  A: My car broke down again.

  我的车又坏了。

  B: I bet I can get it to work. Where is it?

  我打赌能让它上路。车子在哪里？

  1) what if… 万一，要是……

  2) online (a.) 连上电脑网路的，线上的

  3) keep track of… 随时掌握……

  4) traffic  (n.) 此指“网站的流量”

  5) site (n.)“网站”，即website

• Business Chinese – Trouble with computers 电脑问题 – Chinese School

  Date: 2010.07.24 | Category: Business Chinese, Chinese School, learn Chinese | Response: 0

  Trouble with computers
  A: The new computer software is driving me crazy! I really need a break!
  B: I know what you mean, Carol. I’ve had nothing but trouble with it. They say it’s supposed to be easy!
  A: That’s what I’ve heard. But as far as I’m concerned, it takes a genius to figure it out. Can you pass the sugar, please?
  B: Sure. Why don’t you sit down for a minute? You haven’t taken a rest all morning.

  电脑问题
  A：这个新的电脑软件快要把我逼疯了。我真的需要休息了。
  B：我明白你的意思，卡罗。除了麻烦，它什么也没给我。他们说这应该是很容易的。
  A：我是这么听说的。可让我说只有天才才能弄清它是怎么回事。你能把糖递给我吗？
  B：当然。你为什么不坐下来歇会呢？你一上午都没休息。

  (Source: wwenglish.com)