Don (the bartender): What's wrong, Herbert?
唐(酒保): 怎么了,赫伯特?
Herbert: I need your advice again, Don. How do I find a girlfriend?
赫伯特: 唐,我又需要你的意見了。我要怎樣找到女朋友?
Don: Aren't there any girls at your office you like?
唐: 你的辦公室里沒(méi)有任何你喜歡的女生嗎?
Herbert: Sure, but I’m too shy and they think I’m a geek.
赫伯特: 當(dāng)然有,但是我太害羞了,而且她們覺(jué)得我是個(gè)只懂電腦的怪人。
Don: 4) Computer programmers are a little shy.
唐: 電腦工程師都有點(diǎn)害羞。
Herbert: I wish I could be like you.
赫伯特: 我希望能跟你一樣。
Don: It's true, the girls do like me. Don't worry, i'll help you.
唐: 這倒不假,女孩子真的都蠻喜歡我的。別擔(dān)心,我會(huì)幫你。
語(yǔ)言詳解
A: I wish I had taken your advice and gone to college.
我真希望聽了你的建議去上大學(xué)。
B: It's never too late!
永遠(yuǎn)不嫌晚!
【that的用法】
Aren't there any girls at your office (that) you like? “在你的辦公室里沒(méi)有任何你喜歡的女生嗎?”that在美語(yǔ)會(huì)話常被省略,說(shuō)話才不會(huì)顯得累贅。
I wish (that) I could be like you.
“我希望能跟你一樣”
that在口語(yǔ)中總是被省略。要表示自己欣賞對(duì)方,除了直接陳述對(duì)方的優(yōu)點(diǎn),也可以直接說(shuō)這一句,表示欣羨。
1) advice (n.) 建議
2) shy (a.) 害羞的
3) geek (n.) 電腦玩家,負(fù)面的意義是沉迷電腦、不擅與人交往的怪人。
4) computer programmer (n.) 電腦工程師,程序設(shè)計(jì)師。