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SCENE① B 文斯與艾文在男洗手間里
【新來(lái)的程序設(shè)計(jì)師行嗎?】
Vince: 1) How are Zina's new programmers working out?
文斯: 吉娜找來(lái)新的程序設(shè)計(jì)師行嗎?
Elvin: I hate to 2) admit it, but they're good. And fast. The 3) Filipino kid is a 4) genius.
艾文: 我不愿意承認(rèn),不過(guò)他們很行。而且手腳又快。那菲律賓小子是個(gè)天才。
Vince: So you'll make the Stars.com 5) deadline, and have us up and running next week?
文斯: 所以你們能趕上Stars.com給的最后期限,我們下星期就能上線運(yùn)作?
Elvin: It'll be close, but we'll make it.
艾文: 時(shí)間很緊迫,但我們會(huì)趕上的。
Vince: Good. After Stars.com starts paying us, we won't need Vikam's cash anymore.
文斯: 好。等Stars.com開(kāi)始付我們錢(qián)之后,我們就不再需要“維康”的現(xiàn)金了。
Elvin: And if we don't need them, we won't need Zina, either.
艾文: 而且若我們不需要他們,我們也就不會(huì)需要吉娜了。
語(yǔ)言詳解
A: Tom is clever,really.
湯姆真的很聰明。
B: I know. He's practically a genius.
我知道。他算得上是天才。
【be up and running 開(kāi)始運(yùn)作】
be up and running 是指開(kāi)店運(yùn)作或是一項(xiàng)計(jì)劃付諸實(shí)行。
A: What have you been doing lately?
你最近在忙些什么?
B: Well, I've been trying to get my surf shop up and running. It's a lot of work.
呃,我在忙我那沖浪店開(kāi)店運(yùn)作的事宜。很費(fèi)工的。
be up and running也可指如汽車(chē)等機(jī)械組件的開(kāi)始運(yùn)作,或是電腦程序、整個(gè)系統(tǒng)的運(yùn)作。
A: How is the computer program?
那個(gè)電腦程序情況如何?
B: It's up and running, but we need to watch it for a few weeks to make sure everything is OK.
已開(kāi)始運(yùn)作,但我們還要觀察幾個(gè)星期以確定沒(méi)有問(wèn)題。
1) How...work out? ……進(jìn)展如何?……表現(xiàn)如何?
2) admit (v.) 承認(rèn)
3) Filipino (n.) 菲律賓人
4) genius (n.) 天才
5) deadline (n.) 最后期限