跟艾米莉一起學(xué)口語 第571期:工作間隙的閑聊

sarcastic

諷刺的；挖苦的

I was being sarcastic.

我剛剛在挖苦呢。

Was she being sarcastic?

她剛剛在諷刺嗎？

intern

實(shí)習(xí)生

She's the intern in the international travel department.

她是海外旅游部實(shí)習(xí)生。

genius

天才；天賦

She's a genius saleswoman.

她是天才女銷售員。

have a genius for

有..天賦

That woman has a genius for organization.

那個女人有組織策劃的天賦。

A: What a nice uniform!

多漂亮的制服啊。

B: Thanks. Do you like it?

謝謝，你喜歡嗎？

A: Not really. I was being sarcastic. Does it come with the job?

不是太喜歡，我挖苦你呢，這是上班穿的嗎？

B: Yes, everyone on the sales floor has to wear one. They're supposed to make us look more professional and I don't have to worry about what I'm going to wear every day.

是的，銷售曾每人人手一件，想讓我們穿上它，顯得更職業(yè)。而且我也不用每天都發(fā)愁穿什么了。

A: So are you enjoying your new job?

那你喜歡你的新工作嗎？

B: It's much better than my old one. My new boss is great.

比我以前那份工作好多了，我的新上司人很好。

A: How do you like working in sales?

你覺得干銷售怎么樣？

B: I like the fact that I get to work with people. It makes the day go by so much faster.

我喜歡跟很多人一起工作，這樣能使我覺得時間過得很快。

A: That's good. Have you met Jane yet? She's the intern in the international travel department.

那很好呀，你見過珍妮了嗎，她現(xiàn)在正在海外旅游部實(shí)習(xí)。

B: Yeah. I've met her. She's a genius saleswoman.

見過了，她簡直是個天才售貨員。

A: I know. She could sell fridges to Eskimos.

我知道！她能把冰箱賣給愛斯基摩人。

B: How do you know her?

你是怎么認(rèn)識她的？

A: She's my cousin.

她是我表姐。

B: Why didn't you tell me about that before?

你以前怎么沒跟我提過？

A: I don't know. I didn't think it was that interesting.

我不知道，我覺得這沒什么可說的。

B: Well, now that I know that, maybe we should all go out for dinner sometime.

既然我知道了，以后我們有時間應(yīng)該去吃頓飯。

A: That's a good idea. Let's discuss it after work.

這是個好主意，下班之后咱們再商量。