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SCENE① B 吉娜與瑪莉同坐在飛往洛城的班機(jī)上
【我猜我只是有點(diǎn)緊張】
Mary: I guess I'm just a little nervous. I'm giving everything I have to InfoKing, and...
瑪莉: 我猜我只是有點(diǎn)緊張。 我把所有都給了“資訊王”,而且......
Zina: ...and what if it doesn't 1) work out, right?
吉娜: ......而且要是行不通怎么辦,對(duì)不對(duì)?
Mary: 2) Exactly.
瑪莉: 完全正確。
Zina: You need to 3) quit thinking like a loser. InfoKing is going to 4) kick butt. You know how I know?
吉娜: 你別那么沒(méi)志氣了?!百Y訊王”會(huì)所向披靡的。你知道我怎么知道嗎?
Mary: How?
瑪莉: 怎么知道?
Zina: Because I won't let it fail.
吉娜: 因?yàn)槲也粫?huì)讓它失敗。
Mary: But what about tomorrow? What if Stars.com decides to go with WebTracker, and not us?
瑪莉: 可是明天呢?要是Stars.com決定跟“網(wǎng)路搜尋家”走,而非我們?
語(yǔ)言詳解
A: You're saying that you didn't steal the loaf of bread?
你是說(shuō)那條面包不是你偷的?
B: That's exactly right. I'm an honest man.
完全正確。我是個(gè)誠(chéng)實(shí)的人。
【quit thinking 停止……想法】
quit跟stop一樣,后面跟著-ing 表示 “停止某種動(dòng)作”,后面跟著不定詞時(shí)意思是 “停下來(lái)做某項(xiàng)動(dòng)作”,例如:quit smoking“戒煙”,stop to smoke“停下來(lái)抽煙”。
A: We have been running for an hour. Let's stop to take a rest.
我們已經(jīng)跑了一個(gè)鐘頭了。讓我們停下來(lái)休息。
B: But be sure you don't smoke.
但是你可不能抽煙。
A: I promised you to quit smoking, I honor my word.
我答應(yīng)過(guò)你要戒煙。我遵守諾言。
1) work out 行得通
2) exactly (adv.) 的確,正是
3) quit (v.) 停止
4) kick butt (俚) 踢屁股,意即“大勝,擊潰”